T100 Building manager

Evonik; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental leave

Life Insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Evonik, a global specialty chemicals company, seeks a Plant Manager to lead production operations at its Lafayette, Indiana site. You will oversee manufacturing, safety, quality, and efficiency across multiple factories, aligning with quarterly and annual plans.

The role requires strong leadership, budget management, and deep knowledge of GMP practices; you’ll drive continuous improvement, optimize processes, and ensure reliable supply while meeting performance targets and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in facilities, engineering, manufacturing or related technical discipline.
• Experience developing strategic and operational plans in complex organizations.
• Technical and operational expertise to assess facilities, infrastructure, processes and systems.
• Knowledge of cGMP operations and pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage significant resources and budgets.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, safety, quality and compliance.
• Strategic problem solving and leadership to drive safety and performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a significant operational area for the organization.
• Develop annual and longer-term production plans with resource and budget inputs.
• Communicate actions to implement the function's strategy and motivate the team.
• Monitor HS&E KPIs and improve safety and compliance.
• Develop monthly and annual production plans for multiple factories across the business.
• Identify process shortcomings and implement improvements with guidance from seniors.

Skills

Strategic planning

Operations management

Leadership

Budget management

HS&E compliance

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

What We Offer

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.

Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special!

Find out more about the many benefits we offer: https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html

Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik: https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html

Manages and directs directing all manufacturing activities a plant or production process, including production, materials, quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost-effective way, while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments. Plant may be a stand‑alone facility or a relatively independent unit within a larger site.

Responsibilities

• Manage a significant operational area for the organization.
• Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business key performance indicators; develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.
• Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Monitor and review performance against HS&E KPIs, and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility; Take action improve performance and to resolve non-compliance with the organization's HS&E policies, procedures and mandatory instructions.
• Develop monthly and annual production plans for multiple factories across the business with dependencies on other processes/units to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan. Provide input to the overall production planning framework and systems.
• Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; suggest and implement improvements; and develop and deliver larger improvement projects with guidance from senior colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with substantial general work experience and comprehensive job‑related experience in facilities, engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic and operational plans within a complex organization, translating long-term objectives into annual priorities, resource plans and actionable deliverables.
• Comprehensive technical and operational expertise with the ability to assess facilities, infrastructure, processes and systems; identify performance gaps; and develop solutions that improve capacity, reliability, safety, quality and efficiency.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cGMP operations and pharmaceutical manufacturing environments, including the ability to apply applicable standards, procedures and quality requirements to facility and operational decision‑making.
• Proven ability to plan, organize, prioritize and manage significant resources and budgets, balancing short-, medium- and long-term priorities while delivering against aggressive timelines and business objectives.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, safe systems of work, quality requirements and compliance, with the ability to integrate safety and quality considerations into operational planning and execution.
• Demonstrated strategic problem-solving and continuous improvement capability, with the confidence to ask the right questions, identify root causes and implement solutions that eliminate inefficiencies.
• Proven people leadership and organizational development skills, including the ability to lead through change, develop talent, build accountability and foster a culture of safety, quality, learning and performance.

Evonik offers a comprehensive benefit package, subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. Benefits included, but not limited to:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.