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The Production Manager is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of site-wide ammonia production for Blue Point. This individual will play a key role in building and implementing site policy, as well as setting site culture. This position is also a member of the site leadership team providing oversight of daily ammonia production activities including safety, quality, cost management, employee development, and process optimization, while ensuring production and site-wide goals are met in a safe and environmentally sound manner. This person will also be supporting the Blue Point Project Team in their efforts to safely and successfully construct, commission and bring into operation a first of its kind, world class low carbon ammonia plant.
Job Responsibility:
Effectively staff, manage, and develop exempt and hourly employees within the Blue Point production department
Set departmental expectations for excellence in safety and environmental performance and maintain overall responsibility for the effectiveness of these efforts
Support the Blue Point Project Team in engineering, construction and pre-commissioning efforts as needed to ensure the safe start-up of Blue Point 1 and supporting facilities
Collaborate with key business stakeholders such as maintenance, engineering and EHS departments to identify opportunities to optimize and improve operational performance
Develop the annual ammonia production budget, compare performance to existing metrics, and ensure effective management of controllable costs and production
Establish the ammonia plant turnaround schedule to ensure it aligns with the capital budget forecast and supports the corporate business plan and sales objectives
Participates as an effective member of the incident management team capable of executing the role of company spokesman and incident management team leader
Manages complex-wide natural gas, while coordinating daily/monthly gas usage and supply with the gas supplier(s) and the corporate raw materials group
Manages site CO2 nominations and transfers with offtake partner and in coordination with the clean energy team
Effectively manages and coordinates onsite ammonia storage and loading activities to ensure safe and reliable logistics operations
Covers and acts on behalf of the General Manager during their absence
Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements
Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed
Works with internal controls department to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures, the need for new ones, and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed
Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary
Requirements:
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in engineering from an abet accredited university is required
BS in Chemical Engineering preferred
Ten or more years of engineering or production related experience in chemical manufacturing is required
background in ammonia processes preferred
Five or more years of progressive supervisory/management experience is required
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills required
Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel of all backgrounds
Strong management skills required
including team building, decision making, and prioritizing
Working knowledge of environmental, health, and safety regulations applicable to ammonia manufacturing required
Proficient with Microsoft Office software
The ability to obtain a transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) card
The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause