Capital Manager

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. Other OxyChem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride. OxyChem's market position is among the top three producers in the United States for the principal products it manufactures and markets. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

Essential Job Duties

This position is responsible for directing project engineering specialists to ensure continual improvement in health, safety, and the environment, plant reliability and costs, product quality, and employee technical knowledge. 

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and or transport our products, as our highest priority.
• Ensure that Process Safety and Risk Management principles are incorporated into the foundation of department operations.
• Executing approved capital projects to assure timely, economical and safe completion in accordance with AFE requirements. The Capital Manager acts as the liaison with operations, overviews the entire project, coordinates the work of required engineering disciplines, provides cost control and prepares project procedures.
• Supervise and manage the capital group at the Convent Plant. This includes overseeing project engineers, project managers, designers, and draftsmen.  Provide oversite of project activities including planning, coordinating, executing and monitoring all capital projects designated as plant capital.
• Responsible for assuring that capital, operating and engineering costs are optimized, that all work is completed as scheduled and meets all environmental, health, safety, legal and code requirements. This includes controlling and maintaining the annual capital budget.
• Establish and maintain open communication with plant management to ensure the group is appropriately supported.
• Perform conceptual, preliminary and detailed engineering design on an as needed basis.
• Coordinate the Project Engineering Group personnel to ensure business unit and overall company priorities are addressed in a timely manner by allocating the proper resources at the correct time.
• Coordinate between engineering disciplines, participate in project planning activities and support cost and schedule updates.
• Develop improved processes and tools to support department responsibilities and increase efficiency and accuracy of the group.
• Coordinate with the Major Projects, Project Controls, Process Engineering and Construction groups for assistance in project development, planning and execution.
• Work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities.
• Develop existing personnel and recruit new talent to the Project Engineering Group.
• Perform manpower planning and forecasting for personnel.
• Conduct performance reviews, salary and promotion recommendations, succession planning, mentor and coach as needed for the Project Engineering Group personnel.
• Develop training materials for use by the Project Engineering Group.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Chemical preferred) or Equivalent degree program.
• A minimum of  8 years functional experience in project, maintenance, or process engineering performed in the refining/chemical/petrochemical industry.
• Experience as a Lead, Supervisor or Manager in the Project Engineering field.
• Proficiency in project management principles and methods. 
• Ability to communicate with a broad spectrum of plant and corporate personnel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access).
• Familiarity with SAP or equivalent computerized inventory management software.
• Self-starter with a strong desire to deliver superior results.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• A proven team player capable of working in a multi-discipline team environment with a desire to share knowledge.
• Managerial Courage - Be willing to take a stand on issues that may not be popular and not be afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring and team work skills with the ability to effectively transfer technical expertise to less experienced professionals.
• Ability to travel domestic as required to support assignments.
• Physical requirements – Must be able to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs. Walking, bending, stooping is required. Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator. Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.  Must be able to work in high magnetic field environments.
• Ability to speak, read and write English.

Value Added Qualifications

• Familiarity with project management software packages such as Microsoft Project..
• Good comfort level presenting information to all levels of management.
• PMP certification

Recruitment Fraud
 
It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
 
Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:
 
•  Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees
 
•  Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or
 
•  Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.
 
We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.