Description:
The Whiting Clean Energy Operations Supervisor leads/directs the Operations Shift Teams, whose primary objective is to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable operation of Whiting Clean Energy. The WCE Operations Supervisor is accountable for and continually focuses on the development of the unit personnel's ability to safely operate and efficiently use process equipment, anticipate operational problems in advance, troubleshoot, and respond to problems quickly. The WCE Operations Supervisor is also responsible for coaching and mentoring their direct reports within their complex and driving ownership of operations rigor activities within their complex.
Essential Functions / Key Accountabilities:
- Provides supervision and performance management to all WCE Operators
- Ensures constraints are proactively managed and the desired results are delivered
- Identifies maintenance needs and initiates appropriate work requests.
- Ensures equipment for maintenance is properly prepared.
Safety and Compliance:
- Accountable for unit and personnel (BP and contractors) safety
- Accountable for ensuring that significant safety, environmental, and operational issues recognized are either mitigated by the shift team personnel or elevated to appropriate parties for additional support / assistance.
- Accountable for the use and management of operating procedures including being accountable for handling operating procedure deviations and redlines, ensuring procedures are signed off appropriately, and completing permanent updates.
- Responsible for entering incident notifications and following up on personal safety, process safety and environmental incidents.
Unit Operations and Maintenance:
- Accountable for performing quality start of shift crew meetings, log book entries, shift relief, and updating the shift plan for subsequent shifts.
- Responsible for ensuring operators complete shift objectives (rounds & duties, control of work activities, equipment preparation, winterization activities, etc.).
- Responsible for managing Operator scheduling and pay concerns.
Leadership and Personnel Development:
- Holds the team accountable for acting ethically, with integrity, and honesty in all dealings.
- Responsible for completing annual performance reviews and maintaining personnel files
- Jointly responsible with the L&D Trainers for the developmental training of the operators.
Education:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Associate degree or higher in a technical field preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of operations front-line leadership experience in refining, petrochemical, power generation, or related heavy industry.