Refinery Senior Site Supervisor

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Full Time Technical Saint Paul, MN, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $38.00 To $50.00 Annually

Who We Are

Quality Work. Quality Results.

Bay West stands at the forefront of the environmental consulting and remediation sector. Our dedication to safety, innovation, and our skilled team has driven us for over fifty years, delivering top-tier environmental consulting, industrial, and emergency response services. At Bay West, you'll be driven to innovate and make a real impact on environmental issues, all while advancing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

This Opportunity

As a Senior Site Supervisor, you will work closely with the Project Manager to lead refinery and industrial service field operations, ensuring projects are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and with the highest level of quality. You will be responsible for supervising field crews, coordinating personnel and equipment, supporting maintenance events and turnarounds, and resolving challenges that arise in the field.

This role serves as a key liaison between Bay West, clients, contractors, and refinery personnel while promoting a strong culture of safety, accountability, and teamwork. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with refinery experience who excels at coordinating field activities, developing employees, and delivering successful project results.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead work crews and navigate and resolve challenges that arise at job sites.
• Administer and oversee work assignments, ensuring projects are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and with a high level of quality.
• Partner with the Project Manager to coordinate personnel, equipment, and daily field operations.
• Conduct job walks and assist with manpower planning, equipment planning, and resource allocation.
• Support the planning and execution of maintenance events, outages, and refinery turnarounds.
• Coordinate with refinery contacts, contractors, clients, and other stakeholders to support project execution.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with refinery personnel, contractors, and client representatives.
• Resolve conflicts appropriately, accept responsibility for decision-making, follow through on commitments, and utilize internal and external resources effectively.
• Foster a respectful and accountable work environment by coaching employees, providing constructive feedback, and assisting with conflict resolution.
• Perform chemical neutralization and cleaning of industrial and manufacturing equipment.
• Conduct daily cleanup tasks involving solid and liquid hazardous and non-hazardous material.
• Appropriately perform all assigned waste management tasks at customer locations utilizing correct waste handling procedures and proper completion of waste management documentation.
• Assist in Emergency Response (ER) cleanup activities for hazardous and non-hazardous material, including loading and unloading ER equipment and decontaminating equipment in an efficient manner.
• Actively participate on the Emergency Response (ER) team, including approximately one week of being on-call 24/7 every five to eight weeks.
• Understand and perform confined space entry (CSE) procedures and act as an Entry Supervisor when staff are cleaning and decontaminating solid and liquid hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
• Perform the role of Health and Safety Officer on Industrial Services projects.
• Lead pre-job planning activities, implement job-specific safety plans, and consistently enforce safe work practices.
• Identify, address, and elevate unsafe acts or conditions while promoting observations, near-miss reporting, and continuous safety improvement.
• Maintain personnel safety as the highest priority while meeting operational objectives.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external clients in a courteous and professional manner.
• Participate and deliver training to team members related to skid steer, forklift, pickup truck and trailer operation, vacuum trucks, hydro-excavation equipment, hydroblasting equipment, emergency response equipment operation, and other equipment as needed.
• Oversee the maintenance, readiness, mobilization, inventory, and overall management of equipment, vehicles, tools, supplies, and PPE.
• Successfully lead field operations in the absence of the Project Manager.
• Perform…