Technical Team Lead

Job Description:

Technical Team Lead

Huntsman is seeking a Technical Team Lead supporting the Performance Products Division located in Conroe, Texas. This position will report to the Technical Manager.

Job Scope

Provide leadership and direction for the Technical Team supporting the Conroe plant in the capacity of a working supervisor.

In summary, as the Technical Team Lead, you will:

• With supervision and decision-making:
• Supervises process improvement, PSM, and process engineers. Ensures engineering resources coincide adequately with capital and expense projects. Group leader position is a working supervisor that provides technical support to the group and plant leadership. Assigns projects, ensures workflow, guides other engineers, and conducts performance evaluations.
• Manages and directs development of front-end design functions for plant CAPEX program including PSM projects scope development.
• Ensures resources coincide adequately and support plant needs related to maintaining the MOC process action tracking, incident actions, on-going MOC reviews, hazard study (PHA/LOPA) implementation, facility sitting reviews, ownership of locally adopted corporate process safety and engineering procedures, and other OSHA PSM requirements.
• Reviews completed PHA/LOPA hazard assessments for completeness and accuracy. Performs IPL (safeguard) assessment activities to help develop conceptual scopes.
• Participates in and conducts scope and project reviews. Reviews and develops project justifications. Develops project overview presentations for plant and senior management.
• Works with corporate personnel in other functions to ensure plant manufacturing project requests are appropriately resourced, corporate procedures are implemented appropriately at the plant level, prepares efforts for PSM audit activities, ensure audits items are tracked to completion.
• Responsible for prioritizing actions and managing projects schedules. Tracks status and completion of all action items related to the team.
• Responsible for the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) program from a design, specification, risk assessment, SIL determination, commissioning, MOC, performance monitoring and continuous improvement aspect.

Other general responsibilities:

• Participates in and completes company-required training programs.
• Participates in Environmental, Health, & Safety initiatives as set forth by the company.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical engineering with 5+ years of related experience.

Skills and knowledge

• Position will generally have direct reports who are senior, experienced engineers. Team Leader must have sufficient engineering experience and knowledge to command the respect of group members and plant management.
• Prior experience with hazard study assessment (PHA, LOPA, FS), area classification, and critical equipment assessment is highly recommended.
• Prior experience in front end design and detail design project functions would be a plus.
• Profiency with hazard study software such as PHA Pro would be a plus.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of Safety Instrumented System (SIS) design concepts, SRS development, SIL Calculations, and associated proof test techniques would be a plus.
• Communicates tactfully and effectively both verbally and in writing, and maintains effective work relations with those encountered during the course of employment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to new instructions and/or dynamic organizational priorities is critical for job success.

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