Refinery Formulator - Lincoln, NE

Refinery Formulator- Lincoln NE
This is a salaried exempt level position

Job Summary:
The Lincoln Oil Refining facility is a soybean and palm oil refinery with a capacity of approximately 3 million pounds per day deodorized. The facility also includes a soybean crushing facility and coal fired cogeneration. This is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 85 and a salaried staff of 40 employees site wide the refinery has 30 hourly and 10 salaried staff. The Refinery Formulator and Shipping Supervisors responsibility includes formulating oil blends to meet customer specifications and coordinating shipping of those blends between oil sales and logistics personnel. This position is also extensively involved in quality control food safety environmental compliance and interaction with oil sales and logistics. The employee will work in a liquid edible oils handling plant environment. This position reports to the Refinery Superintendent.

Essential Job Functions:

• Emphasizes and requires safety and legal compliance with regulations in the performance of all work.
• Supports Quality and the Food Safety Management System as member of that team.
• Evaluates upcoming orders and schedules product runs and raw material deliveries.
• Ability to evaluate product spec sheets product lab data and recommend product blends to meet customer requirements.
• Interacts directly with oil sales oil logistics quality control and oil customer support.
• Ability to cultivate good working relationships with all employees.
• Interacts directly with department leaders and shift supervision to produce desired operational results.
• Assist in daily operations as needed and provides coaching and development to employees.
• Cost and yield conscious.
• Regular prompt attendance and willingness to participate in on-call rotation and accept after hours calls when necessary.
• Participation in Safety Environmental and Quality activities on site including leading and supporting individual teams or pillars.
• Inspects equipment and submits work orders for machinery and coordinates repairs as needed

Job Requirements:

• Experience with Oil refinery operations or QC background is helpful.
• Concern for Quality
• Strong Dedication to legal compliance with safety food safety and environmental regulations.
• Proven leadership
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication (spoken and written) listening and teamwork skills.
• Strong interpersonal and conflict management/resolution skills
• Ability to lead personnel and work closely with corporate departments
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Outlook Excel Word and PowerPoint with desire to enhance skills through education and training
• Passion for process improvement
• Acts as a team player and contributes when needed such as spearheading projects or taking on special assignments as requested by the complex manager or superintendent
• Ensure corporate and regulated rail safety programs and policies are implemented and enforced
• Maintains a good working relationship with the rail service provider and 3rd party rail movers
• Conducts and reports commodity inventories
• Maintains relevant KPIs to measure success
• Call in maintenance management commercial or shift coverage help as needed

Before applying for an exempt non-exempt or hourly job opportunity you are expected toinitiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If youve been in your current position for more than 18 months supervisor approval is not required. * If youve been in your current position for less than 18 months verbal supervisor approval is required.
Hiring Manager- Ronald Perry
Recruiter- Lauren Shea


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Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired employees will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between: