Manufacturing / Operations Jobs in Newport, DE

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A. the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U. S. A. For more information, please visit our website at or connect with us on Linked In or Twitter Synthesis Contact Supervisor - Newport, DE The Contact Supervisor , Synthesis role is a key leadership position at the Newport site. The position is responsible for the safety, productivity, and development of their

direct reports while ensuring their shift is executing the elements of the Toyota Production System every day in line with the expectations of the Area TPS Leaders and the Site Production Manager.

Responsibilities: Support and adhere to the principles of the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care® by protecting the environment, health, safety and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers and neighbors. Comply with the requirements of the ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System. Ensure that the Synthesis production areas comply with site EHS guidelines, department EHS guidelines, and production operating procedures on a 24/7 basis. This includes

all documentation related to environmental and safety compliance, production batch cards, and shift relief documentation.

Perform personnel management responsibilities – monitoring the training plans of employees, backssing employee competency, supporting development plans of shift employees, overtime scheduling, payroll approvals and performance management of direct reports. Ownership for executing TPS through direct reports to ensure productivity improvements are sustainable and part of the Synthesis areas culture (e. g. Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management, and area KPIs) and uses these tools and metrics to identify and drive continuous improvement projects across the Synthesis production areas.

Develop trouble shooting capabilities of your reports through training and on the job problem solving opportunities. Troubleshoot more complex problems in collaboration direct reports and site support personnel (i. e. engineers, maintenance, etc. ) to ensure efficient and effective operations. Be responsible as emergency response coordinator (incident commander) for hazardous waste, hazmat, fire, medical and confined space emergencies on the site until relieved by external officials. Ensure that direct reports maintain compliance certification as members of the site’s emergency response team.

Support behavior based safety through safety contacts and supporting observers on your team to complete behavior based observations in support of an improved safety culture. Be knowledgeable of and follow all Environmental, Health and Safety practices including but not limited to: manage waste movements according to satellite and/or 90-day accumulation requirements, inspect air contaminant sources and institute corrective action for out-of-spec conditions, prevent releases into the sewer and/or stormwater systems by following BMPs (best management practices), activate Sun Chemical emergency response procedures in case of spills or other emergencies.

Education & Experience: High school diploma or equivalent Min 8 years of experience in chemical plant environment Min 8 years of experience in ISO certified manufacturing plant Capabilities to supervise and develop direct reports. Computer skills – MS Office, OSI PI process data collection software, and plant distributed control software Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills Plus: Certification as an Incident Commander Personnel leadership/management experience Six Sigma/Lean training/certification Working knowledge of pigment synthesis operations BENEFITS We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k)+match and life insurance.

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