Assistant Superintendent - New Plymouth, ID

Archer Daniels Midland•New Plymouth, ID

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a salary exempt position responsible for supervising the daily activities of safety, quality, and production procedures, as well as leading employees in all aspects of production. The role involves ensuring compliance with safety and environmental rules, maintaining and updating training programs, assisting the Location Superintendent in supervising production staff, and fostering good working relationships. The position requires adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, and FSMA requirements, and oversight of daily plant operations including safety, environmental compliance, food safety, quality control, production, cost optimization, and efficiencies. Familiarity with dry bean standards, pesticides, and agricultural chemical mixing is necessary. The role also involves providing solutions, promoting collaboration, managing lock out/tag out procedures and confined space entries, driving continuous improvement initiatives, reviewing employee performance, and coordinating production schedules and customer requests. Ensuring proper cleaning and sanitation, monitoring equipment, and assisting with general maintenance and repairs are key duties. The Assistant Superintendent leads production employees, provides routine feedback, ensures accurate record-keeping, and administers supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, training, performance appraisal, and problem resolution. Flexibility to work any shift, including weekends and holidays, is required. The role also assists with payroll activities and inventory management. Obtaining and maintaining a Professional Pesticide Applicator’s License is required for seed locations.

Requirements

Ability to sit/stand/walk for long periods of time while performing job duties.
Capability of working in confined spaces and from heights, bending, kneeling, able to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly and ability to wear a respirator.
Ability to analyze information quickly to provide feedback in the manufacturing process and troubleshoot equipment failures.
Computer skills which include proficiency in Microsoft Office and other common business applications.
Ability to compete all operational tasks and fill in for hourly colleagues, including off hour shifts as needed.

Nice To Haves

Prior work related and leadership experiences preferred.

Responsibilities

Display a dedication to lead, participate, and support all safety and environmental rules and regulations applicable to the position.
Present, maintain, and update both safety and quality assurance training for all colleagues at the facility.
Assist Location Superintendent in supervising all production staff.
Maintain good working relationships with all employees.
Adhere to and implement Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, and FSMA requirements.
Be responsible for the daily plant operations, which include safety and environmental compliance, food safety, quality control, production, cost optimization and efficiencies.
Become familiar with dry bean standards for both seed and commercial operations.
Become familiar with pesticides used in the dry bean seed industry and their application.
Ability to understand and mix agricultural chemicals customer specifications.
Provide solutions and promote collaboration amongst the various groups such as production, maintenance and quality.
First line of involvement with lock out/tag out procedures and confined space entries.
Monitor, review, and suggest/direct initiatives for continuous improvement in all areas of operations.
Review employee performance and assist in employee development.
Assist location and regional management team in coordinating production schedules and customer requests.
Responsible for ensuring proper cleaning and sanitation of every process flow in the facility.
Observes equipment throughout facility and report concerns to maintenance staff.
Must have the ability and knowledge of general maintenance practices troubleshoot and assisting in completing equipment repairs.
Directing maintenance activities in a safe manner while implementing the first line of involvement of ADM’s safety permits and programs.
Leads work of all production employees.
Give feedback on a routine basis to all employees.
Review and ensure daily production records, equipment inspections, and other forms are completed in accordance with ADM’s policies and procedures.
Administer supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company’s policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring and training employees; appraising performance; rewarding and focusing employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Flexibility to work any shift required, including weekends and holidays as applicable.
Work cooperatively and communicate effectively with production, administrative, sales, and management teams.
Flexibility and welcoming of changes in work routine.
Assist in all payroll activities including completion of time card calculations for temporary and full time colleagues, reviewing payroll clerks time sheets, and supplying information to staffing agencies.
Assist in overseeing physical and digital inventories including, bulk, consumables and chemical inventories.
Obtain and maintain Professional Pesticide Applicator’s License (seed locations only).