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12-Hour Rotating Shift Supervisor – Decatur, IL
This is a full-time, exempt-level position
Position Summary:
The Shift Supervisor plays a key leadership role, oversees the daily activities of safety, quality, and production, and leads employees in all production procedures during the shift.
As a mentor to front-line operators, you will nurture and develop talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues to ensure everyone has the training and resources necessary to perform their tasks safely and effectively. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.
The Decatur West Plant is a soybean and corn oil crushing and refining facility including lecithin de-oiling and phospholipids processing. The Decatur West Plant is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 225 and a salaried staff of 130 employees site-wide. The Decatur Complex, located in Decatur, Illinois, consists of 6 processing plants, onsite cogeneration, and water treatment facilities, and employs ~1500 Plant Operations Colleagues and an additional ~1000 Contractors.
Job Responsibilities
This is a full-time, exempt-level position
Position Summary:
The Shift Supervisor plays a key leadership role, oversees the daily activities of safety, quality, and production, and leads employees in all production procedures during the shift.
As a mentor to front-line operators, you will nurture and develop talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues to ensure everyone has the training and resources necessary to perform their tasks safely and effectively. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.
The Decatur West Plant is a soybean and corn oil crushing and refining facility including lecithin de-oiling and phospholipids processing. The Decatur West Plant is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 225 and a salaried staff of 130 employees site-wide. The Decatur Complex, located in Decatur, Illinois, consists of 6 processing plants, onsite cogeneration, and water treatment facilities, and employs ~1500 Plant Operations Colleagues and an additional ~1000 Contractors.
Job Responsibilities
- Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production colleagues to ensure work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping, and production quantity goals established by the company
- Provide employees with resources, in good working order, to perform tasks safely and efficiently
- Provide training to ensure employees understand operational procedures, SOP's, safe work practices, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, and policies
- Create and assign tasks to effectively utilize team members' experience and capabilities
- Ensures the safety of all colleagues through training and compliance with occupational safety, health and environmental regulations, and leading by example
- Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and identifies, discusses, and contains them to keep from affecting colleague safety, product quality, and environmental purity, making recommendations for improvements. Conducts GMP, safety, health and environmental inspections
- Listens to and responds to colleague suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping, and communications on concerns and improvement initiatives to all colleagues
- Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within department, and keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of colleagues
- Identifies training needs and discusses needs with Area Superintendent and develops a training plan, and then works with colleagues to develop a high level of job proficiency. Provides positive reinforcement when employees are observed producing good results and safe performance
- Evaluates colleague performance, providing regular feedback and discusses disciplinary action with superintendents and human resources
- Attends and participates in operation area meetings, safety meeting and supervisor’s meeting. Evaluates Management programs
- Analyzes safety incidents by preparing and completing Incident Analysis within 24 hours of incident and making suggestions for improvements
- May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence
- May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required
- Previous plant processing and leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or a high school diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience
- High School Diploma/GED required
- 2 years of experience in a lead/supervisor role in continuous manufacturing operations
- Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement
- Ability to lead and train colleagues and build teams
- Demonstrated communication, organizational, trouble-shooting and record keeping skills
- Passion for learning; willingness to learn and assume new responsibilities
- Ability to work a rotating shift including nights, weekends, and holidays
Excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement listed? Studies show that often applicants will self-select out if they don’t check every box. We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
REF:86495BR
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
REF:86495BR
