Operations Specialist

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With a strategy centered on people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain to strengthen the Circular Economy. Braskem’s 9,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people's lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics. With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, health and hygiene, and more. With 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in over 70 countries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Braskem America is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh and a New Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, which focuses on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and chemical catalysis. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.braskem.com/usa">www.braskem.com/usa</a><u>.</u></span></p></div><p> </p> <p><strong>Department: </strong>Manufacturing</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong> Neal, WV</p> <p><strong>Travel Involved: </strong>0%</p> <p> </p> <h3>Description: </h3> <p>The Operations Specialist is responsible for managing operations department training requirements and supporting daily production direction and oversight through interaction with staff, shift leaders, and Operators/Technicians to achieve business objectives. Provide technical support for the Production Group to accomplish business goals.</p> <h3>Key Responsibilities Include: </h3> <ul> <li>Conduct job specific technical training to plant operators.</li> <li>Conduct operator recertification training as required.</li> <li>Monitor and establish schedules for operator recertification training to ensure compliance with Braskem and external requirements.</li> <li>Prepare job specific training curriculum for each job classification.</li> <li>Maintain controlled copies on SharePoint of job specific training curriculum for each job classification and provide for CBT module development.</li> <li>Ensure that technical information contained in the unit operating manual/procedures is accurate and available in the required amount of detail.</li> <li>Participate in and represent the Neal Site in the Braskem Production Trainer Forum.</li> <li>Review, revise, and approve new or modified operations procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.</li> <li>Assist with implementing and training of Neal plant operating procedures.</li> <li>Maintain technical knowledge of day-to-day operations.</li> <li>Participate in Daily Production Team Meeting.</li> <li>Serve as a technical resource for team members - assist team members when planning work, troubleshooting process deviations or upsets, executing startup and shutdown activities, and managing emergency situations.</li> <li>Monitor, develop, and modify key unit performance parameters.</li> <li>Coach operators on unit performance management.</li> <li>Develop tools that improve unit operations.</li> <li>Provide technical and operational expertise in the