Plant Foreman - Ama, LA

Archer Daniels Midland•Ama, LA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

ADM is seeking a Plant Foreman to oversee all operations, promote operating efficiency, and maintain commodity quality, including Specialty Grain & By-product Procedures. This role involves overseeing all employee and contract labor activity, ensuring a safe working environment by enforcing safety rules and procedures, and assisting in training employees and contractors. The Plant Foreman will coordinate rail and truck activity, manage daily housekeeping inspections, and ensure plant housekeeping compliance. They will also be responsible for obtaining various reports (bobcat, barge crew cleanness, barge condition), ensuring timecards are properly filled out, scheduling hourly employee vacations, and coordinating manning crews for maintenance issues. Communication with shift superintendents and assistant superintendents regarding labor, parts, and quality control is essential. The role also includes checking grain in the basement, monitoring for leaks, performing Aflatoxin & Starlink testing, communicating problem areas to management, and conducting weekly safety audits. In emergency situations, the Plant Foreman will be responsible for accounting for all personnel at the facility and reporting findings to the Assistant Superintendent.

Requirements

Successful completion of a background check.

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Responsibilities

Overseeing of all operations, promoting operating efficiency and maintain of commodity quality, including Specialty Grain & By-product Procedures
Oversees all employee activity including a complete understanding of the hourly employee handbook or contract and all work and safety rules.
Oversees all contract labor activity
Ensure safe working environment for all employees by enforcing all safety rules and procedures.
Responsible for filling out this facilities permits(hot work, compressed air, confine space, entry into grain storage structures, lockout/tagout)
Assist in the training of employees and contractors and making sure they are trained on various task before they begin work.
Coordinate rail activity and truck loadouts or other outside activity.
Responsible for completing the daily housekeeping inspection report and signing off in proper place.
Ensure that the housekeeping in the plant is compliant
Responsible for obtaining from the departments: bobcat reports, barge crew cleanness reports and barge condition reports
Make sure timecards are properly filled out daily.
Schedule hourly employees vacation (make sure shift is covered)
Assist in coordinating manning crews for unscheduled maintenance problems.
Communicate with shift superintendent, and coordinating labor parts.
Assist in quality control of grain as needed
Check grain in basement, communicate with control room and check daily for leaks that could cause co-mingling
Aflatoxin & Starlink testing
Communicating problem areas or mechanical problem to Shift Superintendent, relief foreman, and Assistant Superintendent.
Conduct weekly Safety Audits.
Pick-up an employee schedule, contractor’s log and visitors log and proceed to the assembly area to account for all persons at the facility
Notify the Assistant Superintendent of his findings on the head count
Give no statements to the media