Chemicals
Engineering
Ideal Candidate:
2+ to 5 years of experience
Management Experience Required – Yes
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Purpose of the Job
Supervise maintenance activities directly or through subordinates, as necessary, to accomplish objectives in the most safe, economical and technically feasible fashion.
Continually monitor and modify departmental goals to insure compatibility with corporate goals and objectives. Direct all reliability engineering, scheduling and maintenance activities in such a manner that corporate goals are attained in both the short and long-term.
Principal Responsibilities
Insure that all maintenance activities are performed in a safe manner. Support and adhere to the principles of the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care(r), OSHA VPP and EPA Performance Track initiatives by protecting the environment, health, safety and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers and neighbors.
Review, monitor and modify maintenance methods, practices, systems and organization to maximize contribution to profitability.
Review, monitor and take the necessary action to make the people in the department capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
Provide an example of leadership that is consistent with the common objectives and values throughout the organization.
Provide an atmosphere that allows each individual in the department and the department itself to grow and develop as needs and opportunities change.
Establish and maintain a communication system that ensures employees are aware of business objectives and conditions and allows each team member to know what is needed from others – and make sure that others know what is expected of them.
Establish the performance standards for reliability engineering and maintenance utilizing KPI’s, develop the method of measurement and provide timely and routine feedback to those responsible for the performance.
Maintain open and frequent communications with the customers of Maintenance to insure they are satisfied with the service.
Exercise financial planning and control for the maintenance cost by generating annual budgets, controlling labor and materials usage, maximizing overall productivity and reviewing variances to budget on a monthly basis in order to provide maintenance service at the lowest possible total cost.
Ensure that ongoing proficiency training is conducted to improve skills and to keep current with technology. Ensure that adequate funding and staffing are requested to meet maintenance requirements.
Troubleshoot quality and process problems in collaboration with production engineers, process engineers, quality engineers, and others to ensure that all aspects of equipment operation and maintenance are managed.
Nature and Scope -
- Work environment (extent of interaction with Supervisor(s) for approval, concurrence, resolution, etc.):
Approve expense expenditures, determine appropriate discipline in concert with HR and administer as required, improve work practices, and allocation of approved resources. Careful planning, forecasting and scheduling is required to minimize interruptions to operations, which could cause considerable loss of production, time and cost.
- Business environment (economic or technological conditions dealt with on a regular basis):
- Must increase departmental effectiveness when essential resources are delayed or denied; limited budget.
- The process problems include dealing with the technical difficulties of corrosive and hazardous chemicals and operating temperatures up to 2400°F.
- Internal and external relationships (nature and frequency):
Inside: Other departments routinely e.g., Production, Purchasing, Human Resources, Accounting, Purchasing, Project Engineering, Technical Service Center.
Outside: Consultants for training, engineering, and organizational development; government organizations for inspections; contractors for maintenance services.
Supervises 8 to 10 PMU and 10-15 through other direct reports
Knowledge and Experience
Engineering degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial. Science or Business degrees may be considered depending on associated experience. Working knowledge of functions and design of plant equipment, process and products; methods development and procedures; industrial and personnel administration; labor relations; repair maintenance of machinery and equipment; ability to prepare, administer, and monitor departmental budgets.
3 to 9 years technical experience in Chemical industry and strong exposure to maintenance principles and practices. The candidate will have demonstrated success in positions of increasing supervisory responsibilities.
