Plant Manager

Plant Manager page is loaded## Plant Managerlocations : Kulim, Kedahtime type : Full timeposted on : Posted Todayjob requisition id : JR- At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

• Reimagine What’s Possible
• PurposeThis position is accountable for the safe, efficient and reliable operation of AP KIG’s assets. In addition, the position interfaces with the business area to ensure optimum cost and profitable operation for each facility. This position interfaces with Maintenance team, KIG team, Commercial team, Customer, AP EH&S, Operations Excellence, Technical Solutions team, HR and other functional areas to ensure flawless operation and regulatory compliance.Nature and ScopeThis is an operation management role for IG Malaysia to setup, operate, improve and sustain world class AP facilities in Kulim area.This position directly manages and coordinates all activities associated with AP KIG’s facilities, is responsible for developing and maintaining a safe and integrity rich work environment in compliance with government requirements and company’s standards and values, to maintain Operational and Maintenance programs within budget, drive continuous improvement for Operational Excellence on Safety, People, Service, Quality, Reliability and Cost as well as support M&A and business development.This position is responsible for formulation of and adherence to annual operations budget, conformance with established goals and objectives. This position is directly accountable to lead the organization to a level of performance identifiable with World Class organizations.
• PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Safety leadership to deliver company people safety goal (behaviors) and responsible for Process safety management implementation (improve conditions) in production plants for world-class safety performance.
• As key contributor to participate in formulating and administering IG Malaysia Operations policies and developing long range goals and objectives. This includes the direction, focus, and visualization of activities in responsible departments to further the overall progressive goals and objectives and monitor their progress.
• Provide leadership in continuous improvement activities and successfully enable scalability to achieve our goals of meeting quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Direct the company's production activities to ensure maximum effectiveness is obtained to produce quality products within budgetary guidelines and achieve productivity improvement targets
• Accountable to ensure products meet or exceed customer quality standards and required delivery schedules are met.
• Formulate processes to enable relevant management systems in place such as ISO9001 or any certification deemed fit by the company. Also to lead in the maintenance of all relevant certifications and quality assurances related system for the production plants.
• Coordinate with Plant Project engineering and Maintenance Engineering efforts to ensure production facilities and equipment are adequately designed, built and maintained. The emphasis will be on highly reliable plant operations and creating strategies to reduce capital, labor and material costs and pursuit maintenance excellence
• Facilitating team decision on Improving and Simplifying current working process, especially cross-functional working process and create new ones if there is not clear to have formal management system and clear work process with RACI chart in place, to smooth the productivity projects
• Facilitate Risk Evaluation and decision-making process to take calculated risk to support business decision making.
• Manage quality requirement especially for e-Ton, implement best practice from the region.
• Working on improving Conducts of Operation and implementing Operation discipline program in production site, bring BRP (basically reliability program) into formal management system, benchmarking best practice of industrial operation management system.
• Develop talents and organization to support Growth and drive Operations Safety, Reliability and Efficiency.
• Accountable to ensure all AP assets and operations under care are always complying to national and local legislative requirement.
• Ensuring safe and reliable operations via continuous review and monitor operation of all sites under care to ensure procedures are up to date with latest AP best practices and approved procedures.
• Facilitate audits processes to assess the compliances of AP On site operations activities against to AP’s standard or relevant applicable standards (i.e., ISO standards, AP Corporate EHS audits, customer audits, etc).
• Accountable to manage the site general activities, inclusive but not limited to manage the site security activities and other compliances requirement (i.e., renewal of business licensing, fire certificates with the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia)
• JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor’s degree related to Engineering. Process Industry, Operation management, advanced degree on engineering, business management and ASU experience will be a plus.
• Senior Engineer / Manager with at least 7 years of Process / Production / Operation experience in Industrial Gas manufacturing or process environment.
• Min. 3 years in people management.
• Those without any relevant and direct academic qualification but with at least 12 years of proven track record and working experience in Industrial Gas plant operations can also be considered.
• Deep knowledge on EHS compliance in Chemical / Process Industrial, like OSHA, PSM and DOSH
• Candidate who exhibits characteristics of a leader who is determined, results oriented, persuasive, and a strong communicator
• Ability to lead and mentor staff to achieve significant results
• Ability to influence, negotiate and gain commitment at all organization levels
• Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take decisive action
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Previous experience / strong understanding of the P&L and of financial and accounting practices will be an added advantageWe are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visitAbout Air Products.Register for Job Alerts Follow these simple steps : 1) Register by clicking ‘Join our Talent Network’ at the top of this page, where you can create your account. 2) Sign up for ‘job alerts’ to stay informed of vacancies based on your skillset and location preferences.More than 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world.

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