Company:

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?

Offer Range: $89,000 - $123,000

OrganiZational context and job purpose

INEOS Organization:

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 17 businesses, each with a major chemical company heritage.  Its production network spans 75 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries throughout the world.

Business Context: 

The O&P USA business includes the product lines Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Polypropylene and Polyethylene.  Manufacturing sites include Chocolate Bayou Works (Alvin, TX), Battleground Manufacturing Complex (LaPorte, TX), and Carson (Carson, CA), with a division office in League City, TX.  Battleground Manufacturing Complex (BMC) has one polypropylene unit and seven wholly owned polyethylene units.

How the Role Fits in: 

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA is one of the largest integrated producers of polyolefins in North America.  With manufacturing locations near Houston, Texas, and Los Angeles, California it is a merchant marketer of ethylene, polypropylene, high-density polyethylene, and butadiene with annual revenue of over $4B.  The strategic goals of INEOS O&P USA are to conceive, build, improve, and maintain highly competitive assets for the production of olefins, polypropylene, and high-density polyethylene in the Americas and produce value-added polyolefin resins for use in consumer-industrial, automotive, and packaging applications.

This position is in the Technical Service and Development Organization at the Battleground Manufacturing Complex. Technical Service Department supports annual sales of nearly five billion pounds of polyethylene and polypropylene, used to produce molded containers, pipe, film, tapes, fibers, packaging and various other plastic products. The Fabrication Lab Supervisor is expected to be able to combine business acumen with an understanding of customer needs and achieve business goals. 

The Main Purpose of the Role:  

The main purpose of the Fabrication Lab Supervisor (FLS) is responsible for managing the fabrication lab and supervising and developing the support staff as well as ensuring a significant set of fabrication equipment is safe, maintained in proper condition, and operated in a safely. The incumbent controls and improves the safety, quality, reliability, technical capabilities, efficiency and productivity of laboratory staff. This role manages 1000 TDRs (Technical Data Requests) a year in support of the product development, commercial development and technical service groups. The team supports 20 engineers and scientists. Incumbent is responsible for keeping abreast and managing all of the certifications, compliance and regulatory issues linked to the automotive segment and UL listing for HDPE and PP. INEOS is seeking a strong individual to work in our Technical Service Department to support various polypropylene and polyethylene product applications.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

• Work closely with various functional areas (analytical, product development, TS&D engineers, logistics, manufacturing, customer service, business management and sales) to resolve customer issues, while minimizing commercial exposure.  
• Actively participate in routine communications with TS&D partners and leadership to ensure timing, quality, scheduling, and priorities are clear to stakeholders.
• Ensure adequate, competent laboratory resources and capabilities are available and properly balanced to support the technology plan as well as the daily business needs. Most important activities:
  • Resource to the Gensuite quality reporting process for TS&D
  • Resource to the 6 sigma projects for TS&D
  • Prioritizes technical support for 1000 TDR’s annually. 
  • Coordinates safety agenda and ensures SOPs are prepared 
  • Challenges TDR submissions to find cost reductions
  • Understand customer needs and integrated new tests and schedules as warranted
  • Ensure all equipment is reliable and calibrated
  • Implement new technology as needed
• Develop and prepare Capex plan for fabrication lab and support area
• Ensure equipment is properly maintained
• Conduct Performance and Development Plan reviews of TS&D technicians  
• Balance workload among technicians 
• Control non-headcount costs closely; do not exceed total annual budget
• Single point of accountability to maintain key HDPE and PP product listing linked to UL and the automotive and other product segments including staying abreast of changing require