Lead Automation

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

Operation Team Lead (Automation)

Primary Purpose

Develop, implement, and oversee automation maintenance and project execution strategies using Continuous Process Improvement philosophies to deliver a consistently high quality product with a strict adherence to company policies and standards. Responsible for creating and implementing training programs and overseeing the development of careers. Sets performance metrics, evaluates productivity, and helps workers create long-term career plans within an organization. Identifies and ensures business efficiencies through process improvement, workflow automation, increased utilization of current application features, application upgrades, and the adoption of new technologies.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Manage direct reports with performance goals, standards, operational strategies and best practices to ensure business plan execution

2. Interface with Plant team leaders and Operations Support Team Leaders to ensure maintenance and operational goals are being met

3. Accountable for equipment conditions in all assigned plants

4. Coach, motivate and develop staff to improve their skills and enable them to fulfill job requirements

5. Accountable for knowing and complying with all applicable regulations, safety policies and company HES training requirements

6. Responsible for keyperformance metrics: downtime/reliability, expenses, safety and environmental emissions compliance, maintenance capital, SAP maintenance compliance

7. Actively contribute to performance management for teams and teammates

8. Implement corrective action measures for negative behaviors and improvement plans for unacceptable performance

9. Assist with conflict management between members of the plant, contractors, vendors, etc.

10. Assist in career development for direct reports to encourage knowledge learning and transfer

11. Create an environment where members of the team make day-to-day decisions while providing the tools, training, and support needed to make those decisions

12. Manage, communicate and ensure compliance with Oxy standards and best practices

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent operational experience in Automation and/or Electrical maintenance

Experience: 10+ years of industry experience in Automation and/or Electrical maintenance.

Skills and Competencies

1. Excellent Communication skills

2. Knowledge of operations

3. Demonstrated ability to contribute to business analysis and planning

4. Conflict management

5. Ability to build and manage teams

6. Networking ability

7. Strong decision-making skills

8. Drive for results

9. Creativity and innovation

10. Adapts to change and ambiguity

11. Demonstrated success with organizations with multi-disciplined staffs

12. Understands business process and regulatory requirements

13. Demonstrated ability to develop others professional and technical skills through performance management (i.e. goal setting, coaching/feedback, training/development).

14. Project management skills with ability to advise and lead team members on aspects of project management, prioritizing and bringing to completion multiple concurrent projects.

15. Problem solving skills with ability to analyze and recommend solutions on problems of high complexity.

16. Demonstrated ability to drive results in self and others.

17. Demonstrates Oxy's core values of Integrity, Creativity/Innovation and Empowerment/Collaboration.

Recruitment Fraud

It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

*Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees

*Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or

*Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don't know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.