Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. Other OxyChem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride. OxyChem's market position is among the top three producers in the United States for the principal products it manufactures and markets. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

Contribute. Grow. Lead…with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals.  Other OxyChem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride.  For every product it makes, OxyChem’s market position is No. 1 or No. 2 in the U.S.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities. We are looking for an experienced and self-motivated individual to fill the position of Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor with our Chemical Manufacturing Facility located in Deer Park, Texas.

Essential Job Duties:

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products, as our highest priority.
• Set priorities on mechanical maintenance activities to assure continuing plant operations with minimum downtime while maintaining responsibility for Key Maintenance Measures (adherence, overtime, downtime, call-outs, backlog, HRTF) in assigned unit.
• Coordinate with Production, Technical (Process/Mechanical Integrity), reliability engineers and all craft groups to ensure accurate and efficient completion of maintenance activities.
• Assign jobs and provide field supervision to maintenance planners and technicians on daily work activities as well as plant outages through the Maintenance Excellence Program.
• Lead and coach the direct and indirect reports to drive accountability and ownership and ensure that all work is performed according to job plan.
• Manage backlog of work orders to maintain plant reliability.
• Evaluate and assure material requisitions, work plans, and schedules are being utilized as planned.
• Track equipment repair progress to ensure plant reliability and capability meets production schedule.
• Monitor QAQC of maintenance jobs through review of technician reports, inspection and repair documentation, and compliance with procedures, guidelines, and commandments.
• Participate in the design and implementation of equipment and process improvements, material of construction improvements and efficiency, and cost control improvements.
• Provides direction to resource allocations for mechanical skilled-craft disciplines including Millwrights, Boilermakers, Pipefitters/Welders, Heavy Equipment Operators, and Soft Crafts.
• Provides direction and work priorities for pipe fabrication shop.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing environment which includes a good or bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering preferred with a minimum 2-3 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment working knowledge of equipment, materials, techniques, and safeguards in