Team Lead, Operations
Hartford, IL, US, 62048
Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future
As a Team Lead, Operations in our Hartford lubricants operation, you will help lead day-to-day plant activities that keep production safe, reliable, efficient, and customer-focused. You will work across production, packaging, warehousing, shipping, scheduling, and materials coordination while supporting the team in meeting timing, quality, and cost expectations. At Phillips 66, you will have the opportunity to improve how work gets done and help fuel the future together.
At Phillips 66, Lead Forward is our leadership approach. It defines how leaders show up, make decisions, and support their teams while delivering results in a complex, fast‑changing environment.
Leaders at this level focus on setting clear direction, building trust, and helping their teams succeed. You’re expected to act with integrity, make timely and thoughtful decisions, and take ownership of outcomes while supporting collaboration across teams. This role is about leading people well, even when priorities change or the path forward isn’t always clear.
What You’ll Do
- Supervise and monitor team activities across production, blending, packaging, warehousing, shipping, scheduling, and related plant operations to ensure work meets established timing, quality, cost, and productivity standards.
- Plan and allocate work, labor, materials, and equipment to meet production needs, reduce bottlenecks, and complete high-priority work on schedule.
- Operate, adjust, inspect, and maintain complex equipment and systems; troubleshoot technical issues, support emergency repairs, and complete preventive maintenance activities.
- Coordinate raw material usage, demand requirements, ordering, and inventory information in SAP to support uninterrupted production and efficient materials management.
- Develop and review reports and performance measures that track production capabilities, plant strengths, opportunities for improvement, and progress against goals.
- Serve as an Alternate Facility Security Officer (AFSO) and providing on-shift security oversight.
- Work with vendors, customers, and cross-functional partners to resolve operational issues, coordinate rail, truck, and barge movements, and support reliable customer order fulfillment.
- Lead operational transitions and changes by planning activities, communicating impacts, updating procedures, and helping the team maintain performance through change.
- Review procedures and work documents, support quality audits and inspections, and ensure work follows applicable policies, regulatory requirements, and established standards.
- Promote safe work practices and environmental stewardship by supporting health, safety, quality, and environmental goals, including waste tracking, manifesting, disposal, recycling, and related reporting.
What You’ll Bring - Required
- Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
- High school degree or GED equivalent
- 1 or more years of experience with straightforward procedures or systems
- Beginner proficiency in SAP Materials Management and Production Planning modules or equivalent
- Beginner proficiency computer skills in Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC); information can be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
- Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with following:
- Walk, stoop, stand, sit, climb and carry materials on a daily basis on even and uneven terrain
- Climb to the top of tanks and other assets
- Work outside in harsh weather conditions
- Raise and transport articles weighing up to 50 pounds
- Work alone a high percentage of time
- Travel up to 15% of the time
What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5 or more years of direct experience in a manufacturing, planning, or scheduling environment
- 3 or more years of experience in a scheduling or products movement coordination role
- 5 years of experience applying economic analysis, continuous improvement, prioritization, and resource planning to plant operations
- Experience using SAP across production and demand management, purchasing and materials management, sales and distribution, and master data
- Knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, MMOG, and Control Plans
- Experience supporting environmental activities such as waste tracking, manifesting, disposal, recycling, and reporting
- Experience leading, coaching, motivating, and mentoring a team
Compensation Range
This position has a base salary range of $88,200 – $107,800.
At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.
Total Rewards
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
- Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
- 8% 401k company match
- Cash Balance Account pension
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
- Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.
To be considered
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 11/09/2026.
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Nearest Major Market: St Louis