Pilot Plant Coordinator

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today. We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World. It’s Better with Bakelite. Pilot Plant Coordinator (all genders) What does a typical day look like? These are your main tasks: The Pilot Plant Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the pilot plant, ensuring a smooth upscale process from laboratory to plant production.

This role encompasses full responsibility for the Trzebinia site, including EH&S compliance, production and operations planning, facility maintenance, procurement processes, and administrative management of operational employees. What exciting challenges will you take on in this role? These are your Job Responsibilities Production & Scale-up: Managing the upscale process (from lab to plant), executing comprehensive production and operations planning, and overseeing daily production and quality management.

EH&S & Compliance: Managing site EH&S activities to comply with all company requirements and statutory legislation. Responsible for environmental reporting, waste management, executing occupational risk assessments, and handling audit management. Trzebinia Site Management: Acting as the primary responsible person for the Trzebinia site in relation to local law, overseeing building & equipment maintenance, and executing Management of Change (MoC) reporting for operations.

Procurement & SAP Operations: Forecasting and purchasing raw materials, managing local indirect vendors, and coordinating/approving orders for equipment, chemicals, and office supplies. Working actively within the SAP system to support these operational and procurement processes. Team Administration: Managing administrative tasks for operational employees (including hardware allocation, tracking statistics, vacations, sick leaves, and organizing trainings).

What is required to be successful in this role? (Education & Experience): Local specific requirements for the role: Knowledge of local Polish law and EH&S statutory legislation applicable specifically to the Trzebinia site operations. Capability to act as the formal site representative during local authority inspections and environmental audits.

Functional Competencies: Process & Production Optimization: Proficiency in production planning, resource forecasting, and quality management execution. Cross-functional Leadership: Effective coordination of vendors, maintenance teams, and operational staff. Scale-up & Production: Strong understanding of moving processes from lab-scale to plant-scale.

Computer & IT Proficiency: Excellent computer skills, including advanced operation of the MS Office suite. System Operations: Ability to navigate and work effectively with ERP systems (SAP) for daily operations and procurement. Organization & Safety: Strong focus on EH&S compliance, risk assessment, and multitasking across operational and administrative duties Education & Experience: Technical or Engineering degree (e.

g., Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related). Min. 3 years experience in a manufacturing, pilot plant, or operations coordination role. Excellent computer literacy (MS Office is required; experience with SAP is highly desirable / nice- to-have). Multiple Languages skills: Fluent Polish and English. We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law. Disclaimer : We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity.

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