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Biofuels Production Managers

Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.

What you’d do

  • Supervise production employees in the manufacturing of biofuels, such as biodiesel or ethanol.
  • Manage operations at biofuels power generation facilities, including production, shipping, maintenance, or quality assurance activities.
  • Provide direction to employees to ensure compliance with biofuels plant safety, environmental, or operational standards and regulations.
  • Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting biofuels plant safety, operational efficiency, and product quality.
  • Review logs, datasheets, or reports to ensure adequate production levels or to identify abnormalities with biofuels production equipment or processes.
  • Monitor meters, flow gauges, or other real-time data to ensure proper operation of biofuels production equipment, implementing corrective measures as needed.
  • Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of biofuels to maintain processes at required levels.
  • Provide training to subordinate or new employees to improve biofuels plant safety or increase the production of biofuels.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring
  • Coordination

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Biofuels Production Manager
  • Plant Manager
  • Production Coordinator
  • Production Manager
  • Ethanol Operations Manager
  • Production Plant Manager

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