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Water Program Director

Chester, PA · On-site

... clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer. Ideal candidates ... This role sets water treatment strategy, selects and manages treatment programs and suppliers, and ...

PQ

Water Program Director

Chester, PA · On-site

... clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer. Ideal candidates ... This role sets water treatment strategy, selects and manages treatment programs and suppliers, and ...

PQ

Water Program Director

Chester, PA · On-site

... clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer. Ideal candidates ... This role sets water treatment strategy, selects and manages treatment programs and suppliers, and ...

HDR

Drinking Water Project Manager

Saint Louis Park, MN · On-site

... employee assistance program, paid time off, parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement ... HDR is seeking an experienced Project Manager to help lead Drinking Water projects in our Minnesota ...

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Water Program Director

Chester, PA • On-site

PQ
Chemical Manufacturing • 1 - 5K employees
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Full-time

Posted 18 days ago

Job description

Company Description
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.
Job Description
We are seeking an early-career-to-mid-career water treatment professional with 5 - 15 years of chemical industry experience to own PQ's water program across all manufacturing facilities. This role sets water treatment strategy, selects and manages treatment programs and suppliers, and controls both operating and capital spend for water treatment company-wide. The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical service or sales experience from a major water treatment provider with the commercial judgment to deliver measurable preventative, restorative, and opportunistic value at each site.
Location: This role can be based near a major PQ plant or office, such as Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; or Augusta, GA.
Travel Requirement: Greater than 50%
Key Responsibilities:
  • Audit water programs at all PQ facilities.
  • Decide water treatment (WT) programs and suppliers.
  • Deliver preventative, restorative, and opportunistic value.
  • Coordinate program implementation with plant personnel.
  • Manage water treatment operating expense (OPEX) for the company - both budget and spend.
  • Attend all water-related outage inspections.
  • Conduct root cause evaluation on all failures.
  • Control capital expenditure (CAPEX) approval for all water treatment projects and collaborate with local engineering on implementation.

Qualifications
Qualifications:
  • 5 - 15 years of chemical industry experience (early-career to mid-career).
  • At least 3 years with a major water treatment provider - for example Nalco/Ecolab or Veolia/Suez/GE - in technical service or sales.
  • BS degree, preferably in chemistry or engineering.
  • Based within commuting distance of a major PQ plant or office (Chicago, Philadelphia, or Augusta).
  • Willing to travel greater than 75% of the time.
  • Versatile - able to operate credibly across plant floor, technical, and office/commercial settings ("concrete, linoleum, and carpet").

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

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).
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Industry

Chemical manufacturing

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Valley Forge, PA, US

Year founded

1831

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