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Role Purpose

• The Site Technical Manager is steering all the technical functions across all business/service units on site. He is responsible to provide technical services for project engineering, maintenance technology and process technology (including PCT) across all operating units on site; Chairs the site technical management team, including the development of strategies and action plans on technical matters. Represents the technical function across all business/service units on site.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

•  Plans and executes, directs and supervises the technical activities and functions on the site in order to meet the objectives as agreed with the site manager; assists the plant manager in evaluating and achieving plant performance goals related to capacity, operability/ availability, economy, integrity, quality, health, safety, and environment

• Develops, implements, and monitors the plant maintenance/turn-around activities/strategy, action plan and budget

• Plans, executes, and monitors basic budget/larger plant investments participates/assists in larger/major investments

• Installs an efficient technical organization, empowers employees and fosters cooperation and teamwork

• Establishes an efficient and transparent cost and asset management

• Takes responsibility for high reliability of the site‘s assets

• Takes responsibility for excellence in planning and execution of large investments and turn-arounds

• Manages technical integrity, i.e. assures compliance with legal rules and technical regulations as well as statutes of the companies; co-ordinates and assures uniformity in technical standards and technical operations on site

• Identifies, evaluates, and implements knowledge and good practice transfer

• Takes responsibility for improving process technologies continuously & Takes responsibility for an effective plant technical team, empowers its members, and fosters their cooperation

• Pro-actively participates in experience exchange and knowledge transfer between the site technical managers and Pro-actively participates in a working group of the Bayer Technology Committee

• Takes responsibility for troubleshooting asset and process problems and - Takes responsibility for creating and maintaining plant technical documentation

• Further develops the site master plan

• Represents the Company in respective national industry associations if needed

• Supports the negotiations or negotiates contracts with the providers of site technical services

• Proposes and conducts initiatives and tools for continuous improvement

• Has responsibility for people development in the site's technology community and for exchange of talents across sites.

• Assures compliance with technical rules and regulations as well as with company policies, statutes, and operational excellence practices

• Takes responsibility for creating and maintaining plant technical documentation

• Identifies, evaluates, and implements knowledge and good practice transfer between plant technicians and electricians on site

• Manages the plant’s Projects according to approved Capex.

• Manages the Plant’s Facilities

• Supports HSE Technical topics

Experiences, skills and Qualifications

• University degree in an engineering discipline (BSc or advanced) or another appropriate scientific discipline or advanced education at least 5 years combined experience in engineering and/or manufacturing; proven track record of working in project and/or maintenance management (including turn-around) roles within the chemical industry

• International or at least working experience at different sites/TKs are beneficial

• Profound knowledge in external (and Bayer) technical best practices and standards

• Strong and proven technical and economical competencies

• Very good communication and advanced project management skills

• Excellent and proven leadership skills, ability to steer and motivate a multidisciplinary/ complex/ multinational team

• Very good understanding of supporting processes associated with operations and maintenance of a plant/site

• Proven negotiation skills

• Very good knowledge of engineer tools and skills in technical software

• Local language as well as fluent English (oral and written) skills