Plant Foreman - Ama, LA

ADM; Central (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ADM is seeking an Outside Foreman to oversee plant operations in Louisiana. You will supervise hourly staff, enforce safety rules, and coordinate contract labor while maintaining grain quality and process standards.

You will also handle training, environmental compliance, and daily reporting, including housekeeping, permits, and incident investigations. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all operations, ensure efficiency and grain quality, including specialty grain and by-product procedures.
• Supervise all employee activities, ensuring comprehension of the hourly employee handbook or contract and all work and safety rules.
• Oversee all contract labor activity.
• Ensure a safe working environment by enforcing safety rules and procedures.
• Fill out facility permits (hot work, compressed air, confined space, entry into grain storage structures, lockout/tagout).
• Assist in training of employees and contractors and ensure they are trained on various tasks before they begin work.
• Coordinate rail activities and truck loadouts or other outside activities.
• Complete daily housekeeping inspection reports and sign off as required.
• Ensure housekeeping compliance within the plant.
• Obtain reports from departments (bobcat, barge crew cleanliness, barge condition).
• Ensure timecards are filled out daily.
• Schedule hourly employees’ vacation to maintain coverage.
• Assist in coordinating manning for unscheduled maintenance and communicate with the shift superintendent.
• Assist in quality control of grain as needed.
• Check grain in basement and monitor for leaks that could cause co-mingling.
• Aflatoxin & Starlink testing.
• Communicate issues to Shift Superintendent, relief foreman, and Assistant Superintendent.
• Conduct weekly safety audits.

Job description

Duties And Responsibilities Of The Outside Foreman

• Overseeing of all operations, promoting operating efficiency and maintain of commodity quality, including Specialty Grain & By-product Procedures
• Oversees all employee activity including a complete understanding of the hourly employee handbook or contract and all work and safety rules.
• Oversees all contract labor activity
• Ensure safe working environment for all employees by enforcing all safety rules and procedures.
• Responsible for filling out this facilities permits(hot work, compressed air, confine space, entry into grain storage structures, lockout/tagout)
• Assist in the training of employees and contractors and making sure they are trained on various task before they begin work.
• Coordinate rail activity and truck loadouts or other outside activity.
• Responsible for completing the daily housekeeping inspection report and signing off in proper place.
• Ensure that the housekeeping in the plant is compliant
• Responsible for obtaining from the departments: bobcat reports, barge crew cleanness reports and barge condition reports
• Make sure timecards are properly filled out daily.
• Schedule hourly employees vacation (make sure shift is covered)
• Assist in coordinating manning crews for unscheduled maintenance problems. Also communicate with shift superintendent, and coordinating labor parts.
• Assist in quality control of grain as needed
• Check grain in basement, communicate with control room and check daily for leaks that could cause co-mingling
• Aflatoxin & Starlink testing
• Communicating problem areas or mechanical problem to Shift Superintendent, relief foreman, and Assistant Superintendent.
• Conduct weekly Safety Audits.

DUTIES DURING AN EMERGENCY

• Pick-up an employee schedule, contractor’s log and visitors log and proceed to the assembly area (Oak Tree by the Main Office OR Old rail lot on the west end) to account for all persons at the facility
• Notify the Assistant Superintendent of his findings on the head count
• Give no statements to the media

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.