Grain Facility Superintendent - River Operations

Consolidated Grain and Barge•Cahokia, IL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Lead daily grain operations at a high-volume river facility in Cahokia, where safety, coordination, and execution drive performance across truck, rail, and barge movements. This job is primarily responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at the assigned location ensuring safe, consistent, efficient and profitable operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, management of assigned location staff, staffing, logistics, inventory, maintenance, efficiency, quality, and customer service. Additionally, the job incumbent will promote and maintain a positive image within their local communities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent training and work experience.
3 years' experience in various sides of the specific business unit.
Working knowledge and understanding of location cost structures, mix and blend analysis, safety, efficiency, product quality, preventive maintenance, OSHA, EPA, carry, interest, freight, FOB and CIF marketing/sales as well as solid understanding of location operations including storage, rail and barge handling.
Basic computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Effective leadership skills.
Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
Strong decision-making and conflict management skills.
Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.
Strong time management, organizational, and prioritization skills, with ability to remain flexible to changing priorities.
Ability to perform job duties of any job supervised at assigned location.
Good mechanical skills.
Ability to understand, interpret, and follow all operating and emergency procedures.
Ability to effective coach, mentor, and lead staff to accomplish assignments.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or Technical Systems Management.

Responsibilities

Supervise employees in all activities for all applicable operations at assigned location (e.g. grain and terminal, soybean plant, etc.).
Ultimately responsible for assigned location results; work with location management to ensure operations are optimally profitable; develop location benchmarks, report on location results and develop improvement plans for areas falling below benchmark.
Actively lead, direct, and communicate company's safety program to assigned staff; schedule and moderate monthly safety meeting, set safety goals and work with safety team to ensure they are achieved, monitor and perform safety behaviors and audits.
Ensure employees perform all duties within compliance of OSHA, company safety, and environmental regulations; including wearing appropriate PPE for task being performed; and assist management to ensure environmental controls and procedures are appropriately managed (where applicable).
Work with management team to develop and revise budget forecasts with input from other responsible departments within the organization, where applicable.
Oversee staffing and job development activities (e.g. hiring, staffing/scheduling, training, coaching, employee performance management, promotions, corrective actions, terminations, etc.); develop, communicate, and manage staff performance expectations that align with company goals.
Assist with and/or plan staffing schedules and direct work duties to assigned staff (including vacation time and shift trades).
Determine need for and schedules Barge/Rail/Grain Inspector as appropriate; where applicable.
Conduct quality internal audits as required; review, understand, notify management and make modifications to PSM & MOC as necessary (where applicable).
Communicate with applicable departmental staff to ensure collaboration on various services (e.g. Marine Services for barge movements, Merchandisers and CTLC to meet Loading/Transfer needs), where applicable.
Ensure staff and facilities are compliant with all applicable state and federal regulations; take appropriate actions to correct/report incidents/findings where applicable.
Actively participate in trainee program; coach trainees through their curriculum and plans/checklists.
Other duties as assigned; including walk through, audits, inventory monitoring, maintenance needs, housekeeping as needed, etc.