Senior Production Manager

We are seeking an experienced Senior Production Manager to lead and oversee manufacturing operations within a chemical process environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving production performance, operational excellence, process safety, and cost efficiency while ensuring the effective utilization of resources and achievement of business objectives. This role requires a strong people leader with extensive experience in chemical manufacturing, capable of managing multidisciplinary production teams, driving continuous improvement, and providing strategic and technical direction across plant operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee overall manufacturing operations to achieve production targets, operational efficiency, product quality, and cost objectives.
• Develop and implement production strategies to optimize the utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital resources.
• Drive plant performance through effective production planning, operational monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead and manage a sizeable production team comprising engineers, shift leaders, technicians, and operational personnel.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and career development to strengthen team capabilities, succession planning, and overall performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Reliability, Technical, Quality, and HSE to ensure safe and reliable plant operations.
• Lead the development, review, and implementation of operating procedures, operational standards, and plant improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, process safety standards, and safe operating practices.
• Provide leadership in emergency response, incident management, and crisis situations to ensure personnel safety and minimize operational impact.
• Provide technical and operational guidance during process troubleshooting, abnormal operating conditions, plant startup, shutdown, and turnaround activities.
• Lead operational readiness planning and coordinate commissioning and startup activities for new facilities, plant modifications, and improvement projects.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement process and operational improvements to enhance plant capacity, reliability, productivity, and cost effectiveness.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, safety awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement across the production team

Requirements

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10–15 years of experience in chemical or process manufacturing.
• Proven experience in leading and managing production teams, demonstrated leadership in process safety, operational discipline, and compliance with Singapore regulatory requirements and industrial HSE standards.
• Experience in plant startup, commissioning, shutdown, and turnaround activities would be advantageous.
• Experience in developing and implementing operating procedures, plant improvement initiatives, and operational readiness plans.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, or other continuous improvement methodologies would be advantageous.

Interested candidates may email your resume to Eline Poh ([email protected])

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Eline Poh Qiao Ying [email protected]

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