Production Lead (m/f/d) - Hamburg

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.  

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life. 

Job title:        Production Lead (m/f/d)

Job location: Hamburg      

Job type:       Permanent

Type of role:  On site

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Production Lead (m/f/d) 

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the coolants and industrial lubricants industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What Will Be Your Environment:

With about 50 employees at site in Hamburg Billstedt, we are producing specialty additives and packages for the formulation of coolants and industrial lubricants. You will be part of the Operations team and report directly to the Plant Manager.

What You'll Do: 

As Production Lead (m/f/d) for our production site in Hamburg, you will provide overall leadership to a production team of 15 employees by managing the production department and ensuring that raw materials are safely turned into finished products and intermediates on-time, in-spec, in-full and in compliance with local and corporate regulations and standards. You will lead and develop the production organization and production team members to achieve company objectives and ensure future success. Foster a culture of commitment and safety excellence will be your aim.

What We're Looking For:

• Manage daily site production and packaging of finished goods including control of operational costs and energy.
• Engage, empower and develop workforce.
• Ensure compliance with Lubrizol Safety Standards, quality specifications, legal requirements and environmental standards.
• Participate in root cause-analysis and problem-solving activities.
• Conduct regular workplace inspections and risk assessments.
• Manage the Capacity Planning model
• Coordinate shutdown planning and procedures.
• Continuously improve technical and organizational abilities.
• Coordinate production scale-up trials.
• Monitor and report departmental OPEX spendings.
• Initiate and support capital projects (CAPEX).

Skills That Make a Difference:

• MSC in mechanical engineering, process engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of manufacturing experience in chemical industry or similar.
• People leadership experience is required.
• Good business acumen and basic knowledge of financial figures and processes.
• Experience with managing CAPEX process is a plus.
• Sound understanding of and experience with high-standard QHSE&S processes and requirements.
• High level of analytical and conceptional skills.
• Practical experience with Lean/CI/Kaizen tools and processes are an advantage.
• Fluent English and German (written and spoken) is mandatory
• Experience with management systems ISO 9001 and 14001 is a plus

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Develop your professional career with a highly respected, industry-leading, multinational company that is part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
• Become part of a culture that is based on accountability and empowerment and which values diversity and inclusivity. 

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Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.