Chemical Engineer

Syensqo; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Maternity/paternity leave

Training platform

Well-being sessions

Job summary

Syensqo seeks a Ketaspire Production Coordinator to lead operations for the Ketaspire unit in Augusta, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency. The role reports to the Ketaspire Unit Manager and may involve indirect oversight of hourly staff while participating in local safety initiatives.

The candidate should have a technical degree and a track record in manufacturing environments, with strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to drive improvements and cost reductions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is required.
• 10 years experience with at least 5 years in operations, maintenance, or engineering functions in a manufacturing facility.
• Champions and models appropriate safe work behaviors; reacts appropriately to safe/unsafe behaviors and ensures safety performance within area of responsibility.
• Has a proven track record of participative leadership, technical ability, and communications skills in a dynamic environment.
• Works effectively with people who have diverse ideas, perspectives, and values; comfortable with risk and uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Understand and clearly communicate the operating budget and production plan to the Ketaspire team.
• Understand and clearly communicate quality requirements and expectations to the Ketaspire team, ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Coordinate with the maintenance and reliability teams to ensure efficient operation of the unit.
• Utilize resources including operators, supervisors, engineers, R&I, Plant Support Teams and external experts.
• Ensure the Ketaspire Team has tools and training required to achieve goals and function in the supervisor's absence.
• Achieve outstanding HSE performance through Safety Principles and Leading with Safety programs.
• Input on capital projects for the unit.
• Support the Asset team in maintaining and growing market share while reducing working capital.
• Identify and implement actions to reduce fixed and variable costs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

We are looking for:

The Ketaspire Production Coordinator role provides operations leadership to the Ketaspire unit. The position is responsible for the safety of all employees and equipment in the Ketaspire operation. The position ensures the unit is operated in an environmentally sound and cost effective manner while supplying polymer meeting all quality requirements per plan to internal and external customers. The position reports directly to the Ketaspire Unit Manager. Shift supervisors report directly to the Ketaspire Production Coordinator, and this position is responsible for indirectly managing hourly staff. The individual in this position is expected to participate on local safety teams and to take an active role in implementing Manufacturing Excellence at Augusta.

We count on you for:

• Understand and clearly communicate the operating budget and production plan to the Ketaspire team.
• Understand and clearly communicate quality requirements and expectations to the Ketaspire team, ensuring customer satisfication.
• Coordinate with the maintenance and reliability teams to ensure efficient operation of the unit.
• Effectively utilize all the resources available including operators, supervisors, engineers, R&I, Plant Support Teams and external experts when required.
• Ensure the Ketaspire Team has tools and training required to achieve their goals and function effectively in his/her absence.
• Achieve outstanding HSE performance through Syensqo's Safety Principles, Life Saving Rules, and Leading with Safety programs.
• Ensures operations input on capital projects.
• Support the Asset team in efforts to maintain and grow market share while reducing working capital.
• Identify, develop, and implement actions necessary to reduce fixed and variable costs.

You can count on us for:

• Be part of and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime change journey
• Join a transversal and dynamic team
• Opportunities for growth and learning
• Encouraging a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that values and respects individual differences and backgrounds

You will bring:

• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline is required. Chemical or mechanical engineering is preferred.
• 10 years experience with at least 5 years in operations, maintenance, or engineering functions in a manufacturing facility.
• Champions and models appropriate safe work behaviors; Reacts appropriately to safe/unsafe behaviors and ensures safety performance within area of responsibility;
• Has a proven track record of demonstrating participative leadership, technical ability, and communications skills, while requiring little direction; Has strong interpersonal skills to work effectively in a very dynamic environment.
• Works effectively with people who have diverse ideas, perspectives, and values; Comfortably handles risk and uncertainty; Builds and ensures strong links and relationships with other work groups.
• Views success as a team effort and creates a feeling of belonging to the team; Challenges others and self to continuously improve work processes.
• Leads change necessary for improvement in business performance.Ensures business performance is measured and communicated to the organization; Able to handle multiple demands.

HSE REQUIREMENTS:

• Perform required safety audits per the Augusta Plant yearly audit plan.
• Attend plant-wide safety/wellness sessions.
• Review/perform required safety audits, JSA’s and What-if scenarios.
• Complete all required CBTs on time.
• Participate in PSM, PHA, and PSSR field reviews, as well as Follow-Up Incident investigations as needed.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all plant environmental standards, ES-01 through ES-10.
• Know the environmental permit limits for your assigned plant (air, waste water, storm water).
• Maintain a working knowledge of the Hazardous Waste Rules (RCRA) to include storage, handling, sampling, transporting, manifesting, record keeping, and emergency response.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the facility environmental plans (SPCC, Storm Water Pollution Prevention).

You will get:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $108,000 to $135,000 per year. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.
• 16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations.
• Training platform for all employees
• Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)

About Us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.
• Syensqo is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.