ECO Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturing Manager Atlas Point

Lead Safe Reliable Performance in a 24/7 Manufacturing Operation

The Manufacturing Manager will lead a critical continuous-process operation at Crodas Atlas Point site with responsibility for ethylene oxide manufacturing site utilities and power generation and wastewater-treatment operations.

Reporting to the Operations Manager you will lead five team leaders and approximately 30 indirect employees across a 24/7 shift organization. You will combine technical credibility with visible peoples leadership to strengthen safety reliability capability and day-to-day execution.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can raise expectations develop frontline leaders resolve complex operating issues and create a culture in which teams take ownership and continuously improve.

Why Join Atlas Point Now

Atlas Point is a complex manufacturing site where safe reliable performance depends on strong leadership technical discipline and effective teamwork. This role offers meaningful ownership across a critical continuous operation and the opportunity to strengthen frontline capability operating standards and long-term plant performance.

For a manufacturing leader who enjoys developing people and solving demanding operational challenges this is an opportunity to make a visible impact across the site.

What Success Looks Like

Safe Reliable Operations

• Lead the safe and reliable operation of ethylene oxide manufacturing utility and power-generation systems and wastewater-treatment activities.

• Maintain operational continuity across a 24/7 facility and respond decisively to plant issues including critical events outside standard working hours when required.

• Strengthen operating discipline shift handovers troubleshooting and escalation practices to reduce disruption and protect plant uptime.

• Bring credible continuous process and high-hazard manufacturing knowledge to operational decisions and incident responses.

Frontline Leadership & Workforce Engagement

• Lead coach and develop five team leaders and approximately 30 indirect employees across four rotating shifts and one day team.

• Raise performance expectations while building accountability motivation and consistent follow-through across the workforce.

• Develop stronger frontline leadership capability and ensure employees are trained and prepared to perform safely and effectively.

• Manage conflict constructively and maintain productive employee and labor relations in a union-represented environment.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Apply lean and continuous-improvement principles to improve safety reliability efficiency and team performance.

• Step back from immediate issues to identify root causes prioritize actions and implement sustainable solutions.

• Partner with Engineering and other site functions to improve process knowledge operating capability and technical problem-solving.

• Create a performance culture focused on ownership learning and results beyond minimum compliance.

Core Capabilities

People Leadership: Motivate teams coach frontline leaders manage conflict and build accountability across a diverse shift workforce.

Safety & Operational Discipline: Lead with a rigorous focus on safe execution process risk reliability and continuous-process operating standards.

Delivery: Turn priorities into action maintain follow-through and achieve results in a demanding 24/7 environment.

Working Together: Build productive relationships with operators team leaders Engineering site leadership and union representatives.

Adaptability: Respond effectively to changing plant conditions urgent issues and competing operational priorities.

Continuous Improvement: Analyze performance challenge current practices and implement practical improvements that last.

Experience & Expertise

• Leadership experience in continuous-process manufacturing ideally within chemicals petrochemicals refining or another high-hazard industrial environment.

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical background with the ability to provide credible operational and process leadership.

• Experience leading frontline supervisors or team leaders within a multi-shift manufacturing operation.

• Strong employee relationships coaching motivation and conflict-management capability.

• A hands-on operating mindset with the judgment to analyze issues make decisions and drive actions to completion.

• Ethylene oxide experience is strongly preferred; experience with comparable hazardous continuous processes or refinery operations will be considered.

• Union emergency-response lean manufacturing utility power-generation or wastewater-treatment experience is advantageous.

• Ability to support a 24/7 operation and respond to critical operational issues outside standard working hours when required.

Role Scope

Site-based leadership role at Atlas Point with five direct-report team leaders and approximately 30 indirect employees. The operation follows a 24/7 schedule including four 12-hour rotating shifts and one day team. The role oversees ethylene oxide operations site utilities and power generation and wastewater-treatment activities and reports to the Operations Manager.

This is a full time on-site position located in New Castle Delaware.

Why Croda

At Croda our purpose is Smart science to improve lives.

As a global leader in specialty ingredients and life sciences innovation we partner with customers to solve complex challenges that improve health sustainability and quality of life around the world.

Our success is built on the expertise of our people and a culture grounded in our values of Responsible Innovative and Together. We believe diverse perspectives scientific curiosity collaborative leadership and practical execution create the conditions for sustainable growth and meaningful impact.

Joining Croda means becoming part of a business where your work will directly contribute to customer success business performance and innovations that improve lives globally.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the hiring process or experience any issues with our online application process please email .

Croda recognizes employees as our strength and the diversity they bring to our workforce are directly linked to our ongoing success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute including age race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital or veteran status pregnancy or disability or any other basis protected under applicable accordance with applicable law we make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees religious practices and beliefs as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

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Required Experience:

Manager