Fatty Acid Hydrogenation Plant Lead — Operations & Safety

Unilever PLC; Sumatera Utara; On-site; IDR 800,000,000 - 1,500,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever PLC seeks a capable Plant Leader for the Fatty Acid 2 and Hydrogenation plants in Sumatra. You will drive safe, reliable, and sustainable operations, ensuring product quality and customer fulfillment while managing costs and continuous improvements.

Based in Sei Mangkei, North Sumatra, you will lead safety, competency development, and cross-functional collaboration with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to achieve production targets and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years in oleochemical/chemical/ process manufacturing with managerial experience.
• Strong knowledge of oleochemical processing and hydrogenation operations.
• Solid understanding of process engineering, plant operations, maintenance and reliability, SHE, and process safety management.
• Strong leadership with proven experience in people development and building high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Good command of spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all plant activities comply with quality, food safety, environmental, health & safety, and process safety requirements.
• Lead Operational Safety & Emergency Management; investigate, report, mitigate, and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain safe, stable, and reliable plant operations while minimizing downtime and risks.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain to meet production targets and delivery performance.
• Make timely operational decisions to protect people, assets, product quality, and continuity during upsets.
• Develop workforce requirements, roles, and performance expectations; enable training and competency development.
• Evaluate performance, provide feedback, and plan succession and career development for the team.
• Monitor production performance, process conditions, equipment performance, and product quality; drive improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Process safety management

Plant operations

Yield optimization

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related engineering discipline

Job description

Unilever PLC seeks a capable Plant Leader for the Fatty Acid 2 and Hydrogenation plants in Sumatra. You will drive safe, reliable, and sustainable operations, ensuring product quality and customer fulfillment while managing costs and continuous improvements.

Based in Sei Mangkei, North Sumatra, you will lead safety, competency development, and cross-functional collaboration with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to achieve production targets and operational excellence.