Manufacturing Specialist

• ◆Ensure all production activities are conducted in a safe, responsible and environmentally sound manner in compliance with all regulatory requirements. Comply with federal, state, and local regulations and operating permits.
• ◆Identify and take necessary action to address and communicate all ESSH issues to appropriate parties.
• ◆Comply with all procedures; participate in development and revision of unit procedures.
• ◆Generate, review, implement and close changes via the MOC process.
• ◆Take a leadership role in shutdown activities, including participation in scope and schedule development and reviewing shutdown job plans.
• ◆Develop and maintain production

and lockout/blind out lists for maintenance jobs.

• ✓Analyze handheld data for successive exceptions and resolve.
• ✓Communicate production activities with maintenance plans to ensure equipment is available and ready for maintenance when scheduled.
• ✓Coordinate and communicate activities with other units, as necessary.
• ✓Implement assigned action items from J5, ESSH and housekeeping audits, IAT.
• ✓Lead and/or participate in Job Safety Analyses for unusual operations or maintenance activities
• ✓Lead or participate in audits and inspections.
• ✓Participate in PHAs.
• ✓Lead, participate in and/or review incident investigations; identify and implement corrective actions.
• ✓Provide technical input and support to projects and plant tests.
• ✓Review daily sample analyses and trends in the Daily Unit Morning Meeting and direct process changes accordingly.
• ✓Support training and participate in qualification of Processors and PSM qualification where necessary within unit.
• ✓Develop expert knowledge within area of responsibility of:
• ✓Unit operations
• ✓Process hazards and safeguards, including all interlock actions, purposes and classifications
• ✓Equipment
• ✓Procedures– unit and plant
• ✓Corporate Guidelines, i.e. HHM Guidelines
• ✓Develop working knowledge of:
• ✓Instrumentation and controls, including Delta V, SIS, Allen Bradley, etc.
• ✓Engineering Standards
• ✓Piping specs
• ✓Provide technical resources for off-hours, as needed.
• ✓Provide timely and effective communication, i.e., Night Letter, emails, face-to-face, etc.
• ✓Work effectively with and seek support from plant resources.
• ✓Attend and participate in daily unit MOS and other meetings.
• ✓Support hurricane and emergency preparedness and response per ICP.

• ✓Three (5) years of Processor and operations experience in a chemical plant

• ✓Alkylation experience

• ✓Technical Skills:
• ✓Working experience and knowledge of unit operations.
• ✓Working knowledge of ESSH guidelines and regulatory/compliance issues.
• ✓Working experience with unit control systems
• ✓Working knowledge of MOC process
• ✓Past participation in walkthroughs
• ✓Troubleshooting Skills:
• ✓Good process troubleshooting/problem solving skills
• ✓Informal troubleshooting training/experiences
• ✓Computer Skills:
• ✓Window-based programs: Email, MS Word, MS Excel, LIMS, KMS, SAP
• ✓Communication/Facilitation Skills:
• ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills
• ✓Well-developed facilitation skills
• ✓Strong leadership and teamwork skills
• ✓Initiative/Self-Direction:
• ✓Self-initiated learning
• ✓Time management processes and skills
• ✓Self-initiated corrective actions/follow-through
• ✓Core Competencies and Behaviors:
• ✓Gets Results: Consistently meets commitments to the business and to others. Quickly translate business

into actions by defining "who does what by when" to ensure plans are executed

• ✓Teamwork and Leadership: Effective collaboration. A confident, mature person with the ability to connect, inspire and influence others without direct reporting relationships. Persistent, confident, and persuasive
• ✓Communication: Effective communicator to all levels in the organization.
• ✓Personal Attributes:
• ✓Results oriented and customer focused
• ✓Decision Making: Willing to seek input for key decisions along with the ability to prioritize and make decisions.
• ✓Detailed Orientation: Has exceptional attention to detail along with the ability to develop procedures and standard methods
• ✓Leadership: Strong influential leader who is aggressive, persistent, and self-confident and is willing and able to insert themselves into conversations without being invited formally
• ✓Multitasking Ability: Adaptable, flexible, and effective in handling multiple priorities simultaneously

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