Production Manager
- Location
- Chester, PA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- chemical manufacturing
- ISO 9001
- environmental, health and safety regulations
- production supervision
Also useful
- RC14001
About the role
The Production Manager is empowered to make decisions and take actions as required to meet daily and long-term goals and requirements. The Production Manager works under minimum supervision in a team environment to oversee production operations and plant personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervises production operations in Furnace, Spray Dry and Shipping
- Assure appropriate resources are in place (raw materials, packaging materials, people, etc…) to meet production orders.
- Maintains quality control of production unit(s).
- Maintains safe working conditions and practices.
- Assures environmental control of facility as required by permits and regulations.
- Communicates problems, instructions, observations, and information to others as needed.
- Participates in plant-wide quality, HSES, and productivity initiatives.
- Supports, implements, and participates in ISO 9001:2000 and RC14001 activities.
- Participates on Safety Committee.
- Participates in HSE activities (i.e., Toolbox meetings, Accident investigations, Near misses, etc.).
- Comply with all federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with company policies.
- Other duties as assigned or required.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the chemical industry in a manufacturing environment
- 3years of supervisory/management experience with increasing responsibility
- 4-year college Degree in technical field and/or equivalent job experience preferred
- Familiarity with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) rules and regulations
- Familiarity with management systems such as ISO 9001 and RC14001
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Sound analytical and problem-solving skills.
Additional Information: EHS Responsibilities
- Communicates, promotes and personally demonstrates Safety/Health (including PQP Principles) as #1 priority
- Participation in risk assessment audits as applicable
- Understand PQ Principles (PQP) and how they are implemented in the site organization, rules and procedures
- Completes HSE training requirements identified for the job in a timely manner
About the Company
PQ is a leading global provider of silicates, silicas and derivative products. PQ's products are used in a wide variety of industrial processes and many customer products, from decorative paints to green cement, from clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer.
Ideal candidates resonate with PQ's Core Values of Integrity, Sustainability, People, Customer Focus and Safety. Successful employees embrace and model these values in their behaviors and actions.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
PQ is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Click on the link to read Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov). For more information, please review the link Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov).
From PQ's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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