Resin Pilot Plant Leader

Title: Resin Pilot Plant Leader

Job Description: PVB Resin Pilot Plant Lead in Antwerp, Belgium

• The Resin Pilot Plant Leader will be accountable for leading the resin pilot plant and contributing to new process development and process improvements.  This is an excellent growth opportunity for a junior leader.

We would advise you to discuss your availability and your desire to post for this position with your supervision before posting.

This is the role:

• Maintain High Safety Performance◦Understand the concepts for process safety management and actively design according to those principles
• Ensure daily safe work practices, by driving to a Zero Incident Mindset
• Co-manage and direct operations staff to ensure safe and reliable operations
• Develop and Champion a Strategic Vision for the Resin Pilot Plant◦Set short term and long-term vision for success
• Lead a cross-functional team develop new processes and products◾Working in a fast-paced result-oriented multidisciplinary team environment
• Exhibit a high level of initiative
• Direct work of operators
• Effectively communicate and collaborate across enterprise◦Establish a strong partnership with on-site supporting departments to understand needs, issues, and priorities and coordinate technical activities
• Frequently interact with global manufacturing and technology personnel 
• Communicate plans and results through effective written documentation and oral presentations
• Invent, improve, trouble-shoot and debottleneck resin processes ◦Conduct experiments in the pilot plant
• Apply statistical tools effectively (6-Sigma, design of experiments, Minitab)
• Analyze results, solve complex problems, and document conclusions
• Lead root case analysis of process upsets and equipment failures to identify corrective actions to prevent recurrence

This is what you bring :                                                                      

• A Masters degree or PhD in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in chemical industry
• Experience in pilot plant of plant scale chemical manufacturing environment required
• Demonstrated creativity and a desire to solve challenging and complex problems
• Strong project management and team leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to work in a team environment
• Willingness to travel between Eastman locations in Belgium

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain High Safety Performance
  • Understand the concepts for process safety management and actively design according to those principles
  • Ensure daily safe work practices, by driving to a Zero Incident Mindset
  • Co-manage and direct operations staff to ensure safe and reliable operations
• Develop and Champion a Strategic Vision for the Resin Pilot Plant
  • Set short term and long-term vision for success
  • Lead a cross-functional team develop new processes and products
    • Working in a fast-paced result-oriented multidisciplinary team environment
    • Exhibit a high level of initiative
    • Direct work of operators
• Effectively communicate and collaborate across enterprise
  • Establish a strong partnership with on-site supporting departments to understand needs, issues, and priorities and coordinate technical activities
  • Frequently interact with global manufacturing and technology personnel  
  • Communicate plans and results through effective written documentation and oral presentations
• Invent, improve, trouble-shoot and debottleneck resin processes
  • Conduct experiments in the pilot plant
  • Apply statistical tools effectively (6-Sigma, design of experiments, Minitab)
  • Analyze results, solve complex problems, and document conclusions
  • Lead root case analysis of process upsets and equipment failures to identify corrective actions to prevent recurrence

Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have:

• A BS in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in chemical industry
• Experience in pilot plant of plant scale chemical manufacturing environment required
• Demonstrated creativity and a desire to solve challenging and complex problems
• Strong project management and team leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to work in a team environment
• Willingness to travel between Eastman locations in Belgium

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