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OCI Global

Plant Director

OCI Global, Des Moines, Iowa, United States,


LOCATION OCI Clean Ammonia M&O LLC

SECTOR General Management

HOURS 40 hrs/week

WORKING MODEL Office based

The Clean Ammonia Site is a state-of-the-art and world scale facility based in Nederland TX. The Clean Ammonia value chain is designed to produce low carbon ammonia and is a frontrunner in decarbonizing energy and downstream value chains.

The Plant Director is responsible for leading the commissioning, start-up and Manufacturing operations of the Clean Ammonia Site. The Plant Director ensures the plant meets the strategic goals and objectives of the organization, as well as the quality, safety, and environmental standards. The plant director manages the budget, resources, and staff of the plant, and coordinates with other departments and stakeholders to ensure optimal engagement and performance.

The Plant Director will have direct oversight of Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Technology, HSE, TAR, and Capital Projects. Employment will transfer to Woodside Petroleum post start up.

Your scope of responsibility

Commissioning, start up and Manufacturing operations of the Clean Ammonia facility

Compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, and maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and environmental protection

Development and implementation of the Site’s vision, mission, and strategy in alignment with the global organization's goals and values.

Development and implementation of Manufacturing improvement initiatives to continuously improve performance

Manage the Site’s budget, resources, and assets, and optimize the utilization of equipment, materials, and labor

Lead, motivate, and develop the Site’s staff, and foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, contractors, regulators, and senior management.

What you bring to OCI

Education, Experience, and/or Training

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent

10+ years of relevant experience. Commissioning and start-up experience of green and/or brownfield developments are an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Content driven leader that is comfortable working in a playing captain role

Strong focus on delivery with a can-do positive attitude

Engaging and empowering with strong ability to motivate the team and Site workforce

Adaptable and flexible, aware of own leadership style and capable of flexing that style to suit circumstances and those they lead

Developing other leaders, delegating effectively with controls and holding their team accountable for delivery

Capacity to look through complexity and set out direction for the organization. Ability and interest to – selectively – get involved into the specifics to understand where improvement is needed and get traction at the shopfloor.

Proven track record to lead an improvement journey in a Manufacturing environment with the characteristics of an Ammonia facility, i.e. continuous operation with hazardous fluids at high pressures and temperatures

Deep understanding of process safety

Travel

Less than 10% of the time.

DISCLAIMER

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skill, tasks, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, OCI Clean Ammonia, LLC reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as business needs arise. In compliance of EEOC regulations, if the employee cannot perform the essential functions of this position in a satisfactory manner, further accommodations shall be made if it does not constitute undue hardship upon this organization.

COMPANY PROFILE

OCI N.V. is a leading global producer and distributor of nitrogen products and methanol providing sustainable solutions to agricultural and industrial customers around the world. Our production capacity spans four continents and comprises approximately 16.1 million metric tons per year of nitrogen fertilizers, methanol, diesel exhaust fluid, melamine, and other nitrogen products. We are headquartered in the Netherlands and listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. We are proud to have cultivated a strong community focused identity as a local employer with 3,600 employees around the world. Our employment strategy has resulted in a diverse global workforce encompassing 25 nationalities located in ten countries, with diverse ethnicities, religious beliefs, cultures, orientations, ages, and other traits working together respectfully and with a shared sense of purpose.

OCI is an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, color, age, disability, sex, national origin or religion. We value diversity in our workforce and in the communities we serve.

Benefits

OCI offers a comprehensive, first-class benefits package. These benefit plans provide a wide range of benefits and protection for the employees and their families. Full-time employees are eligible for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance coverage upon hire. OCI also offers a 401(k) program with a company matching benefit and an extra 3% Safe Harbor match. Full-time employees of OCI receive paid holidays, a floating holiday to celebrate diversity, PTO, as well as many other programs such as paid parental leave and educational reimbursement.

About OCI

Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, OCI N.V. is a leading global producer and distributor of ammonia, fertilizers and methanol products providing fertilizers, lower carbon fuels, and chemical feedstocks to agricultural, transportation, and industrial customers around the world.

We are the largest hydrogen producer and consumer in the Netherlands. We are proud of our long history of reducing our emissions and throughout the whole world sustainable projects are being developed.

OCI operates facilities in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the US and distributes its products worldwide.

Our nitrogen fertilizers are essential for global food security, our fuel solutions help decarbonize road transport and the maritime sector and our chemical products end up in thousands of everyday products. We have approximately 4,100 employees. The company is publicly traded on the Euronext in Amsterdam.

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