Site Manager

Job Description:

Site Manager

Safety & Compliance

• Champion a Zero Harm culture through active and visible safety leadership.
• Ensure compliance with Huntsman standards and all applicable federal, California, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Provide executive oversight for emergency preparedness, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, and site security.
• Serve as the site's Ethics and Compliance Officer and reinforce Huntsman's Business Conduct Guidelines.
• Ensure contractors, visitors, and employees consistently meet site safety and compliance expectations.

Operational Excellence & Delivery

• Lead daily manufacturing operations across Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering.
• Improve reliability, asset utilization, productivity, and operational discipline.Partner with Supply Chain, Product Development, Logistics, and commercial teams to support customer commitments, new product introductions, and capacity expansion.
• Drive operational decisions using performance metrics to improve safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency.

Financial & Business Leadership

• Provide accountability for site financial performance, including operating budgets, capital expenditures, and P&L results.
• Manage capital investment planning and execution.
• Align site objectives with regional and corporate business priorities while improving profitability and operational performance.

People Leadership & Culture

• Lead, coach, and develop the Site Leadership Team while fostering accountability, collaboration, and employee engagement.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and succession plans.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, continuous learning, ownership, and high performance.
• Partner with HR and functional leaders to support talent development and workforce planning.

Strategy & Continuous Improvement

• Translate business strategy into site execution plans.
• Lead transformational initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving.
• Champion continuous improvement across all site functions.

Stakeholder & External Partnerships

• Represent the site with regulatory agencies, customers, contractors, community stakeholders, and corporate leadership.
• Lead or support audits, inspections, and external reviews while maintaining strong partnerships.

What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months)

• Safety leadership is visible and embedded across the site.
• Production, quality, and delivery commitments are consistently achieved while improving reliability.
• A continuous improvement roadmap delivers measurable gains in safety, quality, capacity, and cost.
• Leadership capability and accountability strengthen through coaching and succession planning.
• Employee engagement improves through communication and a culture of ownership.
• Capacity expansion and new product initiatives are successfully executed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in chemical or comparable process manufacturing.
• Minimum five years leading multi-functional manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading safety, quality, operational excellence, financial performance, and people development.
• Proven experience managing operating budgets, capital projects, and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced technical degree.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience leading a specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
• Experience in a global, matrixed organization.
• Knowledge of California manufacturing, environmental, and safety regulations.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• Business & Financial Acumen
• Operational Excellence
• Safety Leadership
• Change Leadership
• Talent Development
• Executive Communication
• Decision Making
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Work Environment

• Executive leadership role supporting office and manufacturing environments.
• Regular presence within manufacturing operations.
• Occasional travel.
• Availability to respond to business-critical issues outside normal working hours as needed.

What can we offer you?

Salary:$175,000–$220,000 annually.

The compensation range reflects the Company’s reasonable expectation at the time of posting, considering education, experience, and training.

Benefits:

• Competitive healthcare, dental, and vision starting Day One
• One additional week of paid time off on top of vacation
• 401k – Huntsman automatically contributes 6% of eligible pay; company will match $1 for every $1 contributed up to a maximum of 4%

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