Utilities Lead

Unilever • Chicago, IL

7d

About The Position

This position is responsible for the facilitation of Unilever’s environmental strategy at the Kilbourn operation, including ensuring compliance with all relevant OSHA, EPA, and DNR standards, leading environmental & utilities team, and lending expertise to all environmental-related issues within the operation. Leads the Environmental Pillar & responsible for maintaining a safe Ammonia process. Supports and fully functional in Unilever safety polices and guidelines. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment dealing with utilities, waste water.
• Strong engineering background with basic understanding of process controls & automation
• Proven track record of analytical thinking and project management from business case development through implementation.
• Ability to support development of others and deliver more formal training material
• Working knowledge of Process Safety and of audit procedures

Nice To Haves

• Associates or B.S. degree in a manufacturing, scientific or engineering related discipline.
• Chemical or Process engineering is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing teams is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with environmental requirements.
• Lead by direction and example in a way that reinforces a culture of zero accidents or incidents.
• Plan, organize, direct, train and motivate a diverse workforce to optimize performance.
• Adapting WCM principles and processes into existing plant operations to achieve consistency with WCM requirements and measurable improvement in site KPIs.
• Ongoing identification and implementation of waste and cost reduction ideas in a way that does not adversely impact operations or the Company.
• Developing and maintaining a thorough understanding of current waste & utilities systems supporting the site manufacturing process.
• Developing and maintaining the needed PM plans for plant utilities.
• Maintain site Ammonia and environmental regulatory compliance with relevant government entities.
• Lead implementation of the plant’s sustainability road map.

Benefits

• Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees