ASU Assistant Plant Manager - San Antonio

Matheson•San Antonio, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Manage business risks and production facility activities to support the safe, reliable, and cost-efficient operation. This role involves on-call duties to cover for vacation, illness, and other absences. The position requires strong safety leadership, maintaining clean and organized work areas, daily production planning, logistics coordination, and plant operational efficiency. It also includes daily resource scheduling, training, performance management, payroll, and other human relations activities for both internal personnel and contractors. Responsibilities extend to managing production data, work orders, purchase orders, and maintenance within the plant's system (MAPS), as well as calibration and maintenance of process and product analyzers. The role assists with plant startups and shutdowns, implements predictive indicator programs for equipment, and ensures local work instructions and documentation are accurate and current. Compliance with internal and external safety, health, environmental, and quality programs, along with business continuity and emergency response, is crucial. Continuous improvement in safety, human resources, supply chain reliability, product quality, corporate and regulatory compliance, and production efficiency is expected. The role also involves managing the local Quality Management System, conducting incident investigations, audits, and completing corrective actions, as well as working on small improvement projects and optimization projects. Other responsibilities and departmental projects may be assigned.

Requirements

Associate's degree in an industrial field plus 10 years of related experience.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with preference for Reliability Maintenance, Industrial, Chemical or Mechanical disciplines.
7 – 9 years Engineering related manufacturing experience in Industrial Air Separation industry.
Production O&M related management and leadership positions.
1 – 3 years Reliability Engineering related work.
Project Management related work.
Must have the ability to effectively manage a team.
Proven Leadership skills to learn from and mentor others, identify and influence critical paths / resources, and organize / lead teams to make good decisions and reduce mistakes.
Knowledge of risk management, loss prevention, and life cycle asset management programs.
Ability to effectively communicate through excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
Analytical and critical thinking skills to identify potential problems, analyze data, prioritize, and implement solutions.
Proficient in organizational skills to plan, organize, and coordinate work with ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks / projects.
Basic understanding of electrical motors, electrical power distribution, AC/DC circuitry and electrical safety.
Ability to utilize testing and measuring equipment, including DVM, megger, process calibrator and micrometer.
Experience operating and maintaining process equipment including compressors, pumps, motors, turbines, heat exchangers and valves.
Ability to perform corrective and preventive maintenance on compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment as required.
Ability to read and understand technical process and equipment drawings including PFDs, P&IDs, Electrical Schematics and Equipment Diagrams.
Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project.
Must sign NDA, have a clean driving record and pass background check and drug test.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering with preference for Reliability Maintenance, Industrial, Chemical or Mechanical disciplines.

Responsibilities

On-Call duties to cover for vacation, illness and other absences.
Strong safety leadership driving a culture of proactive hazard identification, persistent risk assessment, interdependent behavior, and effective corrective action.
Maintaining clean, organized, and efficient work areas.
Daily production planning, logistics coordination, 24/7 ROC coordination, and plant operational efficiency.
Daily resource scheduling, training, performance management, payroll and other human relations related activities to include contractors and ROC personnel.
Daily MPDE production data, work orders, PO’s, purchasing, and other maintenance / projects within ASU’s maintenance system (MAPS).
Calibration and maintenance of process and product analyzers and records.
Assisting with startups and shutdowns of the ASU in a safe and efficient manner as dictated by operating conditions and business needs.
Predictive indicator programs to identify equipment problems and/or improvement opportunities and take preventive actions to resolve.
Local work instructions, engineering documentation, and OEM documentation to assure they are complete, accurate and current.
Compliance with internal Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality programs, and applicable external regulatory codes and standards from organizations such as OSHA, FDA, ISO, EPA, DHS, DOL, etc.
Business Continuity, Emergency Response and Loss Prevention programs.
Performance and continuous improvement in safety, human resource, supply chain reliability, product quality control, corporate compliance, regulatory compliance, and production efficiency cost.
Local Quality Management System and Management Reviews.
Incident root cause investigations, Audits, and completion of their associated corrective and preventive actions in an effective and timely manner.
Small improvement projects (SIP) and The Right Way (TRW) optimization projects.
Other responsibilities and departmental projects as assigned.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.