Plant Production Leader: Safety & Growth

Stepan Oilfield Solutions; Elwood (IL); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K with Match

Profit Sharing

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Stepan Company in Elwood, IL is seeking a Production Leader to oversee the production area’s performance—EH&S, quality and reliability—and supervise hourly staff to ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will drive production planning, capacity management and SAP data integrity while fostering a strong safety culture and enabling coordination with maintenance and quality teams to meet customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 5 years of chemical operations/manufacturing experience.
• 3 years minimum of Management Experience in Manufacturing.
• Understanding of chemical process and production equipment required.
• SAP experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage manufacturing (Planning, Production and Warehousing) to ensure HSE, operational, financial and customer service targets are achieved and develop the team and area in line with business needs.
• Responsible for managing the safe operation of plant and equipment in line within internal and legislative requirements.
• Ensure that all employees within the operations area are suitably trained in all aspects of HSE to deliver appropriate performance.
• Promote and maintain a behavioral Safety culture in the operations area.
• Responsible for the setting and delivery of production plans.
• Ensure availability of identified capacity bottlenecks and proposals for the next steps for plant capacity increases.
• Oversee stock accuracy of materials within SAP system and ensure accurate data in SAP for all processes.
• Root causes of manufacturing related customer complaints are identified and addressed in a cost-effective way in a timely manner.
• Identify technical and commercial functions to ensure customer requirements are fully defined and understood.
• Manage the team members and ensure their performance is in line with expectations.
• Recruit and select team members for area and undertake disciplinary action according to the procedure when required.
• Manage budget with fixed cost performance for manufacturing budgets.

Skills

Chemical operations

Management experience

Communication across levels

Education

High school diploma or equivalent; Associate/Bachelor preferred

Tools

SAP

Job description

Stepan Company in Elwood, IL is seeking a Production Leader to oversee the production area’s performance—EH&S, quality and reliability—and supervise hourly staff to ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will drive production planning, capacity management and SAP data integrity while fostering a strong safety culture and enabling coordination with maintenance and quality teams to meet customer requirements.