Production Supervisor

Iowa Ag; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill in Sioux City, IA is seeking a Production Supervisor to provide strategic operational oversight for the preparation and extraction departments of the soybean crushing facility. You will oversee safety, quality, and financial performance, ensuring compliance with company standards and government requirements.

Lead a team, build a culture of safety and continuous improvement, set operational priorities, and drive efficiency through standardization and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Lean Six Sigma and problem solving methodologies strongly preferred.
• Experience leading a team in a manufacturing/processing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.
• Leads employee safety, food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across the facility.
• Establish and deploy operational priorities for preparation and extraction departments.
• Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
• Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
• Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements.
• Lead and develop a team, coach, train, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Supervisory experience

Problem Solving Methodologies

Soybean crushing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job ID 332214 Date posted 08/18/2026

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Production Supervisor will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operating of the preparation and extraction departments within the soybean crushing facility in Sioux City, Iowa. In this role, you will oversee safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance of these departments.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.
• Responsible for leading employee safety, food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across the facility. This role ensures all operations meet company standards and government requirements while driving continuous improvement and building a culture of safety, quality, and accountability.
• Establish and deploy operational priorities for preparation and extraction departments.
• Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
• Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
• Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements which may include standardization of systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operator best practices.
• Lead and develop a team, coach, train, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Lean six sigma
• Two years of supervisory experience
• Experience with Problem Solving Methodologies i.e. 5-Why Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, A3 Problem Solving
• Soybean crushing or equivalent experience

Posting Details

• This position is based in Sioux City, IA.
• Relocation support may be provided.
• Visa sponsorship will not be provided.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.