Glycerin Department Superintendent - Decatur, IL
This is a salary position reporting to the Glycols Production Manager.

Job Description:
This position is responsible for leading the day to day activities as well as short/long-term planning for the Glycerin Department. The superintendent will champion performance excellence throughout the department to development personal, manage the chemical/mechanical processes, and oversee the successful implementation of improvement projects, they will establish and own the key performance indicators for the department. This position will be responsible for tracking and understanding department costs, yields, quality, process performance, and mentoring process engineers. 

Essential Job Functions:Making the safety and wellbeing of our employees, customers, and visitors a top priority. This includes enforcement of all company and location requirements for personal safety, process safety, environmental compliance, and quality assurance.Identify improvement opportunities and take ownership of the Focused Improvement efforts in their area.Issue guidance and establish a proper review and response process to allow reports to successfully operate the department to meet daily, weekly, and monthly targets.Analyzes existing processes for cost savings, reliability, and performance improvement opportunities.Interact with research, maintenance, controls, process, and quality personnel in planning for and the development of process improvements.Advocate for resources to make the department a success.Ensure effective training and mentoring of department operations staff.Availability to support 24/7 plant operations.Provide directions and priorities to all direct reports. Minimum Job Requirements:B.S. in Engineering or equivalent experience.5+ years of plant operations, managerial experience preferred.Demonstrated problem solving.Good written and verbal communication skills necessary to relay results and performance to key stakeholders and to drive success in operations staff. Ability to manage intradepartmental relationships across company job functions. This position interact with various engineers, plant personnel, commercial stakeholders, and research personnel.Ability to prioritize tasks is critical to effectively managing the improvement of the department.Gain general knowledge of operation of process, regulatory requirements, and financial understanding of the manufacturing costs related to equipment and processes. Effective interaction with multiple employees and managers to prioritize demands.Continuous improvement utilizing independent judgment to solve problems.Proactive participation in safety, environmental, and quality activities is expected to ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.Employee is expected to ensure development of colleagues through training and mentoring activities.Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. 

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