Serves in a vital role for Operations, utilizing process knowledge, technical expertise, and operations experience to assist, teach and coach plant personnel. Focuses on troubleshooting process or equipment issues, improving process performance, and increasing plant reliability. Typically responsible for a larger plant or facility. Requires advanced skills and expertise in a range of processes, procedures, and systems, and/or specialized technical expertise within an analytical/scientific method or operational process to perform a broad range of complex work assignments. May act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others.Responsibilities / DutiesActs as a technical/process subject matter resource in the assigned operational area.Enhances front line skills and knowledge of plant personnel and related roles through coaching on plant process, equipment, engineering, reliability principles. Coaches and teaches operators/technicians during troubleshooting activities. Assists in process related root cause or failure analysis. Ensures thorough and timely pre-investigations occur.Develops plant process training material content and qualification assessments.Maintains “on call” status for plant unplanned events, emergencies and advising.Engages in turnaround scope definition, preparation and execution.Owns and coaches others on the effective use of logbook, focusing on quality of information entered and appropriate note type/stamp utilization.Participates in available Technical Advising role networks to improve personal effectiveness and leveraging of best practices.Creates, reviews, modifies and approves operational procedures to ensure sound operating discipline.Partners closely with the production staff to resolve problems, drive continuous improvement, and ensure the facility goals are achieved. Mentors new production staff as they on-board and train.

The Operating Technician operates assigned equipment or areas of the plant to ensure safe, quality, and efficient operation of the entire plant.This role will perform the duties associated with but not limited to operating the plant, which includes the operation of control systems and devices to monitor levels, temperatures, pressures, flow rates and transfer of products, writing Safe Work Permits, sampling, making area checks, Red Tags, Return to Operations (RTO), completing checklists, housekeeping, etc.