Site Operations Leader — Chemical Plant Startup

MK Search; Stamps (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary and bonus

Sign-on bonus to support relocation

Opportunity to build plant and team in

Job summary

MK Search is partnering with a well-established chemicals and energy company to recruit an Operations Manager for a new chemical manufacturing plant in South Arkansas. This leadership role will shape safety culture, operating standards and the team from ground up at a site with ~35 people when fully built.

The role requires hands-on leadership in a distillation-based process handling hazardous chemicals. You will drive safety, environmental compliance and cost control while partnering with

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical Engineering (required).
• 6–10+ years in a chemical or process manufacturing environment.
• Experience at an OSHA PSM-covered plant (required).
• Distillation and/or hazardous or toxic chemical experience is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead site operations with a strong focus on safety, environmental compliance, quality and cost control.
• Drive continuous improvement across safety performance, operating costs, material variances, capital projects and lean manufacturing.
• Coach and develop field supervisors and team leads in incident investigation, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Build and deliver training on safe work practices, job safety analysis (JSEA), incident reporting and company safety programs.
• Meet or beat targets for production output, on-time shipping, yield and operating costs.
• Plan and staff operations to keep the plant fully covered and running without interruption.
• Work closely with engineering, maintenance, supply chain, quality and HSE to keep the plant safe, efficient and reliable.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering

Job description

MK Search is partnering with a well-established chemicals and energy company to recruit an Operations Manager for a new chemical manufacturing plant in South Arkansas. This leadership role will shape safety culture, operating standards and the team from ground up at a site with ~35 people when fully built.

The role requires hands-on leadership in a distillation-based process handling hazardous chemicals. You will drive safety, environmental compliance and cost control while partnering with