Small Business Team Leader - Utilities

Location: US-TX-HOUSTON-PLT-0141-2193   
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Poojarini Banerjee  
Sponsorship Available: No 
Relocation Assistance Available: No 

Primary Purpose of Position:

The Small Business Team Leader (SBTL) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and reliable operations of Plant Utilities. This position provides leadership and is accountable for meeting production/quality goals (in accordance with the Annual Operating Plan [AOP]) while sustaining the highest level of Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) performance.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all Internal/external HSE and Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements in the operating area. Establish HSE/PSM expectations and lead by example. Monitor performance against expectations and take corrective action (where necessary). Hold team accountable for compliance with the Fundamentals of Safety/Environmental Compliance. 

• Provide direction/oversight to day-to-day operations. Monitor operations to optimize efficiency, prevent downtime and achieve AOP goals for production, quality, and fixed costs.

• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Technology teams to achieve operations goals. Identify critical activities, develop, and execute plans to manage equipment performance - Thereby achieving production tickets while minimizing costs and off-spec losses. 

• Ensure direct reports are informed, aligned, and engaged to support goals and objectives. Lead development effort for associates and hold team members accountable for their performance

• Support the plant’s Quality initiatives and activities. Participate in Quality audits, address customer complaints and implement corrective/preventative action requests (stemming from investigatory findings).  

• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Technology teams to implement process improvements

• Support positive employee relation efforts to maintain a cooperative environment for achieving business goals

Education:

• Required:  bachelor’s degree or in lieu of degree 10 or more years of experience in an Engineering/Operations function 

• Preferred: master’s degree 

Experience:

• 5 or more years of experience in an Engineering/Operations function

• Prior (relevant) experience in Chemical Plant Operations

• Experience leading others - Desired

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong Communications skills (verbal and written)  

• Knowledge of process equipment and good mechanical aptitude  

• Ability to lead/manage others

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Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate. 

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