Grain Operations Supervisor

andersonsinc; Hemlock (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Andersons, Inc. is seeking a Grain Operations Supervisor to oversee daily grain facility activities, ensuring safe, efficient operations and reliable performance.

You will lead a team, manage maintenance, inventory, and quality control, while coordinating budgets and safety initiatives to meet performance goals.

This hands-on role rewards teamwork, process improvement, and a strong focus on operational and financial results in a grain handling environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred; relevant experience considered in lieu of degree.
• 3-5 years of relevant operations experience.
• Experience leading grain handling teams and safety programs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and document facility operations through equipment maintenance and daily housekeeping.
• Lead grain worker team, including training and evaluating performance.
• Manage facility safety programs, safety meetings, training, and investigations.
• Assist with budgeting and capital planning, track expenses.
• Manage grain flows to maximize drying and mixing with daily inventory updates and leadership communication.
• Ensure grain quality meets industry standards through binning, drying, aeration.
• Track losses and gains from shrink and optimize blending to offset financial impact.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Safety program management

Budgeting

Grain handling operations

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

As a North American leader in agribusiness and renewable fuels, The Andersons operates in a unique space, bringing together agriculture, energy, and global markets. From the farm to customers around the world, we help move food, feed, and fuel where it's needed most.

Our business spans the full value chain, which means the work we do directly supports farmers, customers, and communities every day. Whether it's helping producers succeed, delivering essential products, or advancing more sustainable energy solutions, our impact is both local and global.

What truly sets us apart is how we work together. We are a performance-driven, people-powered organization where employees are owners, sharing in our success and helping shape our future. We invest in our team through development opportunities, meaningful career paths, and a culture that encourages growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

At the core of everything we do is our Statement of Principles. We are committed to providing extraordinary service to our customers, helping our employees improve, supporting our communities, and increasing the value of the company for our shareholders.

About The Andersons, Inc.

The Andersons, Inc., is a North American agriculture company that conducts business in the agribusiness and renewables sectors. Guided by its Statement of Principles, The Andersons is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers, helping its employees improve, supporting its communities, and increasing the value of the company. For more information, please visit www.andersonsinc.com .

Position Overview

Our Grain Operations Supervisor role is responsible for overseeing daily grain facility operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable performance through equipment maintenance, housekeeping, inventory management, and grain quality control. The position leads and develops a team of grain workers, setting priorities, coordinating workflows, and driving employee performance and engagement. Responsibilities also include managing safety programs, conducting investigations, monitoring budgets, and supporting capital planning to meet operational and financial objectives. Our Grain Operations Supervisors optimize grain handling, drying, blending, and storage processes while maintaining compliance with industry standards and minimizing grain shrink. This role is ideal for a hands‑on agricultural operations leader who enjoys developing teams, improving processes, and balancing operational, safety, and financial performance in a grain handling environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and document the operations of the facility through proper and timely maintenance of equipment and daily housekeeping
• Select, train, develop and evaluate performance of grain worker team members
• Lead the facility safety programs including safety committee meetings, safety training, and exposure and root cause analysis investigations
• Assist with projecting annual goals and develop annual operating expense and capital budgets. Track budgets throughout the year.
• Manage grain flows to maximize the drying and mixing of grain with daily inventory updates communication with leadership. Implement procedures to ensure that grain qualities meet or exceed industry standards through proper binning, drying and aeration.
• Track all losses and gains of grain shrink that have resulted from drying, aeration and mechanical movement of grain and maximize blending of grain to offset grain shrink and financial impact

What is expected of you and others at this level

Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of business or technical support or production team

Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates work activities with other supervisors

Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and business plan, receives guidance and oversight from manager

Ttypically, does not spend more than 20% of time performing the work supervised

Competencies Expected of You and Others at This Level

• Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively and with a minimum of noise
• Communicates Effectively - Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Directs Work - Providing direction, delegating and removing obstacles to get work done
• Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred. Relevant Agricultural industry experience, operational leadership, and team development may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

3-5 years' relevant experience required

Benefits

At The Andersons, we encourage our employees to live a healthy lifestyle while provid