In January 2024, Livent merged with Allkem Limited to create Arcadium Lithium plc. While we work to integrate our technology systems, including our recruitment platforms, Arcadium Lithium plc will use Livent’s ADP system to capture all candidate information.
About Arcadium Lithium: We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium - the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy. For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving Together. From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed. We've helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation. Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable.
With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations. We can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers. No matter where they are. No matter the challenge. It's all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability. And our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle. Every battery charged. Every device powered. Every lithium application utilized. Underscoring our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone. Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company. It's a promise, and a commitment by our people. To act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.
Position Summary:
Responsible for the Lithium Salts area for the safe operation of the Hydroxide Line 1 production area. The Production lead will be responsible for the management of area shift operational staff to support the business needs. This role will also be involved with identifying improvement projects and act as the Venture Manager for the responsible areas.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
EHS
- Leads EHS efforts in the area, promoting a safety culture that is fully compliant with site, corporate and regulatory standards. Sponsors safe activities and seen as a leader in EHS within both their area and plant wide.
- Leads and participates in formal incident investigations identifying root causes, tracks the appropriate corrective actions, and ensures implementation to improve safety and environmental performance in the area.
- Leads area safety execution system (ECS) to drive daily and weekly area performance safety performance.
- Accountable for achieving environmental compliance to air, water and solid waste permit conditions for the area.
- Leads management-of-change (MOC) approach and instills a strong culture of adherence to systematic MOC practices in Salts area operation.
- Proficient practitioner of structured Hazard Analysis techniques. Ability to train and facilitate with others to achieve a broad practice-in-place with the Salts work group.
- Accountable to ensure a high degree of compliance to life-critical procedures.
Business Support
- Establish work and capacity standards to support planning and scheduling of area activities.
- Validate and commit to weekly and monthly shipping schedules as developed in the S&OP Process.
- Integrated scheduling and coordination with other site functions and departments to achieve plan results.
- Coordinates the execution of the capital plan for the area.
- Identifies and executes efficient product and raw material inventory levels.
- Responsible for suggesting and implementing innovative solutions and changes to procedure and policy to ensure continual quality of work and product.
- Drives product and process capability to meet customer quality requirements to business desired level of consistency and performance.
- Leads reliability efforts to achieve continuous improvement with asset utilization and overall customer reliability for on-time service.
- Resolves customer complaints in the area in a timely manner.
People
- Develop and direct employees in a proactive manner by fostering both individual employee contributions and development and cooperative teamwork, motivating toward total quality performance and exercising effective communication.
- Formally appraise the performance and behavior of direct reports and provide appropriate feedback on both a continuous informal and formal basis.
- Responsible for recognizing employees and recommending appropriate rewards within defined compensation systems.
- Creates and sustains a culture of discipline to established procedures. Enforces accountability and ensures expectations of employees following effective procedures.
- Accountable for validating employees demonstrate key competencies in carrying out job duties.
- Actively engage in the development of professionals; serve as a mentoring resource.
- Responsible for overall recruiting process in the area which includes interviewing, hiring, and training employees.
- Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws
Financial
- Control all expenses to budget in area of responsibility. Effective analysis of variances and control actions to meet commitments.
- Support Salts Area Manager in forecasting known variances which can be anticipated and implement controls where possible to minimize.
Education and Experience
- Minimum of BS in Chemical Engineering with strong knowledge of chemical processing with the ability to solve complex chemical engineering process problems.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Cross functional experience with project execution, maintenance, leadership, or EHS a plus. A four-year degree in a technical discipline, preferably Chemical Engineering
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- General working knowledge of plant engineering, human resources practices, quality assurance practices, and environmental management.
- Experience in Manufacturing software, Project Management software, Human Resources systems; MS Office, and Six Sigma principles.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Safety Requirements:
All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately.
Personal Protective Equipment –
Must wear PPE as required based on job duties
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Travel Required:
N/A
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
