Production Shift Supervisor

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  

About the job

The Production Supervisor is responsible for day-to-day safe and efficient operation of the Sodium Chlorate Manufacturing Process.

In your future role as a Shift Supervisor, you will be:

• Responsible for Day-to-day operations of the Sodium Chlorate manufacturing process in accordance with site objectives, procedures, and requirements of regulatory and certifying agencies regarding Safety, Security, Health, Environmental, Quality, Efficiency, and Costs.  (Regulatory and certifying agencies include OSHA, EPA, MDEQ, FDA, ISO, DOT, NSF, OU)
• Facilitation of start of shift and end of shift team meetings covering key objectives,
• Overall operational discipline on shift including operating procedure execution, checklist completion, sampling, leak and housekeeping rounds, etc.
• Training and development, and certification recommendation of direct report operating personnel.
• Fair and consistent administration of company policies, and the Collective Bargaining Agreement as applicable to the work environment.
• Routine assessment of the operating unit to ensure proper prioritization of maintenance work.
• Problem-solving, decision making, and communication of plant activities to ensure safe, continuous, and efficient operation.
• Procedure and process confirmation activities.
• Maintain a high level of field presence ensuring the direct report operations team is well supported for work prioritization, troubleshooting, technical support, etc.
• Unit preparation for maintenance activities per the published schedule including equipment shutdowns, lock out, tag out, try out execution, and permit to work execution including quality control of the issuing operator’s work.
• Oversight of the hydrogen peroxide (HP) and logistics areas during night and weekend shifts.

We believe you bring

• High School Diploma/GED with at least 2 years post-secondary/military education (technical area preferred); or three (3) or more years’ experience in the Chemical Industry preferred. 
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret and respond to technical data associated with the plant operation. 
• Ability to work with and apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, decimals, and percentages and to apply the results to plant operations. Must be able to work with metric system measurements and conversions. 
• Ability to solve practical and operational problems in the plant environment is crucial. 
• Ability to interpret sample results and take appropriate responsive actions. 
• Ability to interpret and accurately implement a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work with Computer Controlled Plant Operations is required.

 
We offer you

A place to grow your career and learn more. Employees (and their families) will be eligible for coverage for medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance and paid sick and paid parental leave. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive (eight hours of vacation leave every month) and (twelve) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Good to know
 

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Senior Production Supervisor at the Columbus, MS. site.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/  

We look forward to receiving your application! 

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.  
  

About Nouryon

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today. 

If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment. 

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