Production Supervisor III

Bunge Iberica SA; Illinois; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bunge Iberica SA seeks a seasoned operations supervisor to lead day-to-day shift activities in our Illinois plant. You will supervise crushing, refining or packaging operations, drive safety culture, and pursue productivity improvements across the site.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or 5+ years of progressive industrial operations experience, with willingness to work rotating shifts and weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of progressive industrial operations experience.
• Experience in soybean crushing, oil refining, or packaging operations is preferred.
• Ability to use basic software tools (Lotus Notes, MS Word).
• Willingness to work odd hours and rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily shift operations (crush, refinery, packaging) to meet efficiency goals.
• Foster a safety culture and zero-injury objective across the team.
• Monitor productivity, sanitation, and food safety compliance.
• Approve daily shift reports and KPIs, investigate issues, and drive improvements.
• Support annual shutdown planning and safety programs with management.

Skills

Safety culture

Shift supervision

Team leadership

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial/manufacturing/chemical engineering or related field

Job description

Role Purpose Statement

Responsible for the safe and efficient supervision of day-to-day assigned Crush, Refinery, or Packaging production operations department shift. Support the Mgr-Production Operations in monitoring and improving plant productivity.

Main Accountabilities

• Cultivate a safety culture where unsafe acts are not tolerated and employees and management have a common goal of zero injuries.
• Oversee assigned department production shift activities (crush, refinery, packaging, warehouse, boiler house, and/or elevator) to ensure operations are running at the highest levels of efficiency.
• Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure assigned shift is compliant with sanitation requirements. May provide support in the monthly sanitation inspections and implementation of any corrective actions as necessary.
• Track and report shift productivity improvements
• Approve daily reports and KPRs for the assigned shift.
• Report and trouble shoot operations issues.
• Provide input to the Mgr-Production Operations and/or Plant Manager to plan annual shutdowns
• Support Process Safety Management programs, where applicable
• Work with the Safety/Environmental Manager to ensure compliance of assigned shift in all aspects
• Help develop and drive Operations Excellence Plans to meet safety, quality and production goals and show continuous improvement in assigned shift.
• Support the continuous improvement activities and act as a change agent for any changes that occur in the assigned shift.
• Monitor KPR’s and help develop plans to bring assigned shift in line with Operations Excellence goals.
• Periodically participate in the daily production meetings to remain informed and ensure that the assigned shift operations activities are aligned.
• Participate in personnel investigations and recommend corrective actions as necessary.
• Demonstrate Bunge’s Core Values: Act as One Team, Drive for Excellence, and Do What’s Right.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering or related field or equivalent progressive experience of 5+ years in soybean crushing, oil refining, oil packaging operations, or related and applicable activities in support of industrial operations is required.
• Proficiency with basic computer skills, including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word and other technical software packages, as needed.
• Ability to work odd hours, weekends and rotating shift schedule required.