Shift Superintendent General Foreman, Corn Plant- Decatur, IL

Shift Superintendent General Foreman, Corn Plant- Decatur, IL
This is a full-time, exempt level position.

Job Summary:
This position is responsible for overseeing and leading all aspects of the day-to-day operations for their assigned shift. The Shift Supervisor will lead all aspects of employees who operate and tend control stations or areas in an automated or semi-automated processing operation. This position may initiate and communicate a variety of personnel actions such as performance, scheduling, and/or approving overtime. This position will also be the incident commander during emergency situations. The facility processes corn into value added products and includes approximately 650 ADM and contractor colleagues.

Essential Job Functions:

• Acts as the incident commander on shift during emergency situations and is responsible for conducting monthly activities and drills.
• Ensures that incident investigation reports are timely for incidents that occur on their shift.
• Knowledgeable and responsible for environmental compliance and decisions on reportable issues.
• Maintains an understanding and proactively addresses quality issues throughout the plant.
• Coordinates and follows through on personnel issues that arise on shift with the appropriate supervisor and department Superintendent.
• Mentors new shift supervisors. Works with the shift supervisors and department superintendents to identify training needs and coordinate the training of employees, establishing a high level of skill and job proficiency.
• Ensures completion of requests and instruction in individual department communications.
• Escalates plant outages, and emergencies to leadership, EHS leadership, quality partners, commercial partners, and other networked plants.
• Coordinates all maintenance resources on shift.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Strong commitment to safety
• Concern for quality
• Demonstrated leadership
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills
• Good written and verbal commutation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to plan priorities effectively
• Implement operational procedures, and enforce company plans, policies, and rules
• Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within the plant.
• Oversee completion of GMP Audit and Sanitation items throughout the facility.
• Ability to look beyond the task at hand, to anticipate challenges and develop options to overcome them
• Subject matter expert knowledge level of a variety of process unit operations
• Ability to work a rotating shift including nights, weekends, and holidays

Education/Training:

• 3 to 5 years of experience in a food processing production environment or similar industry
• Demonstrated leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus)
• Emergency response training and or experience

Working Conditions:

• Dust
• Chemicals / Irritants
• The scope of the position requires exposure to and use of chemicals, solvents, and cleaners that may be hazardous and/or cause injury if specific instructions regarding their mixture, use, and disposal/storage are not properly followed
• Inside areas, Spring / Summer: Temperatures in some areas of the facility will be up to or exceed 100 degrees
• Fall / Winter: Temperatures in the facility may be at or below freezing.
• Outside areas, Spring / Summer: Outside temperature may be up to or exceed 100 degrees with potential for high humidity. May be exposed to inclement weather conditions including, but not limited to, rain and wind.
• Fall / Winter: Outside temperatures may reach freezing or below. May be exposed to inclement weather including, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and wind.
• Some manufacturing processes within the facility are highly reliant on machinery and other processing equipment and, as a result, noise levels may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 30 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 55 pounds overhead
• Lifting or carrying of weights over 50 pounds is rare. Employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than 50 pounds
• Able traverse up to two (2) miles during a workday
• Able to move about or to a work site by stooping, bending, kneeling, or squatting frequently during a workday. May require periods of prolonged sitting or standing
• Able to operate equipment or diagnose / detect issues of machinery that may be located at different heights. May require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights
• Occasional work is required in and around confined spaces
• Requires a full range of physical motion to operate manual and electrically powered tools and test equipment, to move throughout the facility, including climbing stairs in all buildings, and to work at heights

This position offers a complete benefit package, including 401K/ESOP, pension, health, life and dental insurance.

ADM requires the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a background check.

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