Plant Manager

Pilot Chemical • Cincinnati, OH

66d • Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager is accountable for the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Lockland facility. This leader sets the operating cadence for the site, builds a strong culture of safety and environmental compliance, and ensures production, quality, maintenance, logistics, and people-development objectives are achieved. The role requires visible floor leadership, sound technical judgment, disciplined execution of management systems, and strong cross-functional partnership with EHS&S, Quality, Engineering, Integrated Supply Chain, Commercial, Accounting, and other plant leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with Chemical Engineering preferred, or equivalent technical experience in chemical manufacturing leadership.
• Minimum of 12 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years leading operations in a multi-product chemical manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, PSM, RMP, DHS, hazardous materials management, Responsible Care®, and applicable quality-management systems.
• Proven ability to lead safety-sensitive operations, develop people, manage budgets, improve performance metrics, and drive continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and ability to understand chemical manufacturing processes, equipment, maintenance needs, and operational constraints.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to influence across functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to access all required plant areas, wear required personal protective equipment, respond to emergencies, and satisfy all requirements for a safety-sensitive position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading OSHA PSM-covered chemical manufacturing operations.
• Advanced coursework or certification in engineering, chemistry, business, accounting, supervision, auditing, Lean, Six Sigma, or related disciplines.
• Experience with ISO 9001, SPC/SQC, Total Quality Management, ERP systems, and large Capital project execution.

Responsibilities

• Safety, health, environmental, and security leadership: Own site safety performance, promote a prevention-based safety culture, ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, PSM, RMP, DHS, Responsible Care®, and internal EHS&S requirements, and lead effective emergency preparedness and response
• Operational execution: Direct daily manufacturing, maintenance, logistics, and support activities to meet customer commitments, production schedules, product quality standards, and cost targets.
• Quality and customer performance: Serve as the site quality management representative, maintain ISO 9001 discipline, reduce nonconforming product and customer complaints, and improve on-time shipment and perfect-order performance.
• Asset reliability and maintenance: Improve equipment uptime through preventive and predictive maintenance, disciplined work execution, spare-parts planning, housekeeping, and targeted debottlenecking.
• Financial and resource management: Manage site operating expenses, labor, utilities, repairs and maintenance, production supplies, scrap, and capital plans to deliver budget commitments and improve total delivered cost.
• People leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of six direct reports and 18-24 indirect employees; build capability, accountability, morale, succession depth, and effective employee relations.
• Continuous improvement: Use data, root-cause analysis, Lean principles, and structured problem solving to improve safety, quality, yield, reliability, productivity, inventory performance, and working capital.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with Commercial, Integrated Supply Chain, Engineering, EHS&S, Quality, Accounting, and other Plant Managers to align site execution with company strategy and customer needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager