Job Description
Job title: Operations Supervisor
Location: Anacortes WA
Reports to: Operations Manager
Compensation: $110,000 - $115,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Scope of the Position
The Operations Supervisor, at our Anacortes, WA sulphur production facility, are responsible for the direct, safe day-to-day supervision of operations personnel.
- Troubleshoot and resolve equipment and operating problems.
- Review operating data daily.
- Monitor raw material utilization and production yields to ensure most efficient utilization of materials and optimization of quality products.
- Monitor and ensure environmental compliance for all areas of operation; air, water, and solid.
- Support and participate in Responsible Care programs to maintain safe working conditions for employees and the environment.
- Prepare, update and review operation procedures to ensure safe and efficient operation of the facility.
- Operations and maintenance activities to meet department goals involving budgets, production schedules and raw materials consumption.
What You Need To Be Successful
- Requires a high school diploma. Further education preferred.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications required
- Technical training: Process Safety Management, Hazardous Materials training
- 5-7 years of highly hazardous chemical plant experience, with Sulfur Recovery Unit experience preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- 30%
- Monitor and direct production.
- To know, understand, and ensure the unit is operated within its limits and according to the regulatory permits.
- Provide technical training and assistance to operation personnel.
- Provide plant personnel process knowledge.
- Track production and unit consumption rates.
- Control operation cost.
- Review operating data daily and report and Investigate deviations from set operating parameters and initiate corrective actions.
- Identify and initiate process/production improvements and modifications.
- 20%
- Work Orders are entered correctly and approved.
- Assist Operations Manager in improving effectiveness and efficiency of plant Operations, including implementation of new standards in operating discipline.
- Provide limited vacation relief for Operations Manager and Acid plant operations supervisor.
- On-call during regular weeknights for SRU related malfunctions and participates in the site’s weekend duty on-call roster.
- 10%
- Trouble-shoot and resolve equipment and operating problems in the unit.
- Monitor environmental emissions and wastewater discharge.
- 10%
- Train and ensure operations personnel are trained to perform their duties safely.
- Support and participate in all training initiatives as required.
- Ensure all operations personnel know and receive their regulatory, safety, and environmental training.
- 5%
- Responsible for the accuracy and development of operating procedures, ensuring periodic procedure reviews are completed, process modifications and equipment changes are updated to improve plant operations.
- 5%
- Assist in PHA reviews, Managements of Change reviews, Regulatory, Environmental, Safety, and ISO audits, and ensure that action items resulting from these audits and safety incidents are completed.
- 5%
- Attend and conduct safety meetings and area inspections of the plant.
- To ensure that action items resulting from these meetings are completed.
- 5%
- Assist Maintenance and Engineers with project work and design and evaluate unit operations for process improvements.
- 5% - Perform other duties as assigned
- 5% - Oversee and manage LOTO/ECP activities during routine maintenance, projects and Turnaround related activities.
Physical Demands/Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:
- Employee is frequently required to stand for large part of day and may have to stand in one position for periods of time. Employee is occasionally required to climb stairs.
- Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision and color recognition.
- Must be physically capable of spending long hours standing and sitting.
- Must be “fit for duty”.
- Ability to work as a TEAM member within the facility and other labs within Chemtrade.
- Safety is a job requirement
Work Environment
Must be able to perform under the following conditions:
- Adhere to all safety requirements as set forth by the company.
- Work in awkward or confining workspaces.
- Work in outdoor environment.
- Work in noisy environment.
- Work in areas that are dusty and have some odor from chemicals and etc.
- Able to work in Adverse Weather Conditions.
- Work in a laboratory setting.
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