Maintenance Supervisor - I&E

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. OxyChem’s products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction. OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OxyChem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride. Visit oxychem.com for more information.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

The Battleground Maintenance Supervisor - I&E position located in Laporte, Texas leads and coordinates instrumentation and electrical maintenance to support safe and reliable plant operations. The role assigns and supervises work, coordinates routine maintenance and outages, collaborates with cross‑functional teams, and manages maintenance performance, backlog, and continuous improvement to enhance equipment reliability and plant performance.

Essential Job Duties:

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products, as our highest priority. 
• Set priorities on maintenance activities to assure continuing plant operations with minimum downtime while maintaining responsibility for Key Maintenance Measures (overtime, downtime, callouts, backlog, HRTF) in assigned unit.
• Lead OxyChem and contract electricians/instrument techs to safely complete scheduled and urgent work per OxyChem and industry standards.
• Oversee and mentor electricians and instrument technicians technical and professional development.
• Coordinate with Production, Technical and other Maintenance groups to ensure accurate and efficient completion of maintenance activities. 
• Ensure accurate maintenance data and work order management in SAP including work order status updates, confirmations and backlog management.
• Maintain a strong field presence to support safe work execution, troubleshooting, work quality, productivity, and technician development.
• Assign jobs and provide field supervision to maintenance technicians on daily work activities as well as plant outages through the Maintenance Excellence Program. 
• Lead and coach the maintenance technicians to ensure that through proper training all work is performed according to job plan.
• Manage backlog of work orders to maintain plant reliability.
• Evaluate and assure material requisitions, work plans, and schedules are being utilized as planned. 
• Track equipment repair progress to ensure plant reliability and capability meets production schedule. 
• Participate in the design and implementation of equipment and process improvements, material of construction improvements and efficiency, and cost control improvements.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• A minimum of five years’ experience as an instrumentation technician and/or electrician. Dual qualification preferred.
• NCCER certification ​preferred
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and good working knowledge of SAP.
• Must be able to respond to off hour emergencies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read, write and speak in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and respond to callouts on a non-routine basis.
• Physical requirements – Must be able to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs. Walking, bending, stooping is required. Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator. Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.
• Experience with supervising a group of instrumentation and electrical professionals preferred.

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