Plant Superintendent

LGI foundation; Boone (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

Career development

Job summary

Proliant Health & Biologicals in Boone, Iowa, seeks a Plant Superintendent to oversee daily plant operations, reporting to the Plant Manager. You will supervise Production Supervisors, the Maintenance Supervisor, and plant staff, driving safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement in a regulated environment.

This hands-on leadership role emphasizes developing teams, optimizing processes, aligning with FDA/USDA standards, and partnering with plant leadership on budgeting and capital

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years leading supervisors and frontline teams.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (FDA/USDA/cGMP) is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop manufacturing and maintenance teams.
• Drive safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
• Support production planning and execution.
• Monitor KPIs and identify improvement opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Partner with plant leadership to improve efficiency and engagement.
• Support budgeting, capital projects, and operational initiatives.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Leadership of supervisors

Excel analytics

Operational excellence

Tools

Excel

Job description

Proliant Health & Biologicals is seeking a Plant Superintendent to join our manufacturing leadership team in Boone, Iowa. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role will lead daily plant operations with direct responsibility for Production Supervisors, the Maintenance Supervisor, and plant employees. The Plant Superintendent plays a critical role in driving safety, quality, productivity, employee development, and continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with regulatory and company requirements.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop manufacturing and maintenance teams
• Drive operational performance across safety, quality, productivity, and cost
• Support production planning and execution
• Monitor KPIs and identify opportunities for improvement
• Ensure compliance with FDA, USDA, OSHA, cGMP, and company standards
• Partner with plant leadership to improve efficiency, reliability, and employee engagement
• Support budgeting, capital projects, and operational initiatives

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of manufacturing experience
• 3+ years experience leading supervisors and frontline teams
• Strong knowledge of production operations, maintenance coordination, and performance metrics
• Experience in food, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, agricultural processing, or other similarly regulated manufacturing environments required
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills with proficiency in excel data analytics

Why Join PHB?

• Key leadership role with significant impact on plant performance
• Opportunity to develop people and shape culture
• Collaborative and values-driven environment
• Diverse responsibilities across operations, maintenance, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Competitive compensation and benefits package

If you're a hands-on manufacturing leader who enjoys developing teams, improving processes, and driving operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you. To learn more about us, please visit www.phb1.com.

LGIs foundation began in 1916 as the Lauridsen Creamery, selling butter, eggs and poultry to the local community. Although our headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, is not far from the old creamery in Dedham, Iowa, the company is now worldwide with more than fifty manufacturing and sales locations in twenty countries and sales in more than sixty countries. Each company under the LGI umbrella is truly independent. They have the ability and the charge to be entrepreneurial, to seek out new markets, to develop new products and applications, and - above all - to discover new ways to add value through fractionation and novel application. What's more, because some LGI companies have offices and presence around the world, all LGI companies benefit from their exposure to new markets, new products, new applications and new thinking.