Soybean Plant Team Lead

Consolidated Grain and Barge; Casselton Township (ND); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Consolidated Grain and Barge is seeking a Processing Team Lead of Extraction to guide daily operations at our Casselton, ND location. The role focuses on safety, quality, and efficiency while coaching staff and ensuring adherence to GMP/HACCP and environmental regulations.

You will collaborate with management to set performance goals, oversee maintenance and repairs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the facility.

Qualifications

• Requires supervision and leadership capabilities across daily operations.
• Knowledge of process safety management and GMP/HACCP rules.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations at the location and drive safety and productivity.
• Oversee staff performance, training, and coaching; manage daily tasks and reporting.
• Ensure OSHA, safety, and environmental compliance; manage permits and lockout/tag-out.
• Collaborate with management to set goals, track progress, and optimize efficiency.
• Provide input on staffing, hiring, promotion, and corrective actions as needed.
• Prepare reports for management and communicate key updates to teams.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Safety programs

Communication

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! At CGB, you can contribute to meaningful work, grow professionally and personally, and belong in a place where everyone has a voice.

Founded in 1969, CGB Enterprises, Inc. is known as an innovative and progressive leader in the grain and transportation industries. Today, CGB operates an enterprise with over 100 locations and nearly 2,000 U.S. employees overseeing a diverse family of businesses that provide an array of services for producers and logistics services for an international base of customers. The combination of our assets provides a growing organization that is celebrating over 50 years of strength and stability!

Looking for a leadership role where no two days are the same? Join a team where you'll guide daily operations, mentor employees, and help ensure a safe, productive, and profitable facility. From driving continuous improvement initiatives to leading safety and compliance programs, you'll play a vital role in the success of the operation.

This job is primarily responsible for performing daily tasks within and leading the day to day operations of the assigned location which include efficiencies, quality, rates, safety, EPA, and Coast Guard compliance, following all applicable programs (i.e. GMP+/HACCP). This job will provide input with interviews, performance issues, coaching/guiding/training employees, and terminations. Additionally, this job will serve as a link between staff and upper management to ensure operations are carried out to ensure a safe, efficient and profitable operation.

In this job, you will:

• Fully participate in the company Safety, Food Safety, and Quality programs, attend daily pre-shift meetings and ensure staff follow all safety rules and achieve required goals (SOL's, THA's, near misses, and incident reporting).
• Perform and ensure staff performs all duties within compliance of OSHA, company safety, and environmental regulations; including wearing appropriate PPE for task being performed.
• Oversees and leads all safety program permitting and lockout tag-out permits.
• Ensure compliance with specific PSM (Process Safety Management) requirements and with GMP/HACCP rules.
• Perform all daily tasks and lead workers performing daily tasks in the assigned location and/or area of responsibility in accordance with the location and organization's policies and procedures.
• Ensure staff understands duties and tasks, monitor productivity and provide constructive feedback (i.e. staff perform all tasks and complete required paperwork, direct staff on housekeeping needs, ensure breaks and lunches are taken in accordance to policy).
• Work with management to set and monitor performance goals and deadlines, and communicate, track, and coach others to assist in their succeeding to meet goals and deadlines.
• Use daily parameters to determine upper management goals and ensure they are met and if not daily parameters have been issued, update the daily parameters with your input.
• Communicate between day-to-day operations and management and maintenance of all pertinent information and record in the Team Leader Logbook.
• Obtain utility readings on Monday morning and 1st of every month.
• Lead repair and maintenance and preventive maintenance; housekeeping, inventory; and building or equipment upgrades/expansions or other facility projects (where applicable).
• Monitor the facility for EPA, OSHA, and coast guard compliance.
• Provide input to management on staffing and job development activities (hiring, promotion and termination recommendations, training, time keeping, corrective actions, etc.); communicate, coach and mentor staff to meet individual performance expectations.
• Prepares reports for management, as necessary or requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Here's what you'll need to be considered:

Education

Required - High School Diploma.

Experience

Required - Experience working in any job within work group to have the applicable skills and abilities to perform any job within the work group (operator positions).

License/Certification

Required - Requirement for Processing Team Lead of Extraction - Pass Extraction Qualifying test.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic working knowledge of or ability to learn business, coaching, and training skills.
• Knowledge specific to the area supported; including specific Process Safety Management requirements and GMP/HACPP rules.
• Mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Good computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with willingness and ability to make good decisions about plant operations and efficiencies.
• Strong organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills, with ability to remain flexible to changing priorities.
• Mentoring and coaching skills, or ability to learn and incorporat