Operations Manager

• ◆Lead manufacturing employees and a technical team to safely operate the plant and meet production, quality, safety, health, environmental, and cost goals in a 24/7 environment while complying with Federal, State, Local, Grace and Union policies.
• ◆Model a mindset and behavior of safe work practices and use of critical life safety rules in everything. Anticipate scenarios which increase safety or production risks, such as winter weather or equipment failure. Develop action plans to mitigate these risks.
• ◆Ensure resources and plans are in place to cover plant shutdowns, Job Hazard Analyses and support for off-shifts. Oversee the investigation program and root cause analyses for production losses or safety incidents and ensure proper actions are in place.
• ◆Actively support production troubleshooting with technical and leadership skills. Effectively and timely escalate issues to the Site Operations Director.
• ◆Manage the engagement, performance and development of a team of direct reports and indirect reports. Hire, onboard, train, develop and coach direct reports according to Grace policies and management practices. Maintain a positive working environment, resolve personnel conflicts and serve as a sounding board.
• ◆Participate in the asset management process including key inputs such as: Capacity, resources, shutdown schedules, and plant trials.
• ◆Continuously review the compliance with respect to production, yields, and fixed costs and reports on variances
• ◆Support both site and business leadership in develop overall strategies, annual operating plan and other business plans.
• ◆Champion the capital program for the assigned plant with input on priorities and scope.

Physical

and Environment

• ✓Ability to follow safety protocols and standards working in a pilot plant facility with highly hazardous materials
• ✓Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
• ✓Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
• ✓Must be willing to wear PPE (Personal Protective equipment) including but not limited to hard hat, protective eyewear, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, Level A suit, full face respirator

• ✓B.S. degree in an Engineering discipline with Chemical or Mechanical highly preferred.
• ✓Minimum of 12+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment,specialty chemicals environment strong preferred
• ✓5+ years’ leadership experience with direct supervisory

to include working in a union environment.

• ◆Life safety training and proven experience identifying workplace hazards
• ◆Ability to work in and support a 24/7 operation

• ✓Process scale-up and plant trial experience.
• ✓PSM experience.
• ✓Experience with Production planning or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP highly preferred.
• ✓Experience using Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• ✓Project Management experience.
• ✓Demonstrated problem-solving experience and attention to detail.
• ✓Demonstrated leadership experience with transformational change using influence to drive results.
• ✓Experience communicating effectively across all levels of the organization.
• ✓Experience with developing and tracking KPIs, metrics, and other operations-related reporting used to make business decisions to drive improvements.

To be considered for this position, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. This position is not eligible for visa sponsor