Instrumentation Supervisor

pbfenergy; Delaware City (DE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PBF Energy is seeking an Instrumentation Supervisor to lead the supervision, development and performance management of craft personnel within our refinery maintenance teams.

You will work with other groups to ensure safe, efficient maintenance activities, direct multi‑craft work, and participate in planning and scheduling processes. Strong supervisory experience in a union environment and solid process safety knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in refinery/petrochemical industry as a maintenance craftsperson.
• Technical or bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Hard trades experience.
• Must have supervisory experience in a union environment.
• Familiarity with industry process safety and environment regulations, work practices, and compliance strategies as well as knowledge of basic refinery processes, reliability principles, refining economics and basic budgeting and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, develop and performance‑manage craft personnel.
• Coordinate with other groups to safely and efficiently complete maintenance activities.
• Direct execution of multi‑craft maintenance work according to plans and schedules.
• Attend scheduling meetings to ensure clear communication of issues.
• Ensure resource availability (materials, tools, equipment) for work.
• Identify productivity improvements and training needs.
• Lead safety discussions and reinforce company safety policies.
• Support planners to maximize planning and scheduling value.
• Report contractor activities to area business teams and maintenance management.
• Respond to plant emergencies and manage manpower accordingly.
• Negotiate deviations from plan with maintenance planner when needed.
• Oversee safety, productivity and quality on site; control costs.
• Handle administrative, labor relations and personnel issues; perform audits.
• Assist craft personnel with complex equipment problems.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Union environment experience

Process safety familiarity

Maintenance craftsperson background

Refinery/petrochemical industry know‑

Troubleshooting skills

Education

Technical degree or bachelor's degree

Job description

Instrumentation Supervisor

• Responsible for the supervision, development and performance management of craft personnel. Job Description


• Work with other work groups in the refinery to ensure safe and efficient completion of maintenance activities.


• Supervise and direct the execution of maintenance work of multi-craft workers according to established plans/schedules.


• Attend daily and weekly scheduling meetings to ensure all issues are communicated for overall maintenance efficiency.


• Assure that resources such as: materials, tools and equipment are available to personnel to allow for completion of assigned work.


• Seek opportunities to raise productivity of craft workers through various means such as multi-crafting or specialized skills.


• Identify and effectively communicate performance expectations to personnel.


• Lead safety discussions and demonstrate leadership behavior that reinforces company safety policies.


• Identify gaps in training and proactively develop plans to address those gaps, either by training or procedures.


• Support and work with the Planners to maximize the value of the planning and scheduling process.


• Report on contractor activities to the Area Business Teams and maintenance management as required.


• Respond to plant related emergencies.


• Responsible for making required manpower resources available so that the work is executed as planned.


• Ensure that the work plan is followed or negotiate and agree upon any alternative courses of action with the maintenance planner.


• Responsible for employee safety, productivity, and quality of work on the job site.


• Control the costs associated with the work and strive to reduce these costs where practical.


• Handle all administrative, labor relations and personnel issues in a timely manner.


• Performs job safety audits.


• Assists crafts person in solving complex equipment problems. Provides a high level of troubleshooting skills.


• Fosters a positive working environment that is inclusive and respectful of all, supports the site and Company values and objectives, and models integrity and work commitment.


• Works closely with the environmental team as well as ops to assure proper compliance.


• Oversees designated area work activities during unit turnarounds and outages and reports to Turnaround Supervision when required.


• Participate in on call rotational schedule.


• Manages and files all environmental calibrations.


• Performs cost estimates for maintenance and repair projects when requirements

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years' experience in refinery/petrochemical industry as a maintenance craftsperson


• Technical or bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience.


• Hard trades experience


• Must have supervisory experience in a union environment.


• Familiarity with industry process safety and environment regulations, work practices, and compliance strategies as well as knowledge of basic refinery processes, reliability principles, refining economics and basic budgeting and scheduling.

PBF Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, veteran and military status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by law.

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