About this role
Job Description
Assistant Department Superintendent - Decatur, IL
Position Summary
The Assistant Superintendent will lead day-to-day operations within an assigned area of the plant to safely produce high-quality products that provide value to customers and a return to shareholders. This role is responsible for maintaining safety, quality, environmental and regulatory compliance; supporting reliable production; and developing employees. The successful candidate will collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering and business partners to align production with operational needs and communicate disruptions or changes. The role is part of the plant operations leadership team and reports to the applicable Superintendent.
Essential Job Functions
- 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 within an assigned plant area, ensuring products and processes meet applicable quality and food safety specifications.
- Develop and execute long-term operational strategies that support safe, reliable performance, quality requirements and production targets.
- Lead employees in safe operations, environmental stewardship and good manufacturing practices, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Partner with maintenance teams to develop and execute reliability strategies, including predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance practices.
- Ensure adherence to established product quality, environmental, safety and housekeeping standards.
- Provide guidance to supervisors and technical support personnel to achieve short- and long-term operational performance goals.
- Apply Continuous Improvement principles to prioritize and deliver operational improvements.
- Manage operating resources, costs and efficiency improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with shift supervisors to achieve operational results and support employee development.
- Oversee employee training, qualifications and development, tracking progress and ensuring timely onboarding and competency development.
- 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.
- Strong understanding of industrial manufacturing operations, production processes, equipment and operational reliability.
- 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 Engineering or a related technical field.
Required Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a production leadership role.
- 4 years of experience in a manufacturing or continuous operations technical role.
Desired Experience
- Operations leadership experience in a corn wet milling facility, industrial manufacturing environment or continuous process operation.
- Experience with application of Continuous Improvement principles in a continuous production manufacturing environment.
Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.
- If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.
- If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
Hiring Manager- Nathan Dub
Recruiter- Vicky Luciano
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Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.
If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
The pay range for this position is expected to be between:
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About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.