Plant Manager - Bayport

Job Description

Location: US-TX-BAYPORT-PLT-0148-2190
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Heather Rodriguez
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No

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About the Position

Accountable for all aspects of safety, environmental, quality, production and cost performance for the Goodyear Bayport Chemical plant. Reliable supplier of the HQ to Niagara Falls as raw material for Nailax production.

Oversee all aspects of plant operation and maintenance to insure a consistent, high quality supply of chemical product is delivered in a timely manner to Goodyear and external customers in North America and around the world.

To be in charge of and responsible for all related functions of the Bayport chemical plant. To assure scheduled amount of high-quality products are produced safely, efficiently, on time and in conformance with company policy, including and all local, state, and federal regulations.

This position reports to the Houston Site Manager and will have daily contact with various staff positions of the plant including as well as divisional staff to include finance, purchasing, HR, engineering, environmental, and quality. There are large liabilities associated with non-compliance or operating the plant in an unsafe or incorrect manner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assure production of product to schedule with appropriate quality.
• Maintain associate accountability and promote that every associate should participate and support safety, environmental and hygiene systems and training to produce Houston products safely and in compliance with work instructions, procedures, policies, laws and regulations.
• Implement and support management systems to minimize environmental impacts of operations and products.
• Assure compliance with all safety and environmental regulations.
• Implement plans to meet and improve First Pass Prime production. Meet Monthly Production tickets for each product line (within +/- 1.0%) and instill a sense of urgency in meeting plant objectives.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development for assigned associates; including the completion of all required training.
• Interact with Chemical Operations and Corporate leadership. Lead and manage Goodyear Bayport managers, including direct and indirect reports.
• Manage capital and expense dollars to stay within operating plan; to include energy.
• Reduce fixed and variable costs to improve financial performance of Bayport product businesses and meet AOP Targets. Focus on resource optimization.
• Review and approve capital budgets before they are submitted to Corporate. Insure expenditures against approved budgets are monitored by the accounting department, as well as engineering department.
• Represent Goodyear to the local community groups and agencies.
• Attend/hold weekly operations meetings, weekly Leadership Team meetings, and monthly Safety, Environmental, Quality and PSM meetings. Develop weekly and/or quarterly communications for the plant newsletter.

Required Education and Experience

• BS/BA Chemical Engineering or Chemistry. MBA desired.
• Plant operation in chemical industry 5-10 years
• Management of others 2-5 years
• Regulatory requirements of chemical industry
• This position requires technical knowledge of manufacturing.
• This position requires excellent leadership and managerial skills, including the ability to relate to people at all organizational levels from contract labor to the CEO. Advanced communication skills (oral and written) are an absolute necessity, as is excellent organizational ability.

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 46 facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate .