Project Engineering Superintendent

Title: Project Engineering Superintendent Location: United States-Texas-Pasadena Other Locations: Description 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.

Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda - key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. Other OxyChem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride. OxyChem's market position is among the top three producers in the United States for the principal products it manufactures and markets. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

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.

We are looking for an experienced and self-motivated individual to fill the position of Project Engineering Superintendent with our Corporate Engineering department located in Pasadena, Texas.

Responsibilities

- 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. - Prepare and administer programs, methods, systems, and practices for reducing costs and improving employee and plant efficiency, safety, productivity, and reliability. - Manage and provide leadership for the plant project engineering department in all areas., - Serve as an expert in project engineering and ensure projects from all team members are fully developed prior to seeking funding approval. Oversee the project development and implementation effort which includes coordinating design functions, specifying, requisitioning and expediting project elements, approving purchase requisitions, reviewing vendor information and maintaining project documentation. - Assure that capital, operating and engineering costs are optimized, that all work is completed as scheduled and meets all environmental, health, safety, legal and code requirements. Maintain overall responsibility for prioritizing, development and execution of annual capital budget and allocation of funding. Eensure capital spending is within /- 2% of allotted budget. - Recommend and implement actions to improve the quality of the engineering function, working on new engineering methods and giving technical seminars and training programs. - Maintain and develop technical knowledge and skills of all team members. Qualifications Qualifications

- B.S. in Engineering with a minimum of 5-7 years of project engineering experience. - Must be able to develop strong relationships with project sponsors, outside engineering, construction and equipment supply firms. - Must be capable of handling multiple assignments and technical staff with projects ranging in size from $25K to $3 MM and a total budget of up to $25 MM. - High proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and strong working knowledge of SAP. - Excellent written and verbal communications 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.

Additional Desired Qualifications

- Professional license preferred.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.