Technical Services Manager

About the Site Our Memphis site offers a broad range of chemical technologies, including batch and continuous manufacturing, gas- and liquid-phase chemistry, catalytic reactions and hydrogenation, distillation, separations, heat transfer, and hydrogen production. As part of a company focused on renewable and sustainable chemistry, the site offers opportunities to solve diverse technical challenges and make a direct impact on safety, reliability, and manufacturing performance. Position Summary Lead the site engineering function at a Process Safety Management (PSM) chemical plant. Define and drive the annual and multiyear CAPEX plan while providing technical direction, organizational support, and coaching to production and project engineers. Partner with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and R&D to deliver safe, reliable, efficient manufacturing and disciplined project execution. Direct reports: Production / Process Engineers and Project Engineers. Minasolve | Memphis, Tennessee | On-site

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Manage and develop the engineering team; establish priorities, allocate resources, and balance daily production support with projects and long-term improvements.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance, review engineering work, and build team capabilities through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.

CAPEX Planning and Delivery

• Own the site capital plan, prioritizing safety, compliance, reliability, asset replacement, capacity, and cost reduction.
• Develop project scopes, estimates, business cases, and approval requests; oversee budgets, schedules, risks, and contractors.
• Guide projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover; verify documentation, training, and expected benefits.

Process Safety and Management of Change

• Lead engineering support for the PSM program in partnership with EHS, Operations, and Maintenance.
• Ensure MOCs receive appropriate technical and risk reviews, approvals, documentation updates, and training before implementation and startup.
• Support PHAs / HAZOPs and applicable pre-startup safety reviews; drive closure of assigned recommendations and audit findings.
• Maintain accurate process safety information, P&IDs, equipment specifications, safe operating limits, and engineering design records.

Production Support, Reliability, and RCA

• Guide troubleshooting and improvements in process stability, yield, throughput, cycle time, quality, energy use, and manufacturing cost.
• Ensure timely, rigorous root cause analyses for significant incidents, recurring failures, and production losses; assign corrective actions and verify effectiveness.
• Partner with Maintenance on mechanical integrity, equipment reliability, critical asset risks, and lifecycle replacement planning.
• Support operating procedures, operator training, process scale-up, manufacturing trials, shutdowns, and startups; maintain regular engagement in the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Significant chemical manufacturing experience, including work in a PSM-covered facility and leadership of engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams. (10 years +).
• Demonstrated capability in production troubleshooting, CAPEX planning, project execution, MOC, process hazard analysis, and incident investigation.
• Strong technical judgment, organizational skills, communication, and financial awareness; ability to interpret P&IDs and engineering specifications.
• Experience with batch and continuous processes, reaction systems, separations, utilities, and process controls preferred.

Success in the Role A capable engineering team; safe and effective change management; timely corrective-action closure; reliable project delivery; and measurable improvements in plant reliability, productivity, and cost. Site-based role with regular plant engagement and occasional off-hours support for incidents, shutdowns, and startups.