Light Duty Slurry Engineering Manager - Huntsville, AL

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors, and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions. 

ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.

As a Slurry Engineering Manager – you will LEAD by……….

We are looking for a professional like you who will be responsible for the leadership, management, quality, safety, strategy, and production efficiency of the Light Duty slurry manufacturing lines within the Huntsville site. The team consists of a manufacturing engineer, engineering techs, and a technical trainer to support a 24/7 slurry operation.

The Slurry Engineering manager will lead the slurry production lines through an operational excellence journey and tactical plans that deliver the best products to our customers and profitability to the company. In addition, you will provide strong EHS leadership to your direct team, as well as the Huntsville site overall. You will also provide peer leadership that coordinates support to keep the production lines running safely and efficiently. 

In this role you will

• Organize, participate, and lead the engineering team supporting slurry manufacturing.
• Align optimization projects and development goals for the team.

• Drive strategic improvements for overall slurry performance utilizing cross-functional teams and resources.
• Drive optimization projects to reduce batch times, improve equipment reliability and utilization, and improve overall Mass Balance performance.
• Act as the primary technical lead for capital investment projects, from feasibility through implementation.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for quality and safety incidents; implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Support safety improvements and investigating safety incidents.
• Lead the team in slurry throughput improvements.
• Experience working with a large, diverse team of engineers, supervisors, and shop floor operators.
• Work closely with production supervisors, operators, maintenance, and quality teams to improve productivity and ensure smooth operations.

Your elements for success……

• Engineering degree in Industry Related Discipline plus a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Process Engineering/Production Engineering or automotive catalysts engineering required.
• Previous Management experience is a plus.
• Ability to lead projects and groups toward a common goal required
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and process controls required
• High level of proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and SQL data mining preferred
• Apply strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, Lean Six Sigma, and process control methodologies to drive continuous improvement preferred.
• Experience with data analysis, technical writing, and presentation building required
• Safety culture mindset required
• Practical experience in troubleshooting plant problems and optimizing plant performance required
• Ability to see, think and act quickly and decisively is required.

Additional Role Requirements:

• Accountable for a 24/7 production operation, including after-hours phone support. This also includes being available to travel to the site as needed during nights and weekends.
• Directly accountable for slurry lines overall performance against the sites KPI’s.
• Supervisory responsibilities for your direct team including coaching and development.
• Indirect supervisory responsibilities for the production teams.
• Strong communicator and ability to report up and down within the organization.
• Strong Motivator and desire to engage on the shop floor.

You @ BASF ECMS

At BASF ECMS you get more than just compensation, Medical & Dental. Our total offer includes a wide range of elements you need to be your best in every stage of your life.

• Flexible Work Arrangements whenever possible
• Retirement Benefits with company contributions
• Competitive Medical and Dental Plan Options
• Disability and Life Insurance Programs
• Wellness Programs
• Maternity/Paternity Leave, Infertility & Adoption reimbursement
• Mentoring & Development Programs
• Employee Discounts
• Pet insurance

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