Production Supervisor - Celanese International Corporation

Overview

The Production Supervisor/Team Captain for Acid Recovery, Anhydride Manufacturing and Wastewater Treatment unit is expected to lead their 24/7 team to make in specification product while embracing the four core principles: Avoiding harm to people or environment, make in specification product, maintain reliability, and develop the process experts (operators).

Responsibilities

Lead the team to meet leading and lagging measures and KPI's that are part of the core's scorecard. 

Key activities include:

• Provide guidance and set priorities to achieve the production schedule and 4 core principles
• Review process, product, equipment related data critical to achieve SQRE plan (Stewardship, Quality, Reliability, Engagement)
• Short and mid term resource planning taking into account: resource need per production schedule, absenteeism.
• Develop people regarding their key abilities and attributes
• Provide timely and meaningful performance feedback to all team members
• Follow up on issues from the previous shifts
• Communicate information from the core team (ex. tool box briefing, etc.)
• Perform proper handover to the next Team Captain and Daily Executional Leader on emerging Quality, Environmental, or Reliability issues. 
• Facilitate SQRE huddles
• Field presence, safety focus and leader of the team, knowledge provider, decision maker after the team completes troubleshooting effort, work order notification owner for the team
• Bypass approval/notifications, Emergency and Security risks, C level RCAs.
• Coordinates SOP updates with Learning Facilitator
• Coordinates team member participation and participates in MOC, PHA, RCA etc. Sessions
• Identifies when training is needed/required for 24/7 team and ensures opportunities are available for team members to obtain the knowledge
• Ensure compliance to Environmental and Safety regulatory requirements
• Work with Process Expert and Manufacturing Expert to improve unit performance.
• Process Safety Officer for 24/7 Team

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Chemical manufacturing experience preferred 
• Prior leadership experience preferred
• Able to communicate effectively, build effective team, manage complexity, understand team members knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Identify emerging issues, make sound decisions,  and must be able to motivate