Technical Manager

Overview

Role Overview: The HyCO Operation Excellence group has an opening for a Technical Manager to support several complex facilities along the East Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline. These facilities produce hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide to various customers connected to our pipeline system, and include facilities located at Nederland, Port Arthur and Sulphur. The successful candidate will be located primarily in the Nederland/TX area and report to the Operations Excellence Director.

The Technical Manager will have approximately 4-5 production engineers reporting directly to him/her. The Technical Manager will provide day-to-day technical leadership and direction for the enclave operations with emphasis on process safety, plant reliability, energy efficiency, environmental compliance and operational consistency. The Technical Manager will be the primary interface between the enclave’s on-site technical group and other business or corporate functional groups.

These include Operations, Safety & Environmental Services (S&ES), Maintenance, Reliability, Project Engineering, Process Engineering, Process Controls, and Process Safety, as well as operating teams at other US HyCO facilities.

• Lead a group of production engineers towards excellence in the daily support of HyCO’s operating plants in the Gulf Coast Enclave, including process safety stewardship (e.g., critical safety systems, technical manuals, safe operating conditions and procedures, management of change (MOC), process hazard analyses (PHA) and other compliance items), reliability of product supply, and product quality initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership for the management of unusual and infrequent situations through troubleshooting, event investigations (RCA or RCI) and the use of Environmental, Health and Safety Reviews, personally or through direct reports.
• Assess and develop the functional and organizational performance of the engineers directly reporting to the Technical Manager; provide input on the performance of engineers who indirectly report to this role.
• Lead the Enclave in strengthening its Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance program through metrics, plant personnel engagement, training, communications and continuous improvement initiatives; champion a strong process safety culture.
• As part of the Enclave’s Leadership Team, provide input into the decision-making process for the functional and organizational direction of the sites.
• Contribute to the Enclave’s Operational Engagement (OE) process to link individual and group goals to the business strategy and drive alignment and engagement; implement OE in the technical organization.
• Lead and participate in productivity improvement initiatives (e.g., Six Sigma and cost reduction projects) and drive continuous improvement and best practice utilization.
• Develop the technical basis, financial justification and implementation of small capital projects (MOCs); provide engineering input to major capital projects typically led by off-site personnel.

• B.S. or M.S. in Engineering (preferably Chemical or Mechanical).
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering or operations. Management or leadership role experience is a plus.
• Strong technical skills and strong interpersonal and adaptive skills; ability to coach others.
• Ability to create and maintain productive relationships with other groups and to work effectively within a matrix organization.
• Initiative, commitment and results orientation; able to manage and drive multiple priorities.
• Proficient use of computers including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Flexible to travel, 30-50% of time; willing to provide reasonable support of the sites’ needs during off hours.

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