Production Engineer Team Lead — Mentor & Optimize Plant Ops

Huntsman; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntsman is seeking a Production Engineer Team Lead in Conroe, Texas, to oversee a team of production engineers, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective plant operations. The role reports to the Senior Operations Manager and focuses on technical guidance and day-to-day leadership.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with 8+ years in chemical plant manufacturing, plus experience leading diverse teams and proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with 8+ years of related experience.
• Proven experience leading diverse, high-performance teams, including engineers.
• Experience with SAP systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Huntsman Production Engineers team. Assign projects, ensure workflow, mentor engineers, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Serve as technical advisor to the Senior Operations Manager.
• Perform duties of a production engineer: group leader position is a working supervisor to support and direct day-to-day activities.
• Manage front-end process functions for plant.
• Facilitate process priority setting for plant management.
• Collect and evaluate incoming process suggestions.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional teams such as production meetings, process improvement teams, month-end closing, and plant metric reviews.
• Participate in and conduct scope and process reviews.
• Review and develop process justifications.
• Develop process overview presentations for plant and senior management.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Teamwork

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Huntsman is seeking a Production Engineer Team Lead in Conroe, Texas, to oversee a team of production engineers, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective plant operations. The role reports to the Senior Operations Manager and focuses on technical guidance and day-to-day leadership.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with 8+ years in chemical plant manufacturing, plus experience leading diverse teams and proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office.