R&D Pilot Plant Supervisor
Albemarle Netherlands BV
- # R&D Pilot Plant SupervisorApplyremote type: Onsitelocations: Pasadena, Texas, United States of Americatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: REQ-31030Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company’s and customers’ futures?If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.Ketjen is hiring for our FCC R&D Pilot Plant Supervisor role. This position is a fully in-office role located in Bayport, TX.The Pilot Plant Supervisor is responsible for leading safe, reliable, and effective pilot plant operations that support research, product development, process scale-up, manufacturing support and customer sample generation. This role requires strong technical judgment, analytical problem solving, and people leadership, with the expectation to identify practical solutions, improve operating discipline, and strengthen pilot plant capability in alignment with business and R&D priorities.**What You Will Do****Operations and Safety Leadership*** Supervise and develop a team of 5 pilot plant operators, setting clear expectations, effective work planning, and consistent execution of operating priorities. Gather and deliver performance feedback.* Maintain a safe operating environment through regular inspections, audits, procedure discipline, and proactive improvement of process technology. Serve as a trainer and key participant in Ketjen safety programs; develop safe operating procedures for new equipment; and support process hazard analyses and root cause investigations as needed.* Establish training and development plans for pilot plant equipment, maintenance practices, troubleshooting, and operational readiness.* Manage the end-to-end process for producing high-quality samples for internal and external customers, balancing delivery commitments with safety, quality, and resource constraints.* Provide pilot plant equipment, technical services, and operating support for research and development activities across internal customer groups.* Drive continuous improvement in pilot plant efficiency, reliability, capability, and capital readiness.* Manage pilot plant resources and priorities in alignment with business needs. Develop and track performance metrics to improve planning, throughput, backlog management, operational effectiveness, and bottleneck resolution.* Establish and supervise quality programs for equipment, processes, raw materials, and sample outputs.**Product Development and Scale-Up Support*** Participate in product development projects by translating laboratory results into safe, practical, and executable pilot-scale plans.* Document pilot plant results, observations, and learnings in technical reports that support future scale-up, troubleshooting, and knowledge transfer.**Process Development and Technical Stewardship*** Contribute to process development projects by providing pilot plant expertise, capability assessments, and guidance on data translation between laboratory, pilot, and commercial scales.* Serve as a steward for process know-how on current technologies. Capture and grow technical expertise in compounding, mixing, drying, fluidization, TOPAZ, JADE, and related pilot plant processes.* Develop, validate, and continuously improve translation factors between pilot plant and commercial plant operations for relevant technologies and equipment.* Identify and implement tangible improvements to existing technologies, operating practices, and pilot plant capabilities.* Develop capital projects that improve pilot plant capability, reliability, safety, and flexibility.**Strategic Leadership and Continuous Improvement*** Support strategic goal setting for the pilot plant, translating business and R&D priorities into clear improvement plans for capability, capacity, safety, and operational performance.* Lead the pilot plant team with a focus on capability building, communication, accountability, continuous improvement, cost efficiency and effective cross-functional support.**Key Competencies*** **Safety Leadership:** Demonstrates visible ownership of safety, procedure discipline, hazard recognition, and risk-based decision making.* **People Leadership:** Builds capability, sets clear expectations, coaches operators, and reinforces accountability through effective communication and follow-up.* **Operational Discipline:** Manages priorities, resources, schedules, and performance metrics to deliver reliable execution and improve pilot plant effectiveness.* **Customer and Stakeholder Focus:** Understands internal and external customer needs, communicates tradeoffs clearly, and aligns pilot plant support with business and R&D priorities.* **Continuous Improvement Mindset:** Identifies opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency, reliability, capability, and knowledge transfer.* **Technical Judgment:** Applies sound engineering, process, and operational judgment to troubleshoot problems, evaluate options, and develop practical solutions.**What You Bring****Required:*** **Education:** High school degree and xx years of pilot plant, manufacturing, or process operations will be considered.* **Technical Experience:** Experience in pilot plant or commercial plant operations, manufacturing, process development, product development, or scale-up operations, preferably in a chemical, catalyst, materials, or related industrial environment.* **Supervisory Experience:** Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop operators or technical staff in an operations-focused environment.* **Safety and Compliance:** Working knowledge of process safety, operating procedures, hazard recognition, incident investigation, management of change, and safe work practices.* **Operational and Technical Skills:** Ability to troubleshoot equipment and process issues, manage competing priorities, interpret technical data, document results, and communicate effectively with research, operations, engineering, and business stakeholders.**Preferred:*** Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical field preferred;* Experience in pilot plant or commercial plant operations, manufacturing, process development, product development, or scale-up operations in a chemical, catalyst, materials, or related industrial environment.**Benefits of Joining Ketjen*** Competitive compensation* Comprehensive benefits package* A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.Apply today and help Ketjen unleash the **POTENTIAL** of advanced chemistry for industries that power the world.### About UsWe are a global provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining and specialty chemicals industries. Working side-by-side with our customers, we develop value-added, customized solutions that make them more competitive. Discovering and implementing new and better performance-based sustainable solutions is what motivates all of us. We think beyond business-as-usual to drive innovations that create lasting value.Unleash your **POTENTIAL** with Ketjen.At Ketjen, we believe that our people make us successful. It’s really that simple. We embrace diversity of experience, talent and thought. We work hard to create an inclusive work environment that empowers you to openly and honestly communicate, create and innovate. Your decision to join our team will be rewarded with a positive, team-oriented workplace that inspires personal and professional growth. We will make every effort to support your career goals and create opportunities for you to realize your full potential. This is our culture. This is our commitment.**AS PART OF OUR GLOBAL TEAM, YOU’LL EXPERIENCE:*** Competitive compensation and benefits* Hands-on technical experience* Job variety and career flexibility* Collaboration with seasoned employees at every level* A proven record of innovation* Company-wide focus on economic and environmental sustainability* Deep commitment to our communities, education, and social development* Concern and compassion for fellow employees* Among the best safety records in the industryThe bottom-line: no matter where you apply your talent and training, Ketjen will provide the resources and support you need to succeed.
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