Technical Superintendent – Plant Optimization & Safety

INEOS Belgium; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company**"

Job summary

The Technical Superintendent at INEOS Aromatics in South Carolina will lead operating teams to meet performance targets, oversee Optimization Engineers, Senior Process Engineers, and Laboratory staff, and coordinate daily plant operations with the Operations Manager.

You will drive safety, process safety, incident investigations, and continuous improvement, while ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with the Life-Saving Rules.

Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of progressive experience in a chemical manufacturing facility, refinery, or related process industry environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in process engineering, plant optimization, operational reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to effectively collaborate across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of safe operating limits, design envelopes, and relief system designs to ensure safe and compliant plant operations.
• Review, audit, and approve Management of Change (MoC) activities and technical modifications prior to startup.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the Optimization and Laboratory teams, aligning with business, operational, and performance objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by challenging existing practices and identifying opportunities to enhance safety, compliance, customer service, and cost performance.
• Provide leadership and direction for process engineering resources supporting optimization, reliability, project execution, technical services, environmental compliance, and customer support.
• Oversee site reliability and availability reporting, ensuring process-related feed interruptions and non-prime production events are investigated and corrective actions implemented.
• Ensure contractor and service provider performance, including water treatment vendors, meets contractual and operational requirements.
• Serve as an ISO 9001 Internal Auditor and champion continuous improvement initiatives within the Site Quality Management System.
• Lead cost optimization efforts by managing variable cost reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost curve analysis, optimization tools, and development of long-term cost reduction strategies in partnership with site leadership and operations teams.

Skills

Leadership

Process safety

MoC review

Operations management

Continuous improvement

Process engineering

Reliability reporting

Contractor management

ISO 9001 auditing

Cost optimization

Job description

The Technical Superintendent at INEOS Aromatics in South Carolina will lead operating teams to meet performance targets, oversee Optimization Engineers, Senior Process Engineers, and Laboratory staff, and coordinate daily plant operations with the Operations Manager.

You will drive safety, process safety, incident investigations, and continuous improvement, while ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with the Life-Saving Rules.