Stepan Company · 1 week ago
Site Operations Manager
Pasadena, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expStepan Company is a leading specialty chemical manufacturer, and they are seeking a full-time Site Operations Manager to oversee the continuous operations of their chemical production facility. The role involves managing production processes, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and driving operational improvements.
Consumer GoodsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Ensure strict adherence to plant and corporate Environment, Health and Safety, and Security (EHS&S) policies
Ensure production meets quality standards
Effectively troubleshoot and problem solve surfactant manufacturing processing challenges
Ensure that site production personnel are effectively trained in job functions and capable of meeting EHS&S expectations
Drive operational improvements
Plan capital investment priorities and new chemical asset commissioning
Drive production reliability efforts
Assess and establish operational priorities where conflicts of resources occur
Ensure that operating procedures are up to date, accurate, and correctly utilized
Coordinate with maintenance to ensure that planned maintenance work is completed to schedule and within budget
Create operational financial budgets
Ensure that the organization responds promptly to customer service issues
Promote and drive a zero tolerance mindset for quality deviations
Ensure adherence to Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence practices and mindset
Manage the performance of site production personnel
Recruit and select team members for site production
Define roles and expectations of production personnel
Develop and mentor direct reports
Provide leadership in emergency response and planning, including preparedness drills and incident command responsibilities by applying alkoxylation (EO/PO) chemistry knowledge
Manage chemical processing batch scheduling and campaign sequencing using DCS/PLC-based batch control systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Production Management or related field, or any equivalent suitable combination of education, training, or experience as determined by a qualified evaluation service
10 years of progressive experience in production supervision or a related occupation in 24/7 continuous operations of a batch specialty chemical production environment
10 years of experience in communication of production requirements and high-level autonomous decision making regarding hazardous surfactant chemical production
10 years of experience in managing subordinate operations personnel in a batch specialty chemical production environment
10 years of experience in troubleshooting & problem solving of surfactant chemical production
10 years of experience in recruiting, leading, developing and training teams of employees in chemical process operations, including safe handling and management of hazardous surfactant chemicals
10 years of experience in de-bottlenecking production and operation processes
10 years of experience in troubleshooting and problem solving of surfactant manufacturing challenges
Experience with cost control, budgeting and financial analysis for operating units
Experience in executing KPI's within production operations
Experience in working with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) creation and implementation
Experience in directing manufacturing improvements utilizing ISO 9001 (including supporting CAPA, supplier quality, and customer complaint resolution) and other structured quality improvement tools
Experience in utilizing SAP enterprise resource planning tool for forecasting production and scheduling
Experience in directing operations of batch specialty chemical production processes, including alkoxylation (EO/PO)
Leadership in OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance
Experience in capital project implementation, commissioning of new chemical assets
Company
Stepan Company
Stepan Company's vision is to create innovative solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Stepan Company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (2)
2021 (2)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$450M2022-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $450M
1982-07-09IPO
Leadership Team
Luis E. Rojo
President and CEO
Recent News
2025-12-31
2025-12-30
2025-12-30
Company data provided by crunchbase