Production Leader - P&O

The Chemours Company•De Lisle, MS

2d•$110,544 - $172,725•Onsite

About The Position

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry. Chemours is seeking a Production Leader to join our DeLisle team! This position will report directly to the Operations Manager in our DeLisle, MS location. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead by influence and align operations to meet the business and operations goals for the Purification and Oxidation area. Through their understanding of capabilities within the area, they will ensure continuous and efficient production and effectively manage maintenance work priority to support reliable operations. This role will routinely interface with site teams to understand production needs. This role will guide overall reliability, quality, and resourcing of the P&O assets and continually work to improve the capabilities to meet business objectives. This role requires strong knowledge and work processes understanding.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with minimum 5 years’ experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment or other technical field
Demonstrated understanding of safety procedures
Demonstrated leadership abilities and the ability to work with a diverse population of employees and contractors
Strong oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
Demonstrated capability to drive results
Demonstrated ability to drive and lead change

Nice To Haves

Process Safety Management within High Hazard Process Operations, preferably in the chemicals industry
Work experience in processes handling highly toxic materials (HTM’s)
Previous line supervision experience in manufacturing
Experience driving Lean manufacturing principles and implementation of production systems
Familiarity with the SAP/R3 module in finance/cost management and Work Management Process (WMP)

Responsibilities

Ensure safe and environmentally sound operation & maintenance of a high hazard process.
Serve as main Operations interface and point of contact for coordination of production
Lead the area to set and meet cost, quality, reliability, and productivity objectives
Lead and develop the Operations First Line Supervisors
Develop short to mid-term area plans and organize team members to execute the plans.
Provide direction to the area maintenance/technical teams in support of the site goals and serve as the point of contact for improvement projects.
Accountable for meeting cost targets (fixed and variable)
Champion best practices, effective administration of systems and tools to direct continuous improvement for implementation of the Chemours Business System (CBS)
Integrate Capital/Change of Design plans into asset schedule.
Interface with maintenance and contract administration on work performed by site maintenance and contractors