OrganiZational context
and job purpose

Organizational Context

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. Our products touch every aspect of modern-day life. INEOS comprises 36 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Our production network spans 196 sites in 29 countries throughout the world. INEOS Joliet is part of the INEOS Enterprises portfolio. INEOS Enterprises is a global market leader in the production of intermediary chemicals that are used as an essential input into chemical value chains across a broad variety of end markets and sectors.

The INEOS Joliet facility was originally constructed by Amoco starting in 1957. It currently manufactures three separate chemical intermediate product lines which share an integrated utility and wastewater treatment units with a capacity equal to a city of 200,000 people.

At our ~775-acre site in Channahon, Illinois (about 40 miles southwest of Chicago) we produce three products - Purified Isophthalic Acid (PIA), Trimellitic Anhydride (TMA) and Maleic Anhydride (MAN). Several of the technologies used on site were originally developed by Amoco at the site. This is especially true for TMA that was first commercialized at the Joliet site and is still the only TMA production site in North America.

Main Purpose

The Maintenance I&E Supervisor is responsible for the work activities of an entire I&E staff, including planned, scheduled and emergency work assigned, code compliance, quality of workmanship, training, housekeeping, and all other I&E maintenance efforts.

Technical knowledge would include but not limited to the follow components; AC motors, PLC’s, AC/DC drives, Instrumentation, reading schematics, Motor controller understanding, Transformers, MCC’s, substations, power distribution systems and a variety of control valves. The I&E Maintenance Supervisor reports to the Maintenance Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES and ACCOUNTABILITIES

Works with Reliability and Operations to determine ways to assure and improve the reliability of equipment and safety systems

• Assure safety awareness, safe work and compliance with safety rules and policies in all work performed by the craft.
• Provides assistance and technical advice necessary to assist in the execution of maintenance activities and manufacturing process.
• Leadership, including workforce engagement, diversity, employee development and training
• Communicate performance levels and standards to personnel.
• Responsible for ensuring that all field work is performed in accordance with applicable codes and standards
• Keep current documentation on all equipment and maintain appropriate specifications
• Supervision of hourly I&E staff
• Develop daily/weekly work schedule through SAP data
• Manages daily I&E work and routine outages
• Participates in Root Cause failure Analysis (RCFA) and drives corrective actions
• Ensure PSM and MI programs are followed and executed flawlessly; including identifying MI work orders and ensuring the work is planned, scheduled, and completed prior to its due date.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

• Technical degree and a minimum of 5 yrs. experience. Equivalent years of related maintenance experience may be considered in leu of technical degree.
• Experience and knowledge of IEEE, NFPA, ISA and applicable API Industry Standards 
• Supervisor experience with demonstrated leadership skills.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Experience in a Petro-chemical manufacturing environment.
• Self-motivated, and enjoy working in a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced 24/7 environment.
• Basic computer skills in spreadsheets, word processing, and database software.
• Knowledgeable in reliability and failure analysis methodologies such as FMEA, RCFA, and MTBF.

Physical Requirements:

The must be able to work in a variety of environments that include both fieldwork and deskwork. Minimum requirements include:

• Maintaining constant awareness of personal safety and the safety of all other personnel. This includes knowledge of unit operation, procedures, and rules.
• Being able to work in a safety sensitive environment that includes large rotating equipment and hazardous chemicals.
• Ability to appropriately deal with multiple & changing site priorities.
• Must be able to withstand both winter and summer temperatures while wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment.
• In addition, must be comfortable working in a loud environment that could include exposure to fumes / odors or vibration from surrounding equipment.
• Being able to ascend and descend a barrel ladder with continuous vertical length of up to 35 feet.
• Being able to climb and descend stairs up to a total structure height of 80 feet.
• Being physically able to wear and navigate through the unit with a respirator if needed.
• Being able to pick up a 50 lb object such as a fire extinguisher or a large book/binder.
• Strong capability of conscious mental effort or concentration required. Complexity of tasks is high due to uncertainty and unpredictability, in the plant setting, and in a plant outage. Considerable attention required, possibly for extended periods of time.

     This role is a 40-hour week, day schedule; however, overtime may be required as needed in addition to being available for the evening and weekend call-out schedule.

Safety remains and always will be our number one priority in INEOS.  Our US locations now require all new hires to provide one of the following as a condition of employment:

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination; or
• Willingness to obtain the vaccine before hire date (under this option, proof of vaccination is a condition to any offer of employment and must be provided prior to commencement of employment): or
• Validation of your religious or medical exemption.