Refinery Superintendent - Lincoln, NE

Nebraska Ag Connection; Lincoln, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in Lincoln, NE seeks a Refinery Superintendent to lead daily refinery operations, ensuring safe, high-quality production aligned with business goals.

The role reports to the Plant Manager and requires a strong engineering background, safety leadership, and the ability to drive maintenance and continuous improvement across the department.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a production leadership role.
• 4 years of experience in a continuous operation technical role.
• Strong leadership and safety culture focus.
• Experience partnering with operations and maintenance to optimize performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day refinery operations to safely produce high-quality products for customers and shareholders.
• Drive safety programs and process safety improvements in line with regulations and company policies.
• Develop and execute long-term departmental strategy to meet production targets and quality standards.
• Oversee maintenance planning and reliability initiatives with the maintenance team.
• Mentor supervisors and technical staff, supporting onboarding and development.
• Apply continuous improvement principles to prioritize and implement efficiency gains.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Communication

Process Safety

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably Chemical)

Job description

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Creating a new general alert will override an existing general alert.* Visit the to manage your alerts# Refinery Superintendent - Lincoln, NE| Number of Years Experience: | Minimum Education Completed: | || Education Major / Discipline Category: | Most Recent / Current Occupation: | |**Job Description****Refinery Superintendent - Lincoln, NE**This is a salaried-exempt position.**Position Description:**The Refinery Superintendent is a salaried exempt position responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the department to safely produce high quality products that provide value to customers and a return to shareholders. Safety and compliance are required meeting all state and federal laws and regulations. A successful candidate will partner with commercial business unit leaders to align on supply and demand needs of the product lines, communicating when slowdowns and upsets occur. The role will be a part of the Leadership Team reporting to the Plant Manager.**Position Responsibilities:*** Display a dedication to lead, develop and support safety, promoting a safety culture. Promote continuous process safety improvement, with experience managing Process Safety Management programs a plus.* Lead day-to-day operations and serve as primary contact of the Refinery process, producing high quality products that meet or exceed Quality and Food Safety specifications.* Develop and deliver on a long term department strategy that delivers a safe and reliable operation meeting food safety expectations while meeting or exceeding production targets.* Lead day-to-day employees to work safely with environmental awareness and good manufacturing practices that is compliant with all state and federal laws and regulations.* Responsible for the department maintenance strategy, partnering closely with maintenance team to deliver reliable production systems including deployment of PdM, Preventative and corrective action maintenance practices.* Manage department to insure adherence to established product, environmental, safety and housekeeping quality guidelines.* Provide guidance to supervisors and technical support personnel to achieve short term and long term department performance.* Utilize Continuous Improvement principles to drive department performance and focus improvement prioritization and alignment.* Manage chemical usages, production costs and continuously focus on efficiency improvement.* Interacts directly with Shift Supervisors to produce desired operational results and employee development.* Accountable for training and development of all department employees, tracking progress to ensure timeliness of onboarding* Involved in employee coaching and discipline.**Required Skills:*** Dedication to working safely and to the awareness for the safety of others.* Leading and developing high performing work teams including maintenance, engineering and non-technical employees.* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with plant engineers, maintenance and management.* Willingness to spend time in plant areas - tolerate extreme temperatures, walk long distances, stand, climb stairs and ladders and move through close spaces.* High level of motivation and results-oriented way of working.**Required Education:*** Bachelor's Degree in the field of Engineering, preferably Chemical.**Required Experience:*** Minimum 2 years' experience in a production leadership role.* 4 years of experience in a continuous operation technical role.ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.**'AJCIND'** REF:111977BR**#IncludingYou**Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM's efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments - environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.We welcome everyone to apply. 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