Production Engineer - Des Moines, IA

Archer Daniels Midland • Des Moines, IA

11h

About The Position

This is a full-time, exempt position. As the Production Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing day to day operations. Your mission is to dive deep into tracking, and understanding department costs, yields, quality, process performance to ensure processes and projects are completed to enable efficient plant production. As a mentor to front-line teammates, you’ll be nurturing talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues as well as ADM leadership other stakeholders. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.

Requirements

• B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Agriculture preferred) or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in a continuous manufacturing, food processing production environment or similar industry
• Previous leadership experience (union environment is a plus)
• Strong commitment to safety and quality
• Demonstrated leadership, strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and work closely with corporate departments
• Ability to look beyond the task at hand, anticipate challenges, identify and implement solutions
• Subject matter expert knowledge level of a variety of process unit operations
• Ability to work a rotating shift including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of specific processes and projects
• Project management responsibilities which may include purchasing of materials and supplies, equipment installation, budget tracking, employee training, and startup of projects
• Oversight of day-to-day operations which may also include providing support with shift coverage if needed
• Project design, development, and management of projects in operations
• Conduct optimization assessments to identify existing and potential opportunities for improvement, propose solutions to improve performance primarily in the areas of energy, chemicals, product yields, and reliability
• Support of capital projects including control strategy development, P&ID management, administration of process control narratives suitable for control application development and process start up
• Training and mentoring of colleagues, with the potential of indirectly managing 10 to 30 hourly colleagues.
• Maintain a high degree of availability to a 24/7 operation.

Benefits

• 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).
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees