Batch Area Front Line Leader

ISP Chemicals LLC

Batch Front Line Leader

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Batch Area Front Line Leader to join our Ashland Specialty Ingredients business at our Calvert City, KY location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the manufacturing function. This position will report to the Batch Area Operations Manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Consistently meet personnel safety and environmental stewardship requirements.
• Master the production area's logistics and unit operations in order to take ownership of them.
• Diagnose and resolve process and equipment issues.
• ·Lead, support, and coach a shift of up to 17 Chemical Operators on a modified 12-hour rotating schedule within a team-based, High Performance work environment, driving efficient operations with an emphasis on FPQ, equipment reliability, and cost control.
• Communicate with hourly employees and give them constructive, positive performance coaching.
• Serve as the link between departments, such as other production areas, maintenance, the laboratory, and engineering.
• Manage the movement of raw materials and intermediate products.
• Coordinate maintenance work, including issuing Hazardous Work Permits.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3-5 years manufacturing experience, perferrably with supervisory experience

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Previous safety training and certificates
• Solid computer skills

Perks of working at Ashland:

• Team recognition rewards, sponsored lunches and monetary incentives based on performance
• Comprehensive Benefit package, Medical, Dental and Vision starting on Day 1 for you AND your family
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Modified Rotating shift
• Referral bonus plan – get a job with us and get paid to refer your friends
• Supporting work/life balance, we offer Flexible office location – Remote/Hybrid

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
 
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
 
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE:  We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.