Pilot Plant Manager

Lesaffre Group Openings • Cedar Rapids, IA

18h

About The Position

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Other duties may be assigned depending on operational needs. Primary Duties Ensure safety and compliance: leading, deploying, and supervising the actions and communication of the Lesaffre Safety Policy Effectively manage the pilot team by providing instruction, succession planning, skill development, and annual reviews. Preparation, planning, execution, and reporting of pilot-scale trials for the purpose of industrialization. Ensure pilot process efficiency and operational excellence by ensuring pilot processes are in line, consistent reporting, and new process implementation Coordination of project with internal clients (R&D, Factories and BU) Interact and create relationships with other business units by ensuring proper collaboration and smooth operation of shared services with other business units. Manage the budget and ordering of supplies of consumables and raw materials. Preparation of the capital expenditure needs. Secondary Duties Other duties as assigned Environmental, Safety, Quality, and Legal Requirements Understand and follow all environmental, safety, quality, and legal regulations for the area in which they work. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Experience with Industrial Bioprocess/Biotech
• Experience with Fermentation
• Previous management experience
• Collaborative, mission-driven approach to achieving shared goals
• Ability to communicate concisely with all levels of the organization and align on common decision-making goals
• Ability to communicate in a multicultural environment, especially with French colleagues
• Project & Financial Management experience
• MSc or PHD Required in Bioprocess or Biotech.
• Industrial experience with Biomass production required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports, correspondence and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small groups of suppliers or employees of organization.
• Fluent in the English language.
• Must hold a valid drivers license.
• Ability to be CPR/First Aid certified required.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience working with yeast and yeast extract.
• Fluency in French is a strong asset.
• Knowledge of statistics is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and compliance: leading, deploying, and supervising the actions and communication of the Lesaffre Safety Policy
• Effectively manage the pilot team by providing instruction, succession planning, skill development, and annual reviews.
• Preparation, planning, execution, and reporting of pilot-scale trials for the purpose of industrialization.
• Ensure pilot process efficiency and operational excellence by ensuring pilot processes are in line, consistent reporting, and new process implementation
• Coordination of project with internal clients (R&D, Factories and BU)
• Interact and create relationships with other business units by ensuring proper collaboration and smooth operation of shared services with other business units.
• Manage the budget and ordering of supplies of consumables and raw materials.
• Preparation of the capital expenditure needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree