Plant Manager

Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.

ChampionX has an immediate need for a Plant Manager located in Freeport, Texas Plant. This is your opportunity to join a growing company offering a competitive salary and benefits.

What’s In It for You:

• Opportunity for a long term, advanced career path in service, sales, or management
• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment
• The opportunity to drive impactful changes and shape your career within a dynamic and growth-oriented company.
• Support from an organization committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, and engagement to achieve collective success.
• Access to Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s), facilitating collaboration and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Utilization of multiple knowledge-sharing platforms to enhance collaboration and engagement across teams.
• Enjoy paid training allowing you to learn from successful professionals
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching and more!

What You Will Do:

• Follow safety policies to provide a safe workplace for all employees and supports the guiding principles of Goal Zero to continually improve the plant’s safety, health and environmental performance, security, design, development, manufacture, storage, marketing, distribution, use and ultimate safe disposal of chemical products. Drive culture of safety; Report safety observations / incidents
• Supports and is committed to the Quality Improvement Process.  Plans strategies to ensure error-free work by “doing it right the first time” and conveys this attitude in the daily performance of various duties, in our drive for continuous improvement.
• Identify areas for process improvement within the roles and functions.

The Plant Manager is responsible for managing and directing all manufacturing activities in a plant or production process, including production, materials, quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost-effective way while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments. Plant may be a stand-alone facility or a relatively independent unit within a larger site.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support the overall organizational strategy by developing and delivering operational plans and outcomes for a large portion of the business.
• Develop and propose annual business plans for a given area or department, ensuring alignment with strategy. Recommend financial and headcount budgets; propose business targets, for example, revenues or other key performance indicators (KPIs); and schedule key activities/projects, ensuring integration with other elements of the organization.
• Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Lead the implementation of the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions, within a significant function, to safeguard the environment, protect the well-being of individuals, and minimize business risk. Foster a business culture that places high value on minimizing risk and delivering excellent performance against HSE key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Develop monthly and annual production plans for a factory to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan.
• Initiate, formulate, and implement new manufacturing methods and processes while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the company's manufacturing process improvement program.
• Take responsibility for setting and managing area budgets so they align with organizational strategy.
• Manage and report on the performance of the function/business area; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.
• Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the organization's formal development framework within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organization's talent pool.
• Develop and/or deliver a plan for significant aspects of internal communications with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Execute a communications plan within established systems and procedures.
• Implement strategic risk management strategies for a segment of the organization
• Take responsibility for developing and delivering change management plans and achieving outcomes for a part of the organization based on a broader change management initiative

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain management, or related field of study
• 6 years of Supply Chain Operations or related experience
• 3 years of supervisory management experience
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity
• Experience in CI methodology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a chemical manufacturing environment

Behavioral Competencies:

• Communicates Effectively - Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, has a strong, compelling impact on people at all levels, and discusses major initiatives in a way that builds interest and commitment. Creates a culture of ongoing constructive dialogue.
• Plans and Aligns - Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. For example, takes steps to coordinate and align plans across workgroups; supports strategic objectives with aggressive yet realistic time frames; shares some critical objectives to help with prioritizing and planning.
• Ensures Accountability - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, emphasizes accountability, measures organizational performance against goals, addresses poor team performance, does not accept blaming others or excuses.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances. For example, urges the organization to focus on the topics that matter to business performance. Eliminates barriers to organizational performance. Provides reinforcement and support to help people overcome obstacles.
• Builds Effective Teams - Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. For example, mentors others on how to build effective teams; takes actions to correct dysfunctional teams. Ensures that the team has the right mix of skills; leverages individual strengths effectively.

Physical Demands:

• Role is deemed safety sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. 

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce.  

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.