Mgr, Production

CF Industries•Waggaman, LA

16d

About The Position

The Production Manager at the Waggaman site is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of site-wide ammonia production consisting of a single world scale KBR ammonia plant. This individual is a key member of the site leadership team providing oversight of daily ammonia production activities including safety, quality, cost management, employee development, and process optimization, while ensuring production and site-wide goals are met in a safe and environmentally sound manner. The Production Manager at the Waggaman site is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of site-wide ammonia production consisting of a single world scale KBR ammonia plant. This individual is a key member of the site leadership team providing oversight of daily ammonia production activities including safety, quality, cost management, employee development, and process optimization, while ensuring production and site-wide goals are met in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in engineering from an abet accredited university is required; BSChE preferred.
8+ years of engineering or production related experience in chemical manufacturing is required; background in ammonia, urea, and UAN processes preferred.
Five or more years of progressive supervisory/management experience is required.
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills required.
Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel of all backgrounds.
Strong management skills required, including team building, decision making, and prioritizing.
Working knowledge of environmental, health, and safety regulations applicable to ammonia manufacturing required.
Proficient with Microsoft Office software.
Has the ability to obtain acquire a transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) card.
The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.

Responsibilities

Effectively staff, manage, and develop exempt and hourly employees within the ammonia production department consisting of 1 production superintendent, 5 shift-supervisors, and 44+ operators, and a training supervisor.
Set departmental expectations for excellence in safety and environmental performance and maintain overall responsibility for the effectiveness of these efforts.
Collaborate with key business stakeholders such as maintenance, engineering, environmental, safety, and product handling departments to identify opportunities to optimize and improve operational performance.
Develop the annual ammonia production budget, compare performance to existing metrics, and ensure effective management of controllable costs and production.
Establish the ammonia plant turnaround schedule to ensure it aligns with the capital budget forecast and supports the corporate business plan and sales objectives.
Must participates as an effective member of the crisis incident management team capable of executing the role of company spokesman and incident commander.
Manages complex-wide natural gas, while coordinating daily/monthly gas usage and supply with the various gas suppliers and the corporate raw materials group.
Effectively manages and coordinates onsite ammonia inventory in conjunction with the product handling group.
Must be able to effectively covers and acts on behalf of the general manager during his absence.
Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements.
Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed.
Works with internal controls department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.
Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.