Site Director II en Ecoservices

Ecoservices in Baton Rouge, LA is seeking an experienced Site Director. This site has 90 union employees and 30 salaried employees. This plant is key to many refineries on the Baton Rouge & New Orleans Ship Channel and Gulf Coast for gasoline manufacturing. It has two sulfuric acid units manufacturing various sulfuric acid grades. This site also manages the incineration of Hazardous Chemicals as part of the sulfuric acid manufacturing in their furnaces.

Site Director II Role Expectations

Ecoservices Site Directors have overall responsibility and accountability for plant personnel, assets, and achievement of plant and corporate goals. This position generates tremendous value to Ecoservices through:

HSES / Reliability Leadership

• Drives a strong personal safety, process safety, environmental, and sustainability improvement plan to achieve HSES goals and ensure compliance with regulatory and permit requirements.
• Relentlessly pursues maximum plant reliability to reduce unplanned events and support safe operations.
• Knows and champions Life Saving Behaviors. Demonstrates priority and commitment through personal behavior. Keeps a strong field presence and routinely assesses work activities to maintain awareness of plant needs and influence behaviors. Sets the expectations in words and actions such that employees know that all work is completed in accordance with Ecoservices HSE policies at all times (24/7).
• Prioritizes capital requests to ensure that capital is allocated to design out industrial hygiene hazards, improve environmental compliance, and reduce personal/process safety hazards. Implements proper engineering, process, and administrative controls for safe and reliable operations.
• Shows courageous leadership by coaching, asking questions, and intervening when needed. Challenges status quo and past norms to make the operation safer and more effective.
• Ensures the Mechanical Integrity program is robust for safe operation. The Plant Manager is responsible for risk management decisions regarding any potential deferrals/extensions.
• Drives a strong MOC process in their organization to ensure that reviews are completed thoroughly, risks are adequately assessed, and personnel are professionally trained prior to implementing changes in the facility.
• Ensures timely and effective investigations are conducted with appropriate corrective and preventative actions to prevent recurrence. Leverages lessons to other facilities.

Organizational Effectiveness / People Leadership

• Sets vision and ensures goals are established and executed in alignment with corporate objectives, while adapting to changing conditions. Provides motivation, context, and purpose to the team through frequent communications.
• This person must earn and retain the credibility of the organization to be effective. Must be decisive, honest, and empathetic. A leader which by example will inspire the organization to follow them. 
• Drives Operational Excellence by developing/implementing effective Management Systems that will deliver quality products on time in a safe and most efficient manner. This will require development of the Baton Rouge Team (hourly and salaried) as well as delegation and follow-up. 
• Ensures common sense implementation and ongoing effectiveness of work processes, operating discipline, management systems, enabling technologies, and roles to become a Highly Reliable Organization.
• Works closely with Human Resources to hire a plant team with strong skills. Ensures team members are on-boarded and trained via a comprehensive training program to maximize their opportunity for success and increase plant expertise.
• Addresses discipline issues in a timely manner. Must be able to have hard conversation with problem employees and clearly communicate expectations while being able to acknowledge and communicate where employees performed well. 
• Inspires and motivates the organization. Models Ecoservices core values and behaviors and understand that his/her behavior shapes plant culture.
• Champions career success and development of each employee via goal setting, performance management, promotion, and employee development processes. 
• Must have working knowledge of Collective Bargaining Agreement and ensure it is effectively implemented to support both the Union and Company interests while keeping the employees’ needs at the forefront. Must effectively communicate with the Union on why incremental improvements are necessary and communicate how they tie in the bigger picture for the success of the plant, and therefore the personnel working at the plant.

Financial Acumen / Business Owner Mindset

• Develops financial acumen skills across the organization to accelerate profitability and productivity. Understands business model and strategy for facility and helps to plant team to understand how they fit into the company. Uses knowledge of assets, products, and customers to ensure the business strategy maximizes value from the assets.
• Develops metrics and management system to maximize profitability, margin, and EBITDA within the facility. Knows the total Cost Per Ton (CPT) and continuously optimizes plant cost position through productivity and Variable Manufacturing Cost (VMC) improvements.
• Holds themselves and others accountable for return on investment of projects and ensures compliance with financial reporting rules/practices.
• Understands customer needs and drives elevated levels of quality, responsiveness, and reliability for the customer. Interfaces with the customers as needed.
• Develops strong partnerships with support functions such as HSSE, Commercial, Logistics, Finance, and others to drive improvement in the organization and ensure alignment.

Quality / Continuous Improvement

• Understands product specifications and key performance variables and their impact on customers.
• Exhibits accountability for optimizing the relationship between quality, productivity, and profitability.
• Drives continuous improvement mindset and actions across the organization using LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Strives to leave a legacy of process improvements to drive competitiveness and profitability of the facility while improving operability for the plant team.

Specific Job Requirements:

• BS degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• Must have at least 10-15 years of experience in a chemical processing plant or refinery
• Must have a demonstrated record of accomplishment on building a safety culture and accident reduction
• Must have experience leading a Maintenance organization towards driving Reliability culture and increasing on-stream time of facilities
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience as a plant manager managing at least 70+ employees
• Must have experience managing in a union environment including sitting in on negotiations and arbitrations
• Strong Leadership, effective communications, and strong change management skills will be required
• Must be willing to be seen in the plant and approachable by employees
• Working knowledge of truck, train, and barge logistics