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Instrument Supervisor

Shintech
Plaquemine, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/4/2025 CLOSED ON 1/3/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instrument Supervisor position at Shintech?

Reports to:

Maintenance Superintendent

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Assists the Maintenance Superintendent in directing technical personnel and in planning and scheduling maintenance work.
  • Provides necessary supervision for contract maintenance and construction projects.
  • May assume some of the duties of the Maintenance Superintendent in his absence.
  • Meets daily with production, engineering, and management personnel to review work orders for repair.
  • Helps in conducting performance reviews on department employees.
  • Assists the engineering department in the design and specification of equipment on projects, improvements, and additions to plants.
  • Assists Store/Receiving Department in setting up spare parts as needed.
  • Helps in the training of operation personnel on electrical and instrument equipment as needed.
  • Participates in morning staff meetings as required.
  • Performs other duties as required.

 

Education and Experience:

Required

  • High School diploma/GED equivalent.
  • Five to seven years of experience with industrial/process instrumentation.

Preferred

  • Prior supervisory experience
  • Prior work in a manufacturing chemical facility

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Microsoft Office applications required.
  • Well-developed interpersonal, oral communication, and writing skills.
  • Strong time management and organizational skills.
  • High degree of attention to detail.
  • Flexible, adaptable, and organized; can handle numerous tasks simultaneously without losing focus; ability to properly prioritize work.
  • Self-motivated, able to perform with minimal supervision.
  • Detail minded and delivers quality work products.
  • Ability to work with other departments, as well as independently.
  • High commitment to work processes, procedures, and systems.

 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

•    Regularly required to push, pull, bend, and perform long periods of standing and walking on cement foundations.

•    Occasionally required to stoop and kneel.

•    Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

•    Must be able to coordinate the movement of eyes, hands, feet, and fingers to operate tools and equipment.

•    Required to be medically certified for respirator and medically fit for duty.

•    Use of PPE required in specific areas.

 

Work Environment:

  • Chemical Manufacturing site, in the presence of chemicals
  • Works in an office and manufacturing environment
  • Diverse/Multicultural workforce
  • Exposed to dust, odors, fumes, and noises
  • Call out on nights and weekends

 

Competencies:

  • Integrity / Ethics
  • Customer Focus
  • Communication
  • Reasoning
  • Adaptability
  • Teamwork
  • Stress Management / Composure
  • Problem-Solving

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