Site Manager

Finitetek

Proctor, WV

Pay: $190,000-$220,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Job Description**

• The Site Manager’s primary initial objective will be to successfully start up the plant and achieve commercial production by the company’s established target date
• The company is a leading global producer of maleic anhydride, malic acid, and fumaric acid.
• As the Proctor facility approaches completion, the Site Manager will have a unique opportunity to build a high-performing organization, shape the site’s culture, establish operational best practices, and lead the successful startup of a major continuous-process manufacturing facility.
• The Site Manager’s primary initial objective will be to successfully start up the plant and achieve commercial production by the company’s established target date.

**Position Summary:**

• Reporting to the CEO, Americas, the Site Manager will provide overall leadership for the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Proctor facility.
• This position will oversee all plant manufacturing activities and lead a multidisciplinary management team representing Operations, Maintenance and Reliability, Environmental Health and Safety, Human Resources, Warehousing, and Purchasing.
• The Site Manager will develop the plant team and its capabilities to achieve world-class safety, production, reliability, quality, and cost performance.
• Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and global leadership, this individual will balance operational requirements, customer commitments, and the company’s strategic and financial goals.
• This role is ideal for a seasoned chemical manufacturing leader with extensive operations and maintenance experience, strong process-safety leadership, and a demonstrated ability to lead a continuous-process plant through startup and into stable commercial production.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for all manufacturing activities at the Proctor facility.
• Lead the successful startup of the plant and achieve commercial production by the established target date.
• Establish and maintain a strong culture of safety, environmental stewardship, operational discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, safety, and process-safety requirements, including OSHA, EPA, and Process Safety Management requirements.
• Achieve established daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production objectives.
• Meet plant cost, quality, reliability, and operational-performance targets.
• Develop and implement strategies to maximize plant availability, equipment reliability, asset performance, and production efficiency using recognized global best practices.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives focused on safety, environmental performance, quality, productivity, reliability, cost control, and operational efficiency.
• Identify and resolve issues that could affect plant startup, safety, production, product quality, equipment reliability, or customer commitments.
• Build, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing team of managers, supervisors, operators, technicians, and other plant professionals.
• Serve as a visible leadership presence throughout the facility and act as a role model and mentor for managers, supervisors, and employees.
• Establish clear performance expectations and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and development to members of the plant leadership team.
• Develop and implement training, qualification, professional-development, and succession-planning programs for the plant workforce.
• Ensure products are manufactured and delivered in accordance with customer requirements and commitments made by the Sales team.
• Develop, administer, and monitor the plant’s operating and capital budgets.
• Partner with Finance to evaluate plant performance, identify inefficiencies, manage cost drivers, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Human Resources, EHS, Warehousing, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, and Finance.
• Establish performance measures and management systems that support data-driven decision-making.
• Maintain productive relationships with the site landlord, regulatory agencies, government authorities, emergency-response organizations, and other key stakeholders.
• Represent client within the regional community and strengthen the company’s reputation as a responsible manufacturer and employer.
• Perform other duties consistent with the scope and responsibilities of the position.

**Required Qualifications:**

• At least 20 years of progressively responsible experience in chemical plant operations and maintenance.
• At least three years of experience as a Site Manager for a continuous-process plant.
• Demonstrated experience leading the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of a chemical manufacturing facility.
• Strong knowledge of continuous-process chemical manufacturing, plant operations, maintenance and reliability, pr