General Manager

Job Description : Refinery General Manager for a leading Refinery in the Middle East. This position directly reports into the CEO. Job Purpose: The Refinery General Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the refinery and for ensuring that throughput targets are achieved as well as being responsible for the health and welfare of all employees, contractors and the surrounding community. They must also ensure that statutory regulations are complied with. In addition, the responsibility for ensuring that the management group have clearly defined, aligned goals and objectives and that these are clearly communicated to all staff members and implemented falls under their remit. They control both the annual expense and investment budgets for the refinery as well as the overall profitability and short/long term planning. · Responsible for ensuring day to day production forecasts are achieved on the refinery · Responsible for ensuring that products produced meet specification · Defines overall mission statement for refinery · Defines overall goals and objectives for refinery as a whole and ensures departmental goals and objectives are developed to align with these overall objectives · Sets Key Performance Indicators for all direct reports and monitors performance against target · Responsible for the overall refinery expense budget · Responsible for overall refinery investment budget · Responsible for refinery management systems · Carries ultimate statutory responsibility for health, safety and environmental affairs on the refinery. · Responsible for security on refinery · Responsible for liaising with authorities · Responsible for liaising with media · Responsible for all maintenance and turnaround activities on the refinery · Responsible for inspection and ensuring that adequate levels of QA / QC are maintained · Responsible for communication with company board of directors. · Ensures departmental procedures are developed and maintained current · Enhances profitability · Responsible for 2 year and 5 year plan for refinery · Responsible for ensuring compliance with statutory regulations or worldwide best practices · Leads the management team and ensures this team operates as a cohesive unit in setting goals and objectives and communicating them down to the work force and following through implementation · Responsible for both short term and long term planning on the refinery. · Ensures that investment proposals are properly developed based on accurate technical requirements and costing. · Carries ultimate responsibility for all decisions and expenditure on refinery.

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