Heartwell Renewables - Manager of Refinery Operations - Hastings, NE

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Hastings, NE, US, 68901

Welcome to Heartwell! Heartwell Renewables manufactures and distributes renewable diesel fuel. Through our core values, we lead the safe production of renewable fuel to transport everyday products more sustainably. We are recruiting an Operations Manager to oversee the strategic and day-to-day operational performance of a single renewable diesel facility. This role is responsible for driving excellence across all production and processing activities, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while optimizing operational efficiency and supporting strong financial results.

The facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Successful candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening, background check, physical fitness assessment, respiratory fit test, and pulmonary function test (as needed).

• Lead and manage day-to-day operations across the facility, with direct oversight of the Pretreatment Area, Renewable Diesel Unit (RDU), and Load/Unload Area.
• Lead and ensure all production and operating facilities operate safely and in compliance with regulatory and corporate safety and environmental programs standards and goals.
• Oversee the execution of consistent and quality product while driving reliability centered manufacturing operations.
• Responsible for strategy execution, management and compliance of capital/operating budgets, and oversee the strategy of capital investment projects, including spending.
• Conduct and support incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and corrective-action planning.
• Lead, coach, and develop operations supervisors, operators, and support staff across all operational units.
• Ensure adequate staffing, training, and competency development to support safe and reliable operations.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration between maintenance, engineering, EH&S, and other plant departments.
• Utilize operational data and KPIs to evaluate system performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead and own strategic implementation of operational efficiency programs, including tracking and reporting results
• Champion a culture that builds, operates, and maintains plants that are operationally sound, safe, and efficient.
• Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching.
• Making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions by collaborating with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staffing decisions align with current and future needs.
• Perform duties primarily on-site to ensure direct collaboration, timely response to operational needs, and hands-on support, with limited remote work flexibility.
• Available to respond to calls for assistance, direction and troubleshooting of complex continuous operations, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Travel up to 10% of the time may be required.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Chemical Processing, Industrial Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of operations experience in a refinery, chemical plant, renewable fuels facility, or similar continuous-process industrial environment.
• 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience, preferably overseeing multi-unit or complex process operations.
• Budgeting and operations planning experience
• Demonstrated experience with process safety management (PSM), OSHA requirements and environmental compliance standards.
• Str…