Job Summary:
The Operational Excellence (OE) Assurance Engineer will assist in maintaining, documenting, testing and reporting on internal controls as required per Responsible Care Management Systems (RCMS) and Process Safety Management (PSM). This includes managing and executing risk reviews, internal audits and special projects as part of an audit team, sole contributor and/or lead auditor. The role also requires the ability to drive process initiatives to ensure compliance with customer requirements, regulatory agencies, government regulations, internal requirements, and engineering specifications. The successful candidate will display a high level of integrity, professionalism, teamwork, and technical ability, whilst maintaining a positive attitude that promotes strong internal and external relationships.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, implement and oversee corporate assurance programs, primarily in manufacturing
- Partner with the organization to drive OE culture
- Partner with site Leadership to ensure support is provided to drive continuous improvement
- Steward root cause analysis as part of continuous improvement program
- Ensure process adherence to internal requirements for nonconformances for all TPC functions.
- Collect, manage and analyze company-wide nonconformance data to identify trends and develop plans to drive continuous improvement
- Manage assignments, training program and best practices for root cause facilitators across the organization
- Oversee the effective documentation and implementation of Management Systems to assure compliance with customer, regulatory, and company standards.
- Includes becoming skilled on company-wide documentation system and providing KPI information regarding compliance to internal requirements.
- Assist/coordinate the Responsible Care Management System audits (internal and third party) for all TPC operations and functions
- Assist/coordinate third party led compliance audits including the triennial mandatory OSHA PSM audit
- Assist with developing training program for new internal auditors
- Audit responsibilities include:
- Assist in the research and planning of assigned audits and preparation of planning documents
- Perform fieldwork as assigned and document work-papers in accordance with departmental policies, methodologies and internal audit professional standards.
- Report findings (based on fieldwork and testing conclusions) to management and key stakeholders
- Prepare or assist in the preparation of draft internal audit reports
- Coordinate action item owners and assist them in crafting high quality action plans
- Collect, manage and analyze company-wide data and audit results to identify trends and develop plans to drive continuous improvement
Role Specific Knowledge:
- Demonstrated skill in cross-functional influence
- Ability to resolve compliance issues in a positive manner
- Demonstrated ability drive change and OE performance improvements
- Excellent communications skills, written and verbal
- Ability to influence at all levels in the organization
- Provide hands on expertise in the field when needed
- Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
- Trained as a root cause investigation leader
- Basic knowledge of regulations and standards as they pertain to petrochemical industry such as OSHA, US DOT, NFPA, ANSI , API, State and Local Codes as well as ACC Responsible Care Codes.
- Knowledge of and experience with environmental management systems – ISO 14001 and/or Responsible Care desirable
- Knowledge of Six Sigma methodologies desirable
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, or other technical science
- At least 5 years Chemical/Petrochemical industry experience in a manufacturing setting in operations, technical, quality or environmental
- Minimum 3 years of lead auditor experience
