About this role
How You’ll Make an Impact
As a Deputy Manager - Production, you'll be at the forefront of our operations, driving safe and efficient tank farm management, hazardous chemical handling, inventory accuracy, and reliable production support. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure uninterrupted material availability, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and sustainable solutions that advance mobility, improve wellbeing, and enhance modern life. In this role, you will:
- Lead safe receipt, storage, transfer, and handling of chemicals, solvents, acids, oils, and finished products while maintaining material integrity.
- Supervise tank farm operations, including tanks, pumps, pipelines, manifolds, valves, and transfer systems to ensure efficient production support.
- Coordinate tanker loading and unloading activities, verify material identity and batch details, and ensure zero-spillage operations.
- Maintain optimum inventory levels through tank monitoring, reconciliation, capacity utilization, and SAP or ERP inventory management.
- Ensure compliance with Environmental, Health and Safety standards, Process Safety Management requirements, Permit to Work, Lockout Tagout, hot work, and confined space procedures.
- Support audits, maintain operational documentation, and ensure compliance with hazardous chemical storage and environmental regulations.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance activities and monitor equipment reliability, tank integrity, and corrosion risks.
- Lead, train, and develop operators and supervisors while driving safe work practices, emergency preparedness, and workforce discipline.
- Prepare management information system reports on production performance, operational efficiency, and key performance indicators.
Required Qualifications that Enable Your Success
- Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, or Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
- 8 to 12 years of experience in tank farm operations, production plant operations, and bulk liquid handling environments.
- Experience within petrochemical, specialty chemical, lubricant manufacturing, or solvent storage facilities.
- Demonstrated experience supervising operators, supervisors, and contract personnel across shift operations.
- Strong knowledge of hazardous chemical storage, inventory management, tanker loading and unloading, and material transfer systems.
- Working knowledge of SAP or Enterprise Resource Planning systems, inventory reconciliation, and management information system reporting.
- Understanding of Process Safety Management, Environmental Health and Safety requirements, Permit to Work, Lockout Tagout, hot work permits, and confined space entry procedures.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills.