Assistant Department Superintendent - Decatur, IL

ADM; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ADM in Decatur, IL seeks an Assistant Department Superintendent to lead daily Sorbitol department operations, safely producing high quality products that meet customer and shareholder expectations. The role partners with refinery leaders to align supply and demand and reports to the Refinery Superintendent.

Responsibilities include promoting safety culture, managing maintenance strategies, guiding supervisors and technical staff, applying continuous improvement, controlling costs, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably Chemical)
• Minimum 2 years in a production leadership role
• 4 years in a continuous operation technical role

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Sorbitol department operations and be the primary Refinery contact for production.
• Promote safety culture and process safety improvements.
• Develop and deliver long-term department strategy to meet safety, quality and production targets.
• Oversee maintenance strategy with PdM, preventative and corrective actions.
• Guide supervisors and technical staff to achieve short- and long-term performance.
• Drive continuous improvement to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team leadership

Chemical processes

Communication skills

Physical stamina

Results driven

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Assistant Department Superintendent - Decatur, IL

Position Summary

An Assistant Superintendent to the Refinery will lead day-to-day operations of the Sorbitol department in support of greater Refinery department to safely produce high quality products that provide value to customers and a return to shareholders. Safety and compliance are required meeting all state and federal laws and regulations. A successful candidate will partner with commercial business unit leaders to align on supply and demand needs of the product lines, communicating when slowdowns and upsets occur. The role will be a part of the Refinery Leadership Team reporting to the Refinery Superintendent.

Essential Job Functions

• Display a dedication to lead, develop and support safety, promoting a safety culture. Promote continuous process safety improvement, with experience managing Process Safety Management programs a plus.
• Lead day-to-day operations and serve as primary contact of a Refinery Sorbitol process, producing high quality products that meet or exceed Quality and Food Safety specifications.
• Develop and deliver on a long term department strategy that delivers a safe and reliable operation meeting food safety expectations while meeting or exceeding production targets.
• Lead day-to-day employees to work safely with environmental awareness and good manufacturing practices that is compliant with all state and federal laws and regulations.
• Responsible for the department maintenance strategy, partnering closely with maintenance team to deliver reliable production systems including deployment of PdM, Preventative and corrective action maintenance practices.
• Manage department to insure adherence to established product, environmental, safety and housekeeping quality guidelines.
• Provide guidance to supervisors and technical support personnel to achieve short term and long term department performance.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement principles to drive department performance and focus improvement prioritization and alignment.
• Manage chemical usages, production costs and continuously focus on efficiency improvement.
• Interacts directly with Shift Supervisors to produce desired operational results and employee development.
• Accountable for training and development of all department employees, tracking progress to ensure timeliness of onboarding
• Involved in employee coaching and discipline.

Required Skills

• Dedication to working safely and to the awareness for the safety of others.
• Leading and developing high performing work teams including maintenance, engineering and non-technical employees.
• Strong knowledge of continuous chemical processes including Ion Exchange, Evaporation, Hydrogen systems and Batch reaction processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with plant engineers, maintenance and management.
• Willingness to spend time in plant areas – tolerate extreme temperatures, walk long distances, stand, climb stairs and ladders and move through close spaces.
• High level of motivation and results-oriented way of working.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in the field of Engineering, preferably Chemical.

Required Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a production leadership role.
• 4 years of experience in a continuous operation technical role.

Desired Experience

• Leading candidates will have operations leadership experience in a Corn Wet Mill processing facility or continuous chemical operations.
• Experience with application of Continuous Improvement principles in a continuous production manufacturing environment.

Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? 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.

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