Plant Manager (Chemical Manufacturing)

Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States; onsite plant leadership role.

Salary: $177,811.00–$277,830.00 annually in local currency; annual bonus target of 27%; annual stock amount of $65,000 USD.

Company

Global chemical manufacturing organization developing products and sustainable chemistry solutions for clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, cooling, paints, and industrial infrastructure.

What you will do

• Lead all plant operations, including production, maintenance, technology, and supporting manufacturing functions.
• Ensure safe, compliant, environmentally responsible operations and maintain the site’s license to operate.
• Drive reliable production performance across volume, quality, cost, uptime, cash, and customer delivery objectives.
• Lead workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, performance management, and an inclusive high-performance culture.
• Identify and execute capacity, efficiency, process improvement, turnaround, maintenance, reliability, and sustainability initiatives.
• Oversee capital projects and build relationships with community stakeholders and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in operations or manufacturing, preferably in the chemical industry, including leadership in high-hazard process environments.
• Proven success leading safe, compliant operations with expertise in EHS, Process Safety Management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement or Lean methodologies.
• Experience managing plant operations, budgets, cost performance, and supply chain activities, with a record of delivering operational excellence and business results.
• Strong technical and operational knowledge of continuous manufacturing processes, including process optimization, innovation, and operational improvements.
• Experience leading collaboratively across global, matrixed organizations and partnering with engineering, maintenance, supply chain, commercial, R&D, and finance teams.
• Experience developing high-performing and inclusive teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with annual bonus and stock incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits packages and a 401(k) match.
• Employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, and commuter benefits.
• Learning and development opportunities, inclusion and diversity initiatives, and a company-paid volunteer day.
• Immigration sponsorship, including H1-B, F-1 OPT, TN, and other non-immigrant status sponsorship, is not currently available.