Mechanical Maintenance Foreman/Supervisor

Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company’s and customers’ futures?

If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.

Ketjen Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Albemarle Corporation, is seeking a Mechanical Field Foreman/Supervisor to work within our Pasadena, TX plant. This position reports to a Maintenance Superintendent and is responsible for overseeing the safe and efficient execution of maintenance jobs.  This role supports supervising craftsman, both direct hires and nested contractor leads.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Directing and overseeing repairs to mechanical equipment.
• Improving work force productivity, efficiency, and quality by providing oversight of job execution.
• Issuing work packets to craftsmen and nested contractors leads for the day’s work tasks.
• Walking down jobs to oversee permit execution and procedural compliance.
• Identifying any potential safety hazards that may need to be addressed in job execution.
• Reporting on job status in daily meeting with Operations Maintenance Coordinator.
• Works with the site competent person for lifting and rigging to ensure lifting activities are conducted safely as per procedure.
• Interfacing with Reliability Department to execute reliability improvements.
• Work with site Inspection department on fixed equipment repairs.
• Entering job history into SAP notifications.
• Managing break in work.
• Manages record keeping on preventative maintenance jobs.
• Conducts audits on permitting, tools, housekeeping, rigging, scaffolding, etc. to ensure compliance with procedures

Required knowledge and skills include but are not limited to:

• Strong working knowledge in maintenance job execution.
• Knowledge of tools, PPE, scaffolding, insulation, etc.
• Capable of troubleshooting mechanical and process issues.
• Knowledge and use of SAP as the tool used for maintenance.
• Understanding of P&ID’s, schematics, and equipment drawings.
• Knowledge of expediting and purchasing processes.
• Knowledge of fixed and rotating equipment.
• Knowledge and understanding of good engineering practices and principles.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to solving equipment problems.
• Ability to listen and understand information and ideas and to express thought and ideas clearly and concisely through oral and written communication.

Education and Experience:

• Approximately 10 years’ experience in a maintenance role with at least 5 years in a foreman role.
• HS Diploma/GED or 10 years of relevant experience.
• Good communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• Independent self-starter with results-oriented focus.
• Common knowledge of Windows driven programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams, Outlook.

Benefits of Joining Ketjen

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

Apply today and help Ketjen unleash the POTENTIAL of advanced chemistry for industries that power the world.