Shift Supervisor - Richmond, TX

Archer Daniels Midland•Richmond, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shift Supervisor is accountable for the safe, reliable, efficient, and quality-focused operation of the Richmond cottonseed processing facility during the assigned shift. Reporting to the Plant Superintendent, this role provides direct leadership to the operating crew, maintains stable plant operations, establishes operational and maintenance priorities, monitors process and product quality, develops operators, maintains housekeeping standards, and ensures effective communication between shifts. This position works an 8-hour rotating schedule supporting 24/7 operations, including day, evening, and night shifts, weekends, and holidays as scheduled. The Shift Supervisor serves as the primary operations leader during the assigned shift and is expected to maintain a strong field presence, recognize abnormal conditions, coordinate troubleshooting, escalate significant issues, and carry unresolved concerns forward until appropriately addressed.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Previous manufacturing or industrial operations experience required.
Previous supervisory or demonstrated people-leadership experience required.
Ability to lead employees, establish expectations, provide coaching, and administer corrective or disciplinary action when necessary.
Demonstrated ability to make timely decisions, troubleshoot problems, recognize abnormal process or equipment conditions, and manage multiple priorities in a continuous operating environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and basic computer proficiency with applicable plant operating, reporting, maintenance, and communication systems.
Willingness and ability to work the assigned rotating schedule, including weekends and holidays as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in oilseed, cottonseed, extraction, refining, agricultural processing, or similar continuous-process manufacturing.
Working knowledge of process-control systems and common processing equipment, including mechanical equipment, instrumentation, utilities, pumps, heat-transfer equipment, and conveyors.
Experience with Root Cause Analysis, continuous improvement, or structured problem-solving methodologies.

Responsibilities

Lead the shift with safety as the first priority and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, environmental requirements, operating standards, permits, and safe-work practices.
Reinforce Stop Work Authority and lead operational decision-making when safety, environmental, quality, process, or equipment-integrity concerns arise.
Verify critical process conditions through field observations, operator communication, control-system information, and operating data; identify and respond to abnormal conditions.
Participate in incident investigations and corrective actions as required.
Maintain accountability for safe, stable, reliable, efficient, and quality-focused plant operations during the assigned shift.
Develop and apply a working understanding of the cottonseed processing operation to support troubleshooting and operational decisions across the facility.
Establish priorities based on safety, quality, reliability, production requirements, and plant needs; coordinate maintenance priorities and determine when immediate intervention is required.
Identify developing equipment, process, or quality issues and ensure deficiencies are documented, communicated, corrected, and followed through to resolution.
Monitor applicable quality KPIs and operating conditions; ensure off-specification conditions are quickly contained, investigated, communicated, and corrected.
Monitor plant performance and recurring losses involving production, quality, reliability, efficiency, yield, or downtime.
Initiate or support Root Cause Analysis when significant events, recurring failures, or performance losses require structured investigation.
Support continuous improvement efforts and translate plant-management priorities into clear shift-level expectations, actions, and operating behaviors.
Verify that corrective actions, new standards, and improvement initiatives are consistently sustained by the operating crews.
Maintain effective communication with operators, Maintenance, Quality, plant leadership, and supporting functions throughout the shift.
Ensure effective shift turnover, including clear communication of operating status, equipment condition, quality concerns, maintenance activities, safety issues, production challenges, and open actions.
Escalate significant concerns and clearly transfer ownership of unresolved issues so they continue receiving attention across shifts.
Provide direct leadership, direction, coaching, and feedback to approximately 5-6 operators.
Set expectations for safety, operating discipline, quality, housekeeping, teamwork, communication, and performance; recognize strong performance and address concerns promptly.
Administer coaching, corrective action, and disciplinary action in accordance with company policies and site expectations.
Develop operator process knowledge and troubleshooting capability; ensure required training and cross-training are completed and skill gaps are addressed.
Maintain accountability for housekeeping, inspections, rounds, documentation, procedures, and routine equipment checks.
Maintain a strong and visible field presence. Approximately 70-80% of working time should normally be spent in operating areas, depending on plant conditions and administrative requirements.
Use field time to observe plant and equipment conditions, engage operators, verify process conditions, identify abnormalities, coach employees, review housekeeping, support troubleshooting, and follow up on maintenance and corrective actions.
Demonstrate ownership beyond an individual shift. Success requires communicating, escalating, investigating, and following up on issues as needed to leave the operation, the crew, and the incoming shift in a position to succeed.

Benefits

medical/Rx
dental
vision
on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable)
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
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares)
Paid time off
paid holidays
Adoption assistance
paid maternity and parental leave
Tuition assistance
Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs