Plant Manager

Lubrizol Corporation; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading specialty chemical company as a Plant Manager, where you'll provide strategic leadership for plant operations. This role emphasizes safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. You will lead a diverse team, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with regulations. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, we want you on our team.

Benefits

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans

401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution

Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings

Qualifications

• 15 years of operational experience in chemical manufacturing.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional teams.
• Safety-first mindset and history of driving safety improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and tactical leadership for plant operations.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Develop and manage annual operating and capital budget.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing, and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

Job type: Full-time

Type of role: Onsite

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Plant Manager

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol, we're transforming the industrial and transportation industries, and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:

As a Plant Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation by providing strategic and tactical leadership for the operations of the plant’s manufacturing processes. Safety is the highest priority for this opportunity. The Plant Manager fosters continuous improvement in people, processes, procedures, and assets to reduce risks to the site using tools such as the Human Performance Improvement Program. The Plant Manager demonstrates operational excellence and adheres to company policies in meeting safety, reliability, quality, productivity, and financial goals. This is a critical role requiring significant interaction with all levels of the facility and broader organization. The Plant Manager has responsibility and accountability for the plant assets, EH&S, personnel, and the achievement of the plant-related business goals. This role provides unit, business, and people leadership and leads the unit’s development to be a work process-driven and empowered team:

• Utilizes leader standard work to ensure the priorities of Safety, Operational Excellence, and Cybersecurity are embedded into all aspects of plant operations, fostering continuous improvement within the facility meeting defined metrics.

Leads the overall planning and day-to-day operations for the facility to produce the highest quality products manufactured in the most effective and efficient manner, meeting performance, production, and quality targets within budget.

Maintains a diverse, inclusive, and positive work environment/culture that fosters efficiency, effectiveness, and high morale while ensuring that all employees are treated fairly and equitably by taking corrective and preventive action as appropriate to support that goal.

Monitors, encourages, and assists in the development of direct reports and facilitates adequate training and professional development opportunities for all site employees.

Drives engagement initiatives for the facility.

Coordinates workforce and succession plans for critical positions.

Collaborates with the commercial organization to forecast production schedules that are safe and efficient.

Partners with the supply chain organization to forecast production schedules that are safe and efficient.

Coordinates with Information Solutions to ensure the highest cybersecurity standards are maintained at the facility.

Maintains optimal plant condition through standard assessments of assets, preventative maintenance, housekeeping, and cleanliness.

Identifies opportunities to modernize and/or automate processes and systems.

Applies technical and analytical abilities with a continuous improvement mindset to resolve and prevent problems and improve existing processes, collaborating with other departments as required.

Generates and leverages data and reporting to drive company performance from an operational and financial perspective.

Develops, manages, and executes the annual operating and capital budget. Monitors, evaluates, and controls department expenses.

Ensures compliance with all regulations and operating permits.

Provides necessary support for non-routine tasks, shutdowns, and upset conditions, as required.

Ensures the plant EH&S program delivers performance to meet EH&S goals and relevant permit/regulatory requirements. Leads by example with a commitment to safety by personal behavior.

Key representative for the plant in goal setting and business strategy discussions, as well as communication of both within the unit.

Accountable for meeting annual goals, objectives, and KPI improvements, including costs, asset reliability, and asset utilization.

Ensures implementation of work processes, operating discipline, management systems, and roles.

Ensures necessary resources are in place to meet production requirements and achieve the plant goals.

Provides leadership and expectations for the personnel in the goal-setting processes.

Ensures individuals set, monitor, and achieve goals aligned with business and site strategies.

Creates an environment that allows team and individual empowerment to grow and flourish. Models expected behaviors for an empowered organization.

Ensures the operating discipline and standards are in place to produce quality products and meet customer needs.

Provides administrative leadership to plant personnel on role expectations, compensation, and personal development.

Ensures that all unplanned events (e.g., safety, quality, reliability) that meet the RCA trigger criteria are thoroughly investigated and that any identified management system improvements are communicated to site and business leadership.

Skills That Make a Difference:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in engineering; chemical engineering preferred.

15 years of operational experience within a chemical manufacturing plant.

5+ years experience leading/managing cross-functional teams with at least 3 years managing shift-based employees.

A safety-first mindset and history of driving safety improvements.

Proven ability to effectively lead, influence, and build high-performing teams.

Strong structured problem-solving skills and experience in the application of continuous improvement tools.

Drive to continuously learn and challenge the status quo.

Effective interpersonal skills and relationship building.

Ability to learn quickly, adapt, and grow from adversity.

Excellent communication skills, willing to engage one-on-one, and listen to front-line employees.

Flexibility and commitment to work outside of normal work hours as required.

Knowledge of chemistry and process technology, as applicable.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Considered a Plus:

• Master's degree from an accredited university in engineering; chemical engineering preferred.

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers, and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers, and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work. As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better. One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.

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