Jobs at Celanese

Lead all aspects of the emulsions manufacturing site to ensure safe, reliable, high-quality, and cost-effective production. Drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, KPI delivery, workforce development, cross-functional collaboration, and regulatory/government relationships.

Coordinates environmental, health, and safety systems, regulatory compliance, audits, reporting, risk analyses, work permits, contractor management, emergency drills, and sustainability initiatives. The role manages environmental data, conducts root cause analyses, supports continuous improvement, and collaborates with internal teams and external partners across manufacturing sites.

Oversee maintenance execution and reliability for rotating equipment, initially supporting plant air and chilled water systems. Diagnose complex equipment issues, lead reliability improvements, develop maintenance procedures, manage preventive maintenance schedules and backlogs, and train mechanical teams. Apply predictive, preventive, and reliability methodologies while communicating solutions to management and improving plant safety, efficiency, and equipment performance.

Leads electrical reliability strategy for medium- and low-voltage assets at a continuous manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include asset criticality and lifecycle planning, root cause investigations, predictive and preventive maintenance optimization, capital and turnaround support, safety and regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The role supports electrical systems including distribution networks, motors, switchgear, MCCs, transformers, substations, VFDs, UPS systems, and process safety infrastructure while collaborating with maintenance, operations, trades, and engineering teams.

Serves as the primary product stewardship and regulatory expert for assigned chemical business lines. Advises technical, commercial, manufacturing, legal, and quality teams on global chemical regulations, product compliance, risk management, and market access. Supports new product development, productivity initiatives, commercialization, regulatory assessments, SAP compliance data, and project risk management. Monitors regulatory changes, recommends business actions, delivers training, and ensures products comply with applicable global requirements throughout their lifecycle.

Leads global process control and automation strategy across manufacturing sites. Owns the process control roadmap, guides DCS and PLC upgrades, advances digital manufacturing and alarm management, supports capital projects, manages supplier relationships, and leads technical experts. Provides strategic direction, troubleshooting, and executive alignment to improve safety, reliability, operational performance, and business results.

Manages capital and expense improvement projects at a specialty elastomers manufacturing plant, overseeing scoping, cost justification, funding, design, procurement, contracting, installation, commissioning, and handover. Coordinates internal teams, vendors, contractors, and subject matter experts while ensuring projects meet cost, schedule, safety, quality, engineering, statutory, and management-of-change requirements. Supports capital forecasting and annual planning, maintains vendor relationships, and applies manufacturing best practices to improve facility and process performance.

Leads day-to-day operations of a vinyl acetate production unit, ensuring safe, reliable, efficient performance. Oversees process safety, quality, production planning, reliability, employee engagement, compliance, risk mitigation, KPI improvement, and team development. Coordinates resources, maintenance, technology, and site leadership to resolve production barriers and achieve operational objectives.

Serves as the primary product stewardship and regulatory expert for assigned business lines. Provides guidance on global chemical regulations, product compliance, risk assessment, SAP compliance data, and market access. Supports new product development, productivity projects, commercialization, and business expansion while coordinating with technical, manufacturing, legal, quality, and commercial teams. Monitors regulatory changes, assesses impacts, delivers training, and ensures products comply throughout their lifecycle.

Leads $2 million to $50 million capital projects across manufacturing sites from concept and engineering through procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. Owns scope, budget, schedule, safety, quality, risk, project controls, contractor performance, stakeholder communication, and operational integration. The role manages multidisciplinary teams, engineering and construction partners, financial forecasts, procurement activities, and project turnover while driving cost optimization, schedule performance, and operational readiness.

Leads global cross-functional continuous improvement projects using DMAIC, Lean, Six Sigma, data analysis, and root-cause methods. Identifies process waste, reduces variation, improves reliability, supports productivity goals, and establishes sustainable improvement structures. Provides training, drives digitalization and automation, standardizes best practices, implements KPIs, and collaborates with senior management across manufacturing and transactional environments.

Leads environmental, health, and safety governance in a high-risk manufacturing environment. Ensures legal and corporate HSE compliance, manages emergency and security plans, oversees environmental reporting, implements employee health and wellness programs, conducts inspections and audits, manages risks and incidents, facilitates root cause analyses, supervises an OHS technician, supports committees, and drives continuous improvement and local implementation of corporate initiatives.

Provides occupational nursing care for work-related injuries and illnesses across three operating sites. Conducts medical screenings, maintains confidential electronic records, supports case management, disability and FMLA processes, and ensures OSHA and corporate compliance. Coordinates with HR, management, healthcare providers, Safety, and emergency response teams. Manages infection control, wellness, vaccination, blood donation, exposure control, and medical surveillance programs. Responds to workplace emergencies and assists with off-site patient transport.

Lead and evolve the enterprise cybersecurity operations program, overseeing SOC, incident response, exposure and vulnerability management, BC/DR integration, security awareness, and managed security service providers. Drive strategy, metrics, automation, and continuous improvement while partnering with IT, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to reduce risk and improve cyber resilience.

Leads safety, quality, and training programs for an autoclave packaging manufacturing unit. Responsibilities include EHS and QMS compliance, safety and quality assessments, corrective actions, root-cause analyses, hazard mitigation, audits, safe-work permits, onboarding, operational training, SOP maintenance, and continuous improvement. The role works closely with production, planning, scheduling, supply chain, leadership, and engineering teams and requires occasional after-hours availability.

Coordinates production scheduling and execution for blocked stock and rework inventory supporting the Autoclave Unit. Manages offline and external processing, production documentation, usage-decision codes, inventory and tote-bin availability, operational metrics, and continuous improvement. Provides direction to site personnel, collaborates with planning and technical teams, ensures SOP and safety compliance, and serves as the manufacturing expert for offline assets.

Develops and adjusts polymerization production schedules to meet supply chain objectives, maximizing asset and labor efficiency. Tracks production, OEE, quality, blocked stock, and inventory KPIs; analyzes quality failures and downtime; coordinates supply chain updates; manages SAP outage batch preparation and production order scheduling. Supports turnaround planning, technical communication, safety compliance, and cross-functional collaboration with production, maintenance, planning, quality, and engineering teams.

Leads $2 million to $50 million capital projects from concept through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. Owns scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality, risk, financial reporting, contractor management, stakeholder communication, and operational readiness. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams across manufacturing, engineering, procurement, construction, and operations while ensuring regulatory and company standards are met. Travel to domestic and international manufacturing sites may be required.

Manage and grow filament accounts across North America, develop strategic account plans, identify new market opportunities, collaborate with technical teams, drive revenue/volume/margin growth, negotiate complex deals, monitor market trends, and execute KAM processes while supporting marketing and demand-pull activities.

Manage and grow filament accounts across North America, develop strategic account plans and sales funnels, collaborate with technical teams to deliver tailored solutions, monitor market trends, negotiate complex deals, and drive revenue, volume, and margin growth with up to 50% travel.