Plant Leader

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Occidental is an international energy company with operations in the United States, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. We are the largest onshore oil producer in the U.S., including in the Permian Basin, and a leading offshore producer in the Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon dioxide management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit Oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business. Our greatest asset has been, and will continue to be, our people. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Plant Leader for our Onshore Resources & Carbon Management, EOR asset.

This position will be located in our Salt Creek office. The Plant Leader is accountable for all aspects of plant performance, and will ensure that objectives are attained in a cost-effective manner that’s consistent with quality requirements. They develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality and productivity. This position effectively manages operational and maintenance issues to support system needs, evaluates performance of and develops direct reports, maintains high standards of diversity and inclusion, ethics and integrity, and drives continuous improvement by serving as a champion of change.

Roles and Responsibilities
1. Manage direct reports with performance goals, standards, operational strategies and best practices to ensure business plan execution
2. Interface with Operations Support Team Leaders to ensure maintenance and operational goals are being met
3. Accountable for equipment conditions in each assigned plant
4. Coach, motivate and develop staff in order to improve their skills and enable them to fulfill job requirements
5. Accountable for knowing and complying with all applicable regulations, safety policies and company HES training requirements
6. Responsible for key performance metrics: downtime/reliability, expenses, safety and environmental emissions compliance, maintenance capital, Maximo maintenance compliance
7. Actively contribute to performance management for teams and teammates
8. Implement corrective action measures for negative behaviors and improvement plans for unacceptable performance
9. Assist with conflict management between members of the plant, contractors, vendors, etc.
10. Assist in career development for direct reports to encourage knowledge learning and transfer
11. Create an environment where members of the team make the day-to-day decisions while providing the tools, training, and support needed to make those decisions
12. Manage, communicate and ensure compliance with Oxy standards and best practices
13. Partner with Field counterparts to minimize flare and production impacts due to planned or upset outages.
14. Coordinate meetings with the field leads to ensure proper communication between the plant and corresponding field on issues, upcoming scheduled work, proper collaboration, and optimization.

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent operational experience in operations and maintenance
Experience: 10+ years of industry experience in operations and maintenance

Skills and Competencies
1. Excellent Communication skills
2. Knowledge of operations
3. Demonstrated ability to contribute to business analysis and planning
4. Conflict management
5. Ability to build and manage teams
6. Networking ability
7. Strong decision making skills
8. Drive for results
9. Creativity and innovation
10. Adapts to change and ambiguity
11. Demonstrated success with organizations with multi-discipline staffs
12. Understands business process and regulatory requirements
13. Demonstrated ability to develop others professional and technical skills through performance management (i.e. goal setting, coaching/feedback, training/development).
14. Project management skills with ability to advise and lead team members on aspects of project management, prioritizing and bringing to completion multiple concurrent projects.
15. Problem solving skills with ability to analyze and recommend solutions on problems of high complexity.
16. Demonstrated ability to drive results in self and others.
17. Demonstrates Oxy’s core values of Integrity, Creativity/Innovation and Empowerment/Collaboration.

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.