Sr. Plant Manager - Painesville, OH

Employment Type: Exempt, Full-Time, Onsite

Location: Painesville, OH Employment Type: Exempt, Full-Time, Onsite
Shape the Future with Us.

At Lubrizol, we’re bringing to life the chemistry behind clean water, efficient transportation, reliable infrastructure, critical medicines, and the products people rely on every day through science, sustainability, and a culture of inclusion.

As part of our global team, you’ll be empowered to make a real impact - on your career, your community, and the world around you.

The Sr. Plant Manager leads the Painesville manufacturing site and is accountable for safe, reliable, and effective performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, capital, asset reliability, and continuous improvement.

This role sets the site’s strategy, builds a culture of safety and accountability, develops organizational capability, and partners across functions to deliver operational and business priorities.

• Champion personal and process safety, environmental performance, regulatory compliance, operational discipline, and risk reduction.
• Set and execute the site strategy and annual operating plan across safety, quality, delivery, cost, reliability, people, and continuous improvement.
• Lead Manufacturing, HSE&S, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Logistics, and other site functions using performance metrics and effective management systems.
• Strengthen process safety, mechanical integrity, asset reliability, preventive maintenance, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Apply Lubrizol standards and operating systems, including ISO 9001 and RC14001, to reduce risk, standardize work, and improve performance.
• Manage operating and capital budgets, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
• Drive productivity, cost, quality, automation, and continuous improvement while protecting safety, reliability, and customer service.
• Build an inclusive, accountable, and engaged organization through talent development, succession planning, workforce planning, and constructive employee relations.
• Maintain a visible site presence and communicate effectively with employees at all levels.
• Partner across Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial, R&D, and support functions to meet business and customer needs and share best practices.

• Safety-first leader with demonstrated success building safety culture and improving performance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field;
  Chemical Engineering preferred.
• At least 10 years of chemical plant and/or manufacturing experience, including 5 years of progressive manufacturing leadership.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, process safety, risk management, environmental and safety regulations, and asset reliability.
• Proven ability to lead, influence, develop teams, and engage employees at all levels in a matrixed organization.
• Strong problem-solving, continuous improvement, financial, and business skills, including operating and capital budget management.
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills, with the agility to learn, adapt, lead change, and challenge the status quo.
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools and flexibility to work outside normal hours as needed.

• Advanced engineering degree or MBA.
• Leadership experience in a complex chemical manufacturing facility.
• Knowledge of SAP.
• Project/change management and Lean or Operational Excellence experience.

At Lubrizol, we’re committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment where you can do your best work—whether in a lab, on the production floor, or in a hybrid office setting. Depending on your role, your work…