Production Superintendent

OxyChem•La Porte, TX

34d•Onsite

About The Position

OxyChem is seeking an experienced, self-motivated Production Superintendent for its Battleground Plant in La Porte, Texas. The position is accountable for safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant performance across production areas. It leads Process Supervisors, Shift Supervisors, and designated production support personnel in achieving safety, environmental, quality, cost, and production objectives while developing the workforce and supporting continuous improvement. The Superintendent oversees production plans and operating performance, including chlorine and caustic production schedules, and coordinates with customers and corporate contacts. The role embeds process safety and risk management, ensures compliance with plant policies and required programs, and leads or delegates emergency response. It manages shutdown and outage planning, partners with Maintenance on routine, turnaround, and capital work, and supports capital projects and long-term operational and reliability improvements. The position also develops supervisors and operators through coaching, performance feedback, training, progression, and qualification programs. The role requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical Engineering, and at least five years of plant process experience. The person must be able to respond to off-hour emergencies and work weekends, holidays, and non-routine callouts. Physical requirements include lifting 40 pounds, climbing ladders and stairs, walking, bending, stooping, wearing personal protective equipment including a respirator, and responding to visual and audible alarms.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical Engineering.
Minimum of five years of plant process experience.
High proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to respond to off-hour emergencies.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to work weekends and holidays and respond to non-routine callouts.
Must be able to lift 40 pounds, climb ladders and stairs, and walk, bend, and stoop.
Must be able to wear personal protective equipment, including a respirator.
Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.

Nice To Haves

Good working knowledge of SAP.

Responsibilities

Prioritize protection of the environment and the health and safety of employees, customers, and communities.
Embed Process Safety and Risk Management principles in department operations and establish annual process safety goals and activities at all organizational levels.
Lead or delegate emergency response to minimize safety and environmental impacts, including supporting the central Emergency Operations Center as trained.
Ensure compliance with plant policies, operating standards, planned inspections, manufacturing guides, and other required programs.
Develop and execute operating plans to deliver quality products safely, efficiently, and reliably, including chlorine and caustic production schedules and related customer and corporate communication.
Provide daily direction to Process Supervisors and Shift Supervisors, review key operating parameters, and direct operational changes as needed.
Promote consistent operations, application of policies and procedures, and accountability across process areas.
Manage the overall production plan for major shutdowns, including shutdown, decontamination, and start-up plans developed with Process Supervisor input; provide technical support for minor equipment and process shutdowns.
Perform designated Production Manager duties during absences.
Create a respectful and supportive environment that encourages employee development and success.
Lead, coach, and provide performance feedback to production supervisors and designated production support personnel.
Ensure operator training, progression, and qualification programs are effective and required compliance and qualification requirements are completed.
Set work priorities, strengthen accountability, and develop the production workforce to meet plant objectives.
Partner with Maintenance to identify, prioritize, plan, and schedule routine, turnaround, and capital work, and support effective maintenance-backlog management.
Define outage timing and scope and coordinate outage planning and cost objectives with Maintenance leadership.
Identify, prioritize, and support Battleground capital projects, incorporating production personnel input.
Develop long-term solutions to operating and reliability issues through engineering and cost analysis.
Set expectations for continuous fixed and variable cost improvement; identify opportunities, prepare analyses, and report cost performance.
Maintain effective relationships with customers, raw material suppliers, corporate contacts, and plant support functions to support product quality and optimum operations.
Build direct communication with similar plants to strengthen troubleshooting and knowledge-sharing networks.
Coordinate daily with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, Environmental, Human Resources, Capital, Purchasing, and Accounting partners to achieve plant goals.