Site Manager – Chemical Manufacturing

Location:

Proctor, West Virginia

Position Type:
Full-time, On-site

Bonus:
Performance-based annual bonus opportunity

Relocation Assistance:
Available

Target

Start Date:

October 15, 2026

Reports To:

CEO, Americas

Lead the Startup of a World-Class Chemical Manufacturing Facility

TCL Specialties, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd., is seeking an accomplished Site Manager to lead its new, world-scale chemical manufacturing facility in Proctor, West Virginia.

Thirumalai Chemicals is a publicly listed global chemical company headquartered in India, with subsidiaries and operations in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the United States. The company is a leading global producer of maleic anhydride, malic acid, and fumaric acid.

As the Proctor facility approaches completion, the Site Manager will have a unique opportunity to build a high-performing organization, shape the site’s culture, establish operational best practices, and lead the successful startup of a major continuous-process manufacturing facility.

The Site Manager’s primary initial objective will be to successfully start up the plant and achieve commercial production by the company’s established target date.

Reporting to the CEO, Americas, the Site Manager will provide overall leadership for the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Proctor facility.

This position will oversee all plant manufacturing activities and lead a multidisciplinary management team representing Operations, Maintenance and Reliability, Environmental Health and Safety, Human Resources, Warehousing, and Purchasing.

The Site Manager will develop the plant team and its capabilities to achieve world-class safety, production, reliability, quality, and cost performance. Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and global leadership, this individual will balance operational requirements, customer commitments, and the company’s strategic and financial goals.

This role is ideal for a seasoned chemical manufacturing leader with extensive operations and maintenance experience, strong process-safety leadership, and a demonstrated ability to lead a continuous-process plant through startup and into stable commercial production.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for all manufacturing activities at the Proctor facility.
• Lead the successful startup of the plant and achieve commercial production by the established target date.
• Establish and maintain a strong culture of safety, environmental stewardship, operational discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, safety, and process-safety requirements, including OSHA, EPA, and Process Safety Management requirements.
• Achieve established daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production objectives.
• Meet plant cost, quality, reliability, and operational-performance targets.
• Develop and implement strategies to maximize plant availability, equipment reliability, asset performance, and production efficiency using recognized global best practices.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives focused on safety, environmental performance, quality, productivity, reliability, cost control, and operational efficiency.
• Identify and resolve issues that could affect plant startup, safety, production, product quality, equipment reliability, or customer commitments.
• Build, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing team of managers, supervisors, operators, technicians, and other plant professionals.
• Serve as a visible leadership presence throughout the facility and act as a role model and mentor for managers, supervisors, and employees.
• Establish clear performance expectations…