Shift Supervisor – Chemical Plant Operations
LANXESS
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Kalama • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $88,400 - $147,400 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Act as the Incident Commander of the Kalama Plant Emergency Response Team by assuming control in the event of an emergency, assessing the situation, and directing the required actions to minimize the impact to personnel and to the environment
- Supervise hourly employees to ensure expectations regarding safety, production, and behavior are being met
- Demonstrate a complete understanding of product manufacturing practices and procedures to include equipment function and proper use
- Responsible for off-shift plant security including the responsibilities associated with toluene ship offloads
- Provide the communication link to Maintenance based on the needs and priorities you observe
- Collect and communicate key information with regard to manufacturing operations, equipment status and overall organizational needs and observations to the correct person(s) to resolve and implement
- Responsible for managing shift coverage for call-offs, labor gaps, emergency holdovers, and other situations
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Requirements
- 5+ years chemical plant operations or leadership experience or a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical Engineering preferred)
- Excellent communication skills, strong leadership skills and proven ability to successfully train and motivate employees to alter their behavior patterns and learn new skills
- Prior experience acting as an incident commander and/or emergency response is highly preferred
- Must be willing to trained in confined space entry/rescue, basic firefighting and first aid
- Knowledge of equipment and unit operations in a chemical plant environment
- A demonstrated record of generating a sense of urgency in self and others to achieve objectives and tasks safely, ahead of or on schedule and with high quality
- Strong PC skills and computer expertise with Microsoft Office.
Benefits
- Health care - Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Spending Account (HSA) with High Deductible PPO XD
- Employee Life Insurance - Basic, Supplemental Life and AD&D
- Dependent Life Insurance and AD&D
- Disability Coverage - Short-Term and Long-Term
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health Care and Dependent Care
- NortonLifeLock device security, online privacy, and identity theft protection
- Aflac Benefits
- Legal Assistance Program
- Retirement Benefits - Defined Contribution 401(k) Plan with Employer Retirement Contribution and Employer Match
- 80 hours of vacation per year; 10 paid holidays; 64 hours of Sick/Personal time per year.Recognizing the value of work-life balance with flexible working arrangements.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
chemical plant operationsincident commandemergency responseconfined space entryfirefightingfirst aidequipment functionmanufacturing practicesunit operations
Soft skills
communication skillsleadership skillstrainingmotivationsense of urgency