What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Production Specialist position at BASF?
Now hiring! Sr. Production Specialist
We are looking for a Production Specialist to join our WW/XA Production & Maintenance team in Geismar, LA.
Come create chemistry with us!
In this role, you will report to the Production Manager and support the WW/XA Production & Maintenance teams for safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the WWTP & Infrastructure (XA) areas. You will be responsible for daily production, operational discipline, maintenance gatekeeping, and enhancing collaboration with the maintenance team.
Create your own chemistry with you@BASF
At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It’s what we call you@BASF. We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.
Just some of the many benefits we offer include:
About Us
As one of the largest chemical companies in North America we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!
At BASF we empower our employees with the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to advance and succeed in work and life. Giving you the support you need to be your best and fulfill your personal ambitions is what helps us create chemistry. After all, our success is linked to yours. Whatever path you envision, BASF is a great place to build a rewarding, successful career.
Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF
Privacy statement
BASF takes security & data privacy very seriously. We will never request financial information of any kind via email, private text message or direct message on any social medial platform or job board. Furthermore, we will never send a candidate a check for equipment or request any type of payment during the job application process. If you have experienced any of the above, please contact myhr@basf.com to report fraud.
Equal employment opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, citizenship, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, disability status, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
We are looking for a Production Specialist to join our WW/XA Production & Maintenance team in Geismar, LA.
Come create chemistry with us!
In this role, you will report to the Production Manager and support the WW/XA Production & Maintenance teams for safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the WWTP & Infrastructure (XA) areas. You will be responsible for daily production, operational discipline, maintenance gatekeeping, and enhancing collaboration with the maintenance team.
Create your own chemistry with you@BASF
At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It’s what we call you@BASF. We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.
Just some of the many benefits we offer include:
- Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
- Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
- Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
- Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
- Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
- Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
- Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
- Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
- Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!
- With your 15 years of chemical manufacturing experience, you will ensure operational excellence by delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective service to the Geismar operating divisions.
- Leading weekly production planning meeting to align production and maintenance, identify priority work orders for planning, review status of safety work orders, review and critique prior week’s breakers, and adjust one week and four-month backlog look ahead
- Acting as backup to Production Supervisor
- Identifying and implementing optimization and continuous improvement opportunities
- Providing technical support for root cause failure analysis in production and quality incidents
- Managing the maintenance budget for assigned cost centers, tracking and analyzing spend, and updating forecasts in monthly reviews
- Managing the maintenance backlog, ensuring accuracy and priority when converting notifications to work orders
- Leading production coordination, planning, and execution of outage work, including maintenance and capital activities
- Collaborating effectively with production and maintenance teams, supporting equipment preparation and isolation plans, and coordinating across shifts
- Assisting the Production Supervisor in driving operational discipline and compliance
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and acting as PSM/RMP & RC audit protocol owner
- Leading or assisting with projects, special assignments, and site or cluster initiatives, and acting as a manufacturing representative as needed
- Participating in Geismar site focus teams and peer groups to align on key site initiatives and best practices
- Supporting finite production planning and scheduling
- Training and developing Production & Maintenance team members
- Supporting reliability and maintenance engineers on equipment strategies and providing input on PM frequency, scope of work, and potential bad actors
- Ensuring timely mitigation and elimination of SPEAR barriers for wastewater treatment and XA
About Us
As one of the largest chemical companies in North America we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!
At BASF we empower our employees with the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to advance and succeed in work and life. Giving you the support you need to be your best and fulfill your personal ambitions is what helps us create chemistry. After all, our success is linked to yours. Whatever path you envision, BASF is a great place to build a rewarding, successful career.
Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF
Privacy statement
BASF takes security & data privacy very seriously. We will never request financial information of any kind via email, private text message or direct message on any social medial platform or job board. Furthermore, we will never send a candidate a check for equipment or request any type of payment during the job application process. If you have experienced any of the above, please contact myhr@basf.com to report fraud.
Equal employment opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, citizenship, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, disability status, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
