Plant Manager - Chemical Processing

LINK Staffing; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

LINK Staffing in Carrollton, TX seeks a Plant Manager for Chemical Processing. This onsite role leads a two-shift operation, driving safety, reliability and performance across throughput, yield and quality.

You will mentor supervisors and technicians, manage budgets, review processes, and ensure compliance with MOC and PFD/P&ID standards. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in chemical/process manufacturing and a track record of hands-on troubleshooting and leadership in an industrial setting, with

Qualifications

• 7+ years in chemical, metals, materials, recycling or process manufacturing operations.
• 3+ years leading people, shifts or plant operations.
• Ability to read PFDs and P&IDs, with experience in process controls and MOC.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance coordination.
• Onsite work in Carrollton, TX.

Responsibilities

• Safe daily operations, including startups, shutdowns and response to process upsets.
• Plant performance management: safety, throughput, yield, quality, uptime and cost.
• Lead and develop supervisors, technicians and operators.
• Address health, safety and environmental priorities, including risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Maintain preventive maintenance, reliability and outage planning.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and Lean improvements.
• Manage operating budget, vendors, SOPs and production reporting.

Skills

Chemical processing

Process manufacturing

Leadership

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

Job description

Plant Manager, Chemical Processing Carrollton, TX | Onsite | Direct Hire | $150,000 annual base salary

Lead safe, reliable operations at a two-shift industrial processing facility.

What you'll own

• Safe daily operations, including startups, shutdowns and response to process upsets
• Plant performance: safety, throughput, yield, quality, uptime and cost
• Leading and developing supervisors, technicians and operators
• Health, safety and environmental priorities, including risk assessments, management of change and incident investigations
• Preventive maintenance, reliability and outage planning
• Root-cause analysis and Lean improvement
• Operating budget, vendors, SOPs, training records and production reporting

What you bring

• 7+ years in chemical, metals, materials, recycling or process manufacturing operations
• 3+ years leading people, shifts or plant operations
• Ability to read process flow diagrams (PFDs) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and experience with process controls and management of change (MOC)
• Hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance coordination
• Bachelor's in Chemical, Mechanical or Materials Engineering, Operations Management or a related field, or equivalent plant leadership experience
• Ability to work onsite in Carrollton, TX
• A plus: experience in chemical or metals processing and continuous improvement.