Supervisor Environmental Operations

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Lafayette, IN
Senior level
3D Printing • Chemical
The Role
Oversee operations management of complex equipment and supervise a team of approximately 10 operators, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and promoting continuous process improvement while collaborating cross-functionally within the organization.
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What we offer

Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.

Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik:
https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

Support Environmental Controls, Incineration Services, and Solvent Recovery to ensure that products and services are provided in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Operations Management: Oversee the operation of large, complex equipment (e.g., wastewater treatment, fume incinerators, distillation columns, bulk tanks, forklifts, yard tractors), ensuring safety and compliance with regulations. Manage and document incidents, escalating when necessary.
  • Team Leadership: Supervise, develop, train, and manage a team of approximately 10 operators. Foster a positive environment and resolve interpersonal conflicts.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with interdepartmental teams and customers to manage business operations and support site and company initiatives. 
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements to enhance safety, efficiency, and cost reduction. Demonstrate critical thinking and troubleshooting skills. 
  • Communication: Communicate effectively across the organization, supporting departmental and company-wide goals. 

REQUIREMENTS

  • Education & Experience: High school diploma required; Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred. Minimum 10 years of industrial experience, with previous supervisory experience preferred. 
  • Leadership & Communication: Proven leadership, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills with experience in coaching and mentoring teams. Strong verbal, written communication, and listening abilities. 
  • Technical Skills: Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, and DeltaV (or similar automation systems). Knowledge of cGMP operations preferred. 
  • Problem Solving: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with a mechanical aptitude. 
  • Work Environment: Ability to work in high noise, high-temperature environments, both indoors and outdoors, handling hazardous materials. Must be able to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, in a regulated setting. 

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach.  Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Your Application
 

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Wendy Stansbury [C]

Company is

Evonik Corporation

The Company
HQ: Essen
13,812 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies. While we don’t produce electric cars, aircraft, medications or 3D printers, Evonik is part and parcel of these and many other end products. That’s because we contribute the small things that make a big difference. We make electric car batteries perform better, aircraft greener, medications more effective and 3D printers more efficient. In short: We think beyond the bounds of chemistry to make the world a better place. Today and tomorrow. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations. Our daily work is shaped by global concerns, such as sustainability, diversity and digitalization. In all our business decisions, we take the present and future generations into consideration. After all, being ready for tomorrow is our business.

Interested in joining our global team? Our wide range of opportunities extends from creative and innovative research through international management all the way to production. Whether you’re studying, starting out in your career or a seasoned professional, come help us make the world a better place. For more information about careers at Evonik, go to:
www.careers.evonik.com. #HumanChemistry

Find our netiquette on: www.evonik.com/netiquette

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