Plant Operations
• Lead and oversee daily production activities, including compounding, granulation, blending, and packaging operations.
• Ensure production targets, quality standards, and delivery schedules are consistently achieved.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, yield, and operational efficiency.
Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
• Champion a strong safety culture across the plant.
• Ensure full compliance with OSHA, DOE, and other relevant environmental and safety regulations.
• Oversee safe handling, storage, and transportation of hazardous chemicals, including ammonia, nitrates, and other chemical raw materials.
• Lead incident investigations, risk assessments, emergency response planning, and corrective action implementation.
Maintenance & Engineering
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to maximise equipment reliability and minimise downtime
• Manage plant engineering activities, utilities, and capital expenditure (CapEx) projects.
• Coordinate equipment upgrades, expansions, and facility improvement initiatives.
Financial & Supply Chain Management
• Manage the plant's operating budget, production costs, and profitability.
• Monitor key financial and operational KPIs.
• Coordinate with procurement, planning, and logistics teams to ensure uninterrupted raw material supply and efficient inventory management.
Leadership & People Management
• Lead, coach, and develop production supervisors, engineers, maintenance personnel, and plant operators.
• Build a high -performance, accountable, and safety -focused workforce.
• Foster collaboration across operations, engineering, quality, and commercial teams.