Location: Geismar, LA

Experience: Minimum 5 years

This Operational Excellence Implementation Leader position is a highly critical leadership role responsible to support and lead implementation of the mission-critical Operational Excellence (OpX) improvements at the North America sites for achieving Strategy 2020 targets.  The OpX Journey is major North  America  initiative that will focus on identifying areas for improvement in the  operating plants and will provide the sites with  needed expertise and support to implement the  agreed upon improvements. This
position will interface regularly with over 100 different Manufacturing Sites, Key  Site/Business Leaders, and the Manufacturing Community Steering Committee (MCSC). This position is an integral part of the Operational Excellence Team and Manufacturing Support Services Organization and must function seamlessly across multiple sites and functional interfaces to effectively coordinate, develop, and efficiently deploy expert resources.  The OpX implementation leader is expected to oversee about 5-10 direct reports and 20 -40 indirect skilled experts.

The candidate for this assignment will be involved in further developing and supporting the roll-out of this Operational  Excellence journey. This will include, but not limited to:  Supporting the internal OpX organization to ensure that the team’s goals/targets are  achieved. Leading, facilitating, and coordinating the implementation phase after operational excellence site assessments are complete. This will include working with  manufacturing sites to understand their priorities, managing direct/indirect reports as well as external contractors to ensure timely implementation.  Work with manufacturing and other project managers to develop project scopes, generates and/or obtains cost estimates, and prepare appropriation funding requests. Regular follow-up with
manufacturing to ensure projects met desired milestones.  Promoting a sense of best-practice sharing across North America manufacturing sites through effective communication, documentation, and exchange of innovative ideas.  Regularly presenting to Site Leadership and other groups the benefits and challenges of an effectively-run Operational Excellence program at the Site level.

Minimum five (5) years experience regarding project management is required.  Knowledge of Operational Excellence improvements processes in one or more of the following areas: Plant Optimization, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain & Logistics, Systems Management, Culture and Talent Management, LEAN Operations.  Broad knowledge of chemical unit operations, process and mechanical equipment, instrumentation, DCS process controls and safety instrumented systems.  Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple sites.  Strong leadership and team collaboration skills to work with direct & indirect personnel.  Coordination skills and ability to react and lead in changing environment.  Effective Presentation and Communication Skills.  Strong Customer Relationship.

Location: Texas – Freeport

Ideal Candidate:

7+ to 12 years of experience

BS Degree in Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical); Minimum 6 years manufacturing experience required, with a minimum of 12 years total engineering experience.  Prefer Petrochemicals experience.  Significant experience in manufacturing
operations, chemical processes, engineering and leading/supervising teams.

The Operations Excellence Manager will provide leadership responsibilities and activities for continuous improvement for Acrylic Monomers Unit.  Accountabilities
include aspects of tactical initiatives for EHS performance improvements, product quality, production volume, cost, customer satisfaction, employee/team development, and continuous/sustainable improvement.

Responsibilities: Cost- Responsible for leading improvement activities with expected impact on the operations costs for Acrylic Monomers.  Includes variable cost
accountabilities from yield, material usage and utilities performance.  Manager will have oversight and visibility to total operating costs on ongoing basis.   Responsible for guiding team decisions impacting cost and providing leadership to direct improvement activities to meet budget objectives in balance with plant operating demands.   Key measures includes:  Unit Ratio performance and Unit Conversion Cost.

Production Volume/Output-  Responsible for daily plant performance to
optimize production output.  Manager has accountability for executing activities for reliable plant performance including troubleshooting and process optimization.  Key measures include plant reliability, plant availability, plant uptime, time production output, and demonstrated capacity.
Quality-
Responsible for product manufactured in conformance with specifications
and customer requirements.  Manager has accountability for driving quality improvements for yield, total material yield (unit ratio conversion), product and auditing compliance and continuous improvement programs.  Key measures include total material yield, product Cpk, and continuous improvement savings.
Employee/Team Development-  Responsible for the development of the operations team to improve team members skills and capabilities for assessing and implementing continuous improvement actions.  Development may consist of delivery of “Lean” manufacturing concepts and tools, 6 sigma quality and capability concepts, design of experiments, root cause failure analysis, maintenance reliability methods, etc.
Assure programs are in place utilizing internal and/or external resources as needed with a framework that fosters team work and collaborative working environment.

Nature and Scope: This job has responsibility for leading improvement initiatives for the unit, including the ICON (TIPS), and may be developed within the unit or thru CP
Technology and other support functions.  The position has accountability for leading
defined unit operations improvement activities with latitude for independent
decision-making to fulfill the defined objectives for the unit.  The position works collaboratively with team members within the unit (Ops. Coordinator, Ops. Engineer, Maintenance Coordinator, Production Technician) as well as peers across the site for
consistency in leading common site improvement processes (i.e. Lean), and
contributes fully as a peer team member for implementation of improvement
initiatives at the Freeport Site.  Also participates among the CP operations and business team in alignment of production activities to achieve common business objectives.

Please send information to: resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Sales / Marketing Chemicals

Location: Research Triangle Park, NC

Ideal Candidate: Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese.  MBA.  Practical experience in either  technical support, selling or marketing of insecticides.

Qualifications: BS degree (business, biology, chemistry, entomology or agriculture) and a minimum of 3 years of agrimarketing experience.  Minimum of 7-10 years work experience.   High degree of independence and self-motivation.  Ability to work across organizational and country  boundaries.  International experience -personal or professional.

Seeking a motivated Global Senior Product Marketing Specialist with excellent agri-marketing and proven strategic skills.  As a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist the successful candidate will join the Global Marketing team for Insecticides and will focus on supporting the Global Marketing team and also manage global active ingredients.  In their assignment as Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist they will also coordinate the overall Insecticide Strategy for the business unit and assist in the target setting for new market opportunities.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Insecticides, it is expected that a Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialist also participates in acquisition and divestment initiatives when requested and works extremely closely with our Regional Marketing teams to maximize the opportunities for his active ingredients in each of the regions. Commensurate with experience, the Global Sr. Product Marketing Specialsit will be asked to participate in Crop teams focused on development of integrated approaches to customers in the agricultural chemical market.

Responsibilities: Global Marketing Management of Phermone Business, including 3rd party supply; Crop Team Membership, Core Team member; Assisting Global Insecticide team with general market analysis; Collection and analysis of internal Marketing data  and external sources; Contributing as key member in project related assignments; Monthly Insecticide Business Performance review; Main contact for Market Information on general portfolio management issues; Support for Vice President R&D Steering Committee Preparation; Processing of information requests from functional departments; Implementation and Monitoring of SBU results; Coordination and Implementation of Key Projects and Promotional activities; Support in Acquisition, divestiture and licensing efforts.

Please send information to: resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425.

Engineering

Location: Chicago, IL

Ideal Candidate: Knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing.  Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus.

Qualifications:

5 to 7 years experience

BS Chemistry of Engineering

Willingness to travel occasionally

The Applications Engineer will be responsible to provide technical and
engineering expertise in support of the Company’s Mobile Emissions catalysts
products, systems technologies, product demonstrations and technology delivery.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical engineering support to a major OEM customer for all programs (US 2013, Euro VI – Brazil). This position will manage all of the technical programs,  including the catalyst technology recommendations, catalyst samples, test programs, data analysis,
FMEA’s, DVP&R’s, production launch support and ongoing technical service.nn This position will work closely with the customer’s Sales Manager, R&D, and the Engine Test facilities to develop optimum after treatment catalyst solutions and integrate our catalyst technologies into the customer’s engine platforms. This is a resident engineer position located in the Chicago, Illinois area. Periodic travel is required

Qualifications: Minimum of a Bachelor Degree in a technical discipline (Chemistry or Engineering a strong asset); Master’s Degree in a technical discipline preferred; Minimum 5-10 years of experience in technical service or related fields; Requires strong technical skills, with knowledge of engines, emission control catalysts, catalyst design, operation, and testing; Knowledge of heavy duty diesel applications a plus; Must possess excellent communication, presentation, influencing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal effectively with external and internal customers at all levels.

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Location:  NE TN

Ideal Candidate:  7+ to 10 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Energy Industry
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Seeking Procurement Business Analyst to:

This role is responsible for providing strategic analysis of key energy inputs to the petrochemicals industry including crude oil, natural gas, and coal.  The analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining data related to supply/demand balances, trade flows, production economics, long-term drivers of pricing (macro-economic, political, technology, regulations, governmental policy, etc.) and other industry trends and issues related to upstream energies and technologies.

This position is a highly visible role within the company and interfaces with our global procurement and business teams. There is senior management level support to build additional bandwidth and capability in this area.

Key Job Responsibilities:
-Collaboratively develop and communicate deep fundamental knowledge of key energy inputs to key internal stakeholders
-Provide strategic analysis of energy markets as input to energy procurement plan development
-Manage relationships and interface with energy industry consultants
-Function as expert consultant on energy markets to other functions within the company such as Global Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Indirect Procurement, Developing Technology, and Investor Relations to provide insight and knowledge of key energy inputs to the petrochemical industry
-Lead development of the long-term forecast for energy commodities
-Facilitate and present  periodic executive summaries of key energy markets to senior and executive team management
-Participate on growth teams and provide energy market analysis as needed
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university is required.

Desired Experience:
-Minimum of six years experience as an analyst or related position in energy/petrochemical markets
-Experience with commodity market models
-Deep knowledge of energy and related industries
-Excellent organizational skills, initiative, and accountability with an attention to detail
Desired Skills/Attributes:
-Strategic mindset:  provide thought leadership to challenge/engage Business Managers and other functional partners in the organization
-Analytical: ability to develop and analyze data sets and work with econometric models
-Adaptive:  manage risks and move forward developing plans and options
-Collaborative:  work within and across the organization effectively
-Action-oriented/Self-starter:  highly motivated, inclined to action, able to work without direct supervision
-Results-driven:  manage effective execution of plans to deliver results
-Able to effectively lead and manage individuals or teams, internally or externally, to achieve impactful tactical execution of communications tactics, on time and within budget
-Able to manage communications with multiple internal stakeholders
-Well organized, project/goal oriented and able to work under deadlines
-Excellent command of grammar and the English language
-Good presentation and communication skills

If interested, please send resume to resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425.  Thank you!

Location:  This position can be located in Florham Park, NJ or Wyandotte, MI

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Seeking an individual to be part of the Product Regulatory Center of Expertise Team, who provides EHS support through a North American shared services platform.  In addition, this position will be part of the Global Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs Team.

This position is primarily responsible for indirect food contact assessments and support for assigned North American and Global Business Groups.

 The successful candidate will work closely with Product Regulations/Product Stewardship and Business Product and Technical Management to:

Actively contribute to the Global Regulatory Affairs Team as a regional team member.

Assess products for assigned North American businesses and targeted European businesses to determine status under US and Canadian Food Contact Law; coordinate and manage data according to existing processes.

Coordinate Food Contact Notifications under US FDA requirements and Letters of No Objection from Health Canada and act as the technical contact with the agencies.

Implement / Maintain food contact governance program for assigned North American businesses.

Provide expertise in European and Asia Pacific food contact requirements via network with European and Asian colleagues to support North American businesses.

Provide food contact regulatory expertise; interpretation and impact determination for assigned North American businesses.

Support customer requests as necessary.

In cooperation with Product Regulations team, ensure SAP system (BASIS) is maintained accurately.

Track regulatory developments of assigned North American product regulations.

Determine applicability of new/revised food contact regulations and issue communications to affected North American community

Provide strategic and tactical consultation to Business Group management and Product Stewardship regarding food contact compliance issues and opportunities.

Support the development, implementation and maintenance of food contact regulatory compliance programs.

Develop and/or deliver food contact training for North America community.

Lead or support food contact nonconformance investigation and reporting.

 Position travel:  approximately 15% travel

REQUIRED:

The successful candidate will possess the following Qualifications:

BS Engineering, Sciences (BS Chemistry Degree preferred)

Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in a regulatory, manufacturing, and/or lab environment

Demonstrated regulatory knowledge U.S. FDA and Canadian Food Contact is required

Demonstrated FCN and Letters of No Objection registration experience is required

Experience implementing regulatory compliance processes and programs

Experience with Regional and Global Business and Functional organizations is preferred

Knowledge of products and substances manufactured,imported and the IT systems that are used to govern them (i.e., SAP, Ariel, Decernis, etc.)

Ability to work independently on multiple, concurrent and variable assignments is essential

 DESIRED:

European and/or Asia Pacific food contact knowledge preferred

SAP (BASIS-EHS Module) Computer skills preferred

Knowledge of Spanish and/or German is useful

Location:  Pasadena, TX

Ideal Candidate:

7+ to 10 years of experience
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

 Ziegler-Natta catalyst manufacturing and/or petrochemical processing; with a good understanding of both inorganic and organic chemistry

The Process Development Engineer is responsible for providing professional support to ensure that quality polyolefin catalysts are manufactured safely, on time, cost effectively and in an environmentally sound manner within our global operations (Pasadena, Texas USA and Tarragona, Spain).  This position will conduct monitoring and analysis of the manufacturing processes and equipment operation to generate data utilized to identify, develop and implement opportunities for improvement in the areas of cost reduction, process efficiency, quality, de-bottlenecking, troubleshooting and reliability.  It is expected that this role will interface and work closely with sales / marketing, manufacturing, R&D and our customers to ensure the appropriate scale-up of new products, improvements to existing processes and the development for process designs for expanded manufacturing capabilities.  The incumbent will also serve as a technical liaison to the operations team and support multiple projects on a global basis.

 BS degree in Chemical Engineering (or Technical degree, i.e. Mechanical Engineering or MS Chemistry, with related engineering/manufacturing background) is required.

Accreditation or equivalent.

Minimum of 7 years experience in technology, operations and/or project management roles.

Ideal Candidate:

7+ to 10 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Master’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Often

HR Management Under the direction of the HR Business Partner, the HR Manager will be accountable for providing the full range of Human Resources support for two (2) manufacturing facilities located in Elyria, OH & Erie, PA.  This position requires significant travel between the 2 sites 50% of the time.

 The HR Manager is responsible for the day to day HR management activities at the sites including:  Employee Relations, Recruiting & Staffing, Training, Compensation, Policy Interpretation & Implementation, Labor Relations, Organization Development, Talent Management, and Performance Management.  In addition, the HR Manager will support and implement corporate related projects, processes and initiatives. As an active member of the site leadership teams, the HR Manager will partner, consult and contribute to site decisions and strategy and translate these strategies into tangible HR priorities while ensuring the sites are in compliance with all applicable laws and company policies.

Legal Compliance

Interpret and ensure compliance and administration of employment laws and policies such as FLSA, FLMA, EEO, NLRA, Workers Compensation etc.

 Recruitment & Selection

Ensure the development and analysis of organizational demographic forecasts and analysis.

Develop, implement and manage the recruitment and selection strategy to ensure positions are filled on a timely basis with highly qualified candidates.

Policies & Procedures

Implement and monitor Human Resources policies and procedures.

Interpret and ensure compliance to company standards.

 Training & Career Development

Coordinate and manage training, development and succession planning activities ensuring appropriate plans are in place for all employees.

Engage the organization to enable cross developmental opportunities for employees.

Identify and analyze internal and external trends, determining training needs for the site and translates the requirements into training and development programs.

Coordinate and integrate the Talent Management process at the site to include detailed analysis of potential talent gaps and development of career plans.

Anticipate workforce planning / management issues and develop workforce strategies.

 Performance Management

Coordinate and manage the performance management process, ensuring clear communication to the organization, compliance, consistency and objectivity.

Provides leadership to ensure performance review evaluations are administered fairly and effectively.

 Compensation, Benefit & Payroll Administration

Support, implement and maintain appropriate compensation and benefit processes and programs at the site level.

Ensure the development of job descriptions, job analysis, analyzing salary surveys to monitor internal equity and market competitiveness.

Coordinate the process to ensure appropriate approvals and communicate recommended annual salary increase guidelines.

 Organizational Development

Collaborates with others in solving work related issues such as job design or organizational structure, giving or obtaining advice, developing and implementing solutions and evaluating results.

Support the business needs by applying frameworks, methods and tools to align process, structure and people systems.

  Employee & Labor Relations

Provide guidance and direction to managers for issue resolution and improved employee performance.

Evaluate employee relations and work-related issues and develops appropriate solutions within the framework of company policy and procedures.

Advocates, promotes and effectively manages the site environment, evaluating the site culture and employee relations issues; and ensures that management is aware of and proactively responds to employee engagement issues.

Coordinates all labor relations activities, counsels and advises managers in labor relations principles and contract administration; monitors grievance handling, and participates at the appropriate level; coordinates planning for contract negotiations and participates in bargaining sessions; assists in preparation for and conduction of arbitration proceedings and manages relationship with union representatives.

HR Information Systems

Ensures the integrity of the data in the HRIS system and facilitates the use of the system by ensuring that manager and employee information can be retrieved and utilized efficiently.

Projects and Initiatives

Manage corporate, divisional, business and HR-related projects and initiatives and drive their implementation in alignment with the business strategy.

Ensure the development of communication plans and facilitate employee communication sessions, as required.

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or other related discipline.

Graduate degree, MBA and/or PHR/SPHR designation would be considered a strong asset.

8-10 years of experience as an HR Generalist required

3 years experience in a management capacity at a manufacturing facility.

Minimum of three (3) years of experience managing the labor relations function in a unionized manufacturing environment.

Experience presenting arbitration cases is required

Demonstrated ability to manage and administer a broad range of tasks including resolving complaints, and counseling managers and employees on the interpretation of policies, procedures and other site issues. 

Demonstrated knowledge of current and progressive principles and practices of human resources management. 

Demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive working relationships internally and externally. 

Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. state and federal laws and governmental compliance requirements.  Specific knowledge & experience with Ohio and Pennsylvania state regulations would be considered an asset.

Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, interact and influence with all levels of management including production technicians, staff associates and senior management.

Strong understanding of business, financial and operational excellence acumen.

Demonstrated ability to use sound judgment and make decisions in a consistent manner. 

Willingness and ability to travel approx. 50% of the time on a regular basis.

Experience managing and leading teams is desired.

Chemicals Manufacturing

Location:  Indianapolis, Indiana

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

The Chemical Engineer is responsible for preliminary and final process design work for new chemical manufacturing facilities and improvements to existing facilities. This includes performing detailed design calculations, identifying opportunities for process optimization, recommending process design changes, and assisting with the implementation and start-up of those recommendations. Some travel to our manufacturing sites will be required. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

    * Develop preliminary scope and plan for new projects, estimate preliminary project costs and    benefits.

    * Prepare new, or modify existing plant Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s).

    * Complete detailed Material and Energy Balances for new or modified processes.

    * Prepare new or modified Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s).

    * Size and specify new process equipment and re-rate existing equipment for new capacities or services.

    * Size and specify Safety Relief Devices and vent systems.

    * Prepare new, or modify existing Plant Operating Procedures to accurately reflect project scope,

      control philosophy, and objectives.

    * Work with plant operating personnel to troubleshoot plant operation issues, especially when associated with project implementations.

    * Work on Continuous Improvement Projects as identified or needed. Areas of emphasis include:

      manufacturing cost reduction, capacity improvements/cycle time reductions, energy and waste

      reduction, and process reliability.

Education and Experience Requirements:

    * Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering.

    * 5 – 10 years experience in process design or process engineering.

    * Fundamental knowledge of continuous and batch chemical operations including reaction,

      distillation, heat exchange, solids handling, utilities and process control.

    * Problem solving skills including the ability to analyze technical data and make creative and

      balanced decisions.

    * Strong written and verbal communication skills.

    * Self motivated with the ability to take initiative and work successfully in cross functional teams.

    * Flexibility to work in both office and operating plant environments on a wide variety of activities.

    * Working Knowledge of process safety tools (PHA, LOPA, MOC, Root Cause Analysis, etc.).

Preferred Skills and Competencies:

    * Process simulation experience (Aspen Plus and/or PD-Plus, hydraulic modeling software).

    * Familiarity with Six Sigma processes.

    * Prior experience conducting process plant optimization

Location:  NJ

A dynamic international company with more than a century of leadership in the manufacture of health, agriculture and performance chemicals is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor. Their culture is built on mutual trust and respect for all employees so that we can focus on providing the best products and solutions to our customers.

Ideal Candidate: 

2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer

The role of the Maintenance Supervisor/Engineer is to manage the plant maintenance systems in a safe work environment, within the quality standards, while meeting the production schedule within cost limitations.

Job Responsibilities:

- Maintains equipment and systems in functional, safe working condition while meeting all regulatory

  requirements

- Plans, organizes and coordinates work activities of   maintenance employees and boiler operators

- Manages and develops employees to meet performance expectations and company standards for personal safety, productivity, quality, environmental and regulatory compliance

- Manages predictive and preventative maintenance activities

- Improves equipment efficiencies. Identifies opportunities and projects to improve equipment and

  systems to optimize overall plant performance

- Maintains involvement and influence in the development and implementation of products, process and equipment changes

- Manages department capital project work

- Responsible for incident investigation and root cause analysis

- Troubleshoots and provides solutions to plant equipment issues to support plant manufacturing goals. Acts as technical resource on plant equipment and systems

Education and Qualifications: 

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferred) or equivalent experience.  A minimum of 1-3 years supervisory experience required.  Possess strong understanding of engineering, industrial safety, contractor management, and project management.  Knowledge of process improvement tools and techniques (Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, etc.) is desired. Must be successful at working in a team environment, demonstrated coaching, delegating, and possess problem solving and facilitating skills.  Operations and project management skills/experiences related to the following systems: Boilers, Steam, Condensate, Air Compressor, Chilled Water, Water, Waste Water, and HVAC are beneficial.