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Refinery Manager - North Pole Refinery

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Oil & Gas Operations & Maintenance
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Leads the day-to-day business activities of the Petro Star North Pole Refinery, prioritizing safe, environmentally compliant, and reliable refinery operations with a focus on optimizing production of on- specification fuels. Directs the Maintenance and Operations staffs to complete timely and professional preventative and corrective maintenance of all refinery equipment and assets. Directs Laboratory and operations personnel to ensure product quality and assurance requirements are always met. Develops and stewards the refinery operating and capital budgets.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (and other duties as assigned)
  1. This role leads all Refinery personnel. This includes providing leadership, support, oversight, and collaboration with on-site personnel and those outside of direct refinery operations, including those in the Safety, Compliance, and Laboratory teams.
  2. The Refinery Manager will focus on professional development of the North Pole Refinery workforce, playing a crucial role in the hiring and recruitment process, and serve as a role model for the facility staff.
  3. The Refinery Manager will prioritize operator qualification schedules to create fully qualified and flexible work teams.  This will involve holding employees accountable to defined progression plans and quarterly progress updates to the VP of Refining.  
  4. Along with professional development, the Refinery Manager will emphasize succession planning.  This effort is intended to create a culture of high performance and employee engagement with the very best employees prepared for promotions when they become available.    
  5. Responsible for ensuring annual performance evaluations are completed on time and adhere to company standards for all direct refinery personnel. 
  6. Able to hold refinery staff accountable to meet expectations, follow policies and procedures and achieve ASRC overall objectives. When necessary, is able to coach and correct performance and behavioral issues.
  7. The Refinery Manager is proficient in creating engagement across the organization with the ability to communicate with operations, maintenance, and other refinery employees.
  8. Ensure Quality Control & Assurance procedures, testing and documentation/recordkeeping are
  9. rigorously followed and maintained per PSI’s contract requirements.
  10. Serve as the principal emergency contact for all issues and incidents arising at the refinery, as well as the principal on-site contact for local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
  11. Responsible for Refinery compliance with operational, environmental and safety regulations. Works to continuously identify and champion efforts to improve operational efficiency and workplace safety, as well as providing environmental stewardship.
  12. Provide professional and accurate communication and support to PSI Anchorage Corporate Office, ASRC and their respective Senior Leadership Teams. Interface professionally with local, State and Federal agencies.
  13. Lead the development of the Refinery Operational, Turnaround and Capital budgets. In conjunction with Refinery staff, identify capital projects for improving safety and environmental compliance, maintaining and growing revenue, and cost reduction opportunities.
  14. Develop profit improvement and cost reduction proposals and implement plans autonomously at the local level.
  15. Work closely with the Refinery and Corporate Safety Departments to ensure safe and compliant refinery operations consistent with the Process Safety Management and other applicable regulations.
  16. Coordinate with PSI E&C to develop conceptual designs and estimates for plant turnarounds, capital improvement projects and new construction.
  17. Ensure timely and appropriate completion of identified action items from audits, PHA’s and
  18. safety and compliance reviews.
  19. Promotes proactive focus to trouble-shooting process units and fosters positive, high-involvement work environment.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Carry out managerial responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Supervise all employees within the department. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, disciplining, coaching and training, addressing and resolving employee concerns, planning, assigning, directing work and assessing job performance.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGER OF MANAGERS LEVEL
ASRC’s Core competencies include Leading Self, Leading People and Leading the Organization. In addition to our core competency model, our framework includes competencies specific to the various levels of positions within our company. For more information on our core competencies please contact the HR Department and reference the ASRC Leadership Framework.
Customer Focus

1. Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Drive for Results

2. Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. Holds self and Refinery staff accountable and consistently strives to achieve “Operational Excellence”.

Problem Solving

3. Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.

Priority Setting

4. Creates focus by spending their time, and the time of others, on what’s important. Motivating Others

Motivating Others

5. Creates an environment where people want to do their best. Makes each individual feel their work is important and can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team members.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE


  1. Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.  Chemical Engineering preferred.  Project management experience is desirable.
  2. Minimum of seven years supervisory experience in a refining or similar process environment.
  3. 5 years’ experience leading operations or maintenance personnel in an industrial setting.
  4. Must possess a valid Driver’s License.
  5. Must pass background check, physical, hearing and DOT drug test.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees or customers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS


Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY


Ability to apply commonsense reasoning to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with and resolve problems involving multiple variables in both standardized and non- standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must have physical ability to perform all essential job duties and work extended hours, including nights and weekends in process operations environment. Work will be conducted during periods of inclement weather. Must have physical ability to access all areas of the refinery including stairs and/or ladders to inspect critical process and mechanical equipment. Must reside in the North Pole area and be available to respond to upset conditions during off-hours (in person if necessary).
NOTE: This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The statements contained herein are intended to describe the principal functions of this position, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibilities, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.

Petro Star Inc., a division of ASRC, is a drug free workplace and pre-employment drug testing is part of the hiring process.

ASRC and its family of companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other legal protected status.  EOE:  M|F|D|V

Petro Star Inc. is the refining division of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, an Inupiat-owned corporation created as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

ASRC's family of companies apply a shareholder preference in employment, to the maximum extent feasible, as authorized by law.

 

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