Manager, Production

Celanese International Corporation•Bay City, TX

49d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Manager leads the day-to-day operations of the Vinyl Acetate unit, ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient use of personnel and resources to meet customer requirements and achieve business objectives. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence by identifying improvement opportunities, developing solutions, and implementing initiatives that enhance safety, reliability, productivity, and overall unit performance. This is an on-site position based in Bay City, Texas.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of experience in chemical production facilities
BS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry industry strongly preferred
Experience in chemical manufacturing processes
Experience in leading people in chemical manufacturing
Ability to lead in a team based environment
Ability to multi-task and handle multiple simultaneous assignments
Strong computer skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Owner of the stewardship performance for the operating area
Ensures employees understand the Stewardship programs for the area (Life critical, Environmental, reporting)
Member of Site Leadership Team
Administration of Process safety requirements (i.e. MOC, bypass approval) and compliance
Develop Team risk recognition and mitigation culture
MOC system approval authority
Work with Safety and Environment Leaders to proactively understand and address concerns.
Quality performance is known, accurate, and within desirable range
Quality measurements are in place and operational
Quality targets are reviewed and acceptable.
Plan is in place to handle unacceptable quality results with solutions to mitigate and resolve
Quality strategy is in place and known by all personnel
Deliver to the production plan
Ensure resources, raw materials and supplies are available for unit operation
Remove or mitigate barriers leading to production issues
Communicate issues with production plan and provide new forecast as needed
Validate and coordinate S&OP site plan
Communicates maintenance requirements to Asset Leader & Maintenance Team Captain
Drives consistent and proactive improvement performance
Lead and act as role model for engagement and proactive behaviors
Owner of the Conduct of Operations system in place for flawless daily execution
Reinforce SQRE plans by performing walk-throughs and providing feedback
Drives development and engagement of 24/7 and production team.
Foster a teamwork environment that is inclusive of ideas and solutions
Employee performance evaluation and management
Translate unit strategy into operating plan, including UTP progression
Maintain risk registry for daily execution performance and ensure solutions are in place to mitigate or eliminate any concerns
Develop team plan to address emerging needs and/or non-routinely activities
Review KPIs and gaps with team. Assigns PPR to resolve gaps and follows up on solutions
Collaborates with the Asset Leader on emerging issues or reliability strategy to enable flawless daily execution
Coordinates with the Technology Manager to remove technical roadblocks