OLEFIN I PLANT OFFICE OPERATIONS STAFF II

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.

I. POSITION OBJECTIVE 
To provide leadership and support to the operations personnel on the daily activities for the Olefins Division. To assure high quality product to our downstream customer. To meet production targets set by our management. To make sure that all personnel in our facility are following policies and procedures pertaining to safe work practices. To meet the environmental quality standards by reducing emissions to the environment. To produce Daily Production Reports and manage daily and monthly inventory.

II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 
Process Troubleshooting: Review all daily logs, Supervisory logs, electronic data trends and supporting records to ensure proper operation of critical Unit process equipment. Collaborate with maintenance unit personnel to identify process equipment abnormal root causes. Assist operations personnel in troubleshooting to correct abnormalities and deficiencies as needed.

Improvement Project Coordination: Evaluate unit for process deficiencies to identify root causes. Identify improvement to eliminate or minimize deficiencies. Propose projects to implement. Follow-up to ensure timely completions. Ensure completion of pre-startup safety reviews prior to commissioning. Coordinate commissioning and startup. Monitor benefits realized by improvements implemented. Facilitate project closures to meet prescribed time schedules.

Shutdown/Loss Reporting: Prepare accurate and complete shutdown loss related reports while ensuring submittal within requested timeframes. Coordinate with operations personnel, maintenance personnel and corporate accountants to capture all applicable costs attributed to Olefins I.

Department Auditing: Conduct regular reporting audits, accounting audits, and field inspections of Olefins areas to identify areas of deficiency. Follow up on findings to ensure proper corrective action is taken in a timely manner.

Production Cost Analysis: Prepare accurate and complete daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual production related reports while ensuring submittal within the prescribed timeframes. Evaluate and troubleshoot production metering / sampling data with operations and maintenance personnel to deficiencies are identified and corrected in a timely manner. Collaborate and coordinate with suppliers, clients, customers, and corporate accountants to prevent accounting abnormalities and correct accounting errors promptly. Modify production accounting programs as needed to minimize report preparation and error potential

THM: Promote cleanliness and order through implementation of the Total Housekeeping Maintenance program. Emphasize the Nothing Touches the Ground program and the No Visual Pollution Program. Maintain the plant in like new condition.

III. QUALIFICATIONS
A. TECHNICAL JOB CRITERIA 
1. Previous Related Experience Required
Ten (10) plus years of experience in petrochemical facility/refinery dependent upon
education. Olefins experience preferred.

2. Technical Skills Required To Perform This Job
1. Capable of working with computers.
2. Able to control the process on DCS (Process computers/controllers).
3. Capable of working on miscellaneous office machines (fax, copy, etc).
4. Project Management Skills.
5. Basic math and accounting skills.

3. Education 
High school diploma or equivalent plus a minimum of 10 years of direct job-related experience Or Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of direct job-related experience; or Associate’s degree with 8 years of direct job-related experience.

4. Other Certification/Training Required To Gain Function-Related Technical Knowledge
• Will require training in Company Policies and Procedures after hire.
• Current employees must meet all technical and safety training requirements for the current position, as specified in the Master Training Plan.

Check Out Our Benefits

Health Coverage and Perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care  

Short-term Disability 

Long-term Disability 

Group Term Life, Dependent and
Supplemental Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement 
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Work/Life Balance

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off for a balanced life
(Vacation, Sick and Personal Time) 

FlexTime Available 

 Competitive Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive/bonus, 401(k) plan with company match, 
Cash Balance, Pension Plan