Swing Shift Plant Supervisor – Fremont, NE

Position Summary

The Shift Supervisor plays a key leadership role, overseeing the daily activities of safety, quality, and production, and leading employees in all production procedures during the shift. The Shift Supervisor will serve as a liaison between management and the hourly operations team. As a mentor to front-line operators, you will nurture and develop talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues to ensure everyone has the training and resources necessary to perform their tasks safely and effectively.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production colleagues to ensure work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping, and production quantity goals established by the company
• Provides employees with resources, in good working order, to perform tasks safely and efficiently
• Provides training to ensure employees understand operational procedures, SOP's, safe work practices, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, and policies
• Create and assign tasks to effectively utilize team members' experience and capabilities
• Ensures the safety of all colleagues through training and compliance with occupational safety, health and environmental regulations, and leading by example
• Listens to and responds to colleague suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping, and communications on concerns and improvement initiatives to all colleagues
• Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within department, and keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of colleagues
• Evaluates colleague performance, providing regular feedback and discusses disciplinary action with superintendents and human resources
• Attends and participates in operation area meetings, safety meeting and supervisor’s meeting. May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence
• Performs GEMBA walks
• Achieves and tracks KPI’s
• Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and contains them to avoid negative affects on colleague safety, product quality, and environmental pollution
• May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required

Required Skills

• Capability of working in confined spaces and from heights, bending, kneeling, able to lift 50 lbs repeatedly and ability to wear a respirator
• Leadership and team management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED required
• 4+ years of relevant work experience

Required Experience

• Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement
• Ability to lead and train colleagues and build teams
• Demonstrated communication, organizational, troubleshooting and record keeping skills
• Passion for learning; willingness to learn and assume new responsibilities
• Previous plant processing and leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus)

Desired Experience

• KPI Tracking
• Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway.

Benefits And Perks

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable.)
• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
• Additional Benefits Include Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.

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.