Title: Manager, Plant, NA, Fontana

Plant Manager - Fontana

Join us and develop your career while creating a more sustainable future! You’ll be part of a global team of more than 5,000 people and 60 nationalities, where diverse perspectives are valued and you can bring your authentic self to work every day. At Kemira you are empowered to reach your full potential, deliver innovation, and make an impact. We embrace a growth mindset, so we can deliver more value to our customers and communities.

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemistry for water intensive industries. For more than 100 years, our chemistry has advanced human progress and quality of life. Kemira’s solutions help our customers in the pulp and paper, water, and energy industries clean water, save energy and use natural resources responsibly, while improving their productivity and enabling more sustainable business. We call it chemistry with a purpose, better every day. Better every day.

We are looking for a Plant Manager for our Industry & Water Coagulant, Fontana Manufacturing Site.

What you can expect from us:

• Great opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Increasing your abilities and skills in various area
• Employment in a stable company with an established position in the market
• Attractive benefit package
• Great, multicultural and positive working environment

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Four year Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Chemistry or related technical field with a minimum of 5 years’ chemical plant management experience or a minimum of 8 years’ experience in one or more chemical plant management functions: production, materials management, technical, engineering or maintenance
• Minimum 5 years’ prior supervisory experience in a manufacturing operation
• Significant Lean and 6 Sigma experience
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal relationship skills
• Strong computer skills in MS Office
• Experience with business management systems, preferably SAP
• Proven leadership skills in a fast paced, high stress environment
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Experience with capital/project management
• Experience with operations accounting and budgeting
• Experience dealing with Hazardous Materials

Salary range: $100,000 - 115,000

Join Kemira and create better every day

For more information, please apply with CV no later than May 31, 2023 at kemira.com/careers.

Kemira is an equal opportunity employer.

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries. We provide best suited products and expertise to improve our customers’ product quality, process and resource efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, water treatment and energy sectors. In 2022, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 3.3 billion and around 5,000 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.