Utilities Operations Supervisor

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The Utilities Operations Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily operation of the unit, ensuring the shift runs in a safe, environmentally responsible and efficient manner focused on meeting business team objectives. The supervisor should coordinate communication between management and operations on unit rates, equipment status, and inventory through regular meetings and reports. This role is responsible for the direction of 4 Shift Team Leads and 1 Field Safety/Project Representative (direct reports) and 10 Outside Operators (indirect reports) including performance management, training and development and daily coaching.

Accountabilities of the job:

Accountability 1:Meet all SHE objectives and comply with all governmental laws and policies for a manufacturing site.

• Ensure all operations activities are carried out in a safe and efficient manner consistent with the INEOS 20 Safety Principles, Life Saving Rules and site policies/standards
• Ensure all operations activities are carried out in a manner compliant with site environmental permit requirements (reporting, tracking, sampling/testing performed, etc)
• Be a safety leader through visible leadership in the field, including safety observation conversations and audits.
• Adhere to the SHE management system established for the site including participation in reporting, incident investigations, sharing of lessons learned, corrective action tracking and personnel training in support of incident management system.
• Knowledgeable of the specific process and work execution hazards within the asset to be able to plan work and communicate those hazards to operations and work execution teams.
• Promotes and sponsors participation on safety programs and committees for site-wide initiatives.
• Continuously stimulates employee’s safety awareness.
• Ensure the unit responds to incidents in a safe, timely/appropriate manner.
• Serve as a resource for LOTO and Safe Work Permitting process including participation in job-specific JSA reviews and approving safety system bypass tags and any permit deviations within the asset.
• Responsible for ensuring proper housekeeping and meeting Asset Care priorities for the unit.
• Responsible for always putting safety ahead of production or maintenance.
• Responsible for stopping work and/or initiating safe shutdown of asset if the situation warrants.
• Ensures asset compliance with process safety programs including completion of key operations checks (car seal valve checklists, interlock function tests, etc) as well as operator engagement (MOC acknowledgement, PHA participation, etc)

Accountability 2: Development and Leadership of Team

• Ensure that operations personnel are managed consistently across shifts and different leaders to ensure standards are met or exceeded via feedback, annual performance reviews, proper accountability and coaching conversations.
• Coach and mentor operating leadership, individual team members or others to continuously improve operations, developing a consistent, high-level of performance at the site.
• Responsible for ensuring operations personnel time has been entered and approved by their respective managers prior to payroll processing.
• Foster teamwork across the shifts and with all other functional groups to ensure that activities are well-aligned with maximum impact.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and improving operating procedures.
• Initiates the annual procedure review process for the asset including assignment of reviews to the team and updating to ensure procedures are correct and complete within compliance deadlines.
• Ensures the work force has the tools necessary to perform their roles safely and efficiently by identifying and implementing training to address areas for improvement.
• Works with site training resources to develop and implement an asset training strategy and individual employee training…