Shift Leader

At Bunge we connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. We are looking for a proactive and safety-focusedShift Leader to join our Bilbao plant and play a key role in ensuring safe efficient and high-quality manufacturing operations.

Reporting to the Production Manager the Shift Leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating manufacturing operations during their shift ensuring that production processes are executed according to established production quality food safety environmental and safety standards.

This is a hands-on operational leadership role combining process supervision team coordination troubleshooting and operational decision-making across multiple plant areas.

Key Responsibilities

Production Operations & Process Control

• Monitor and control manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with operational parameters quality standards and food safety requirements.
• Oversee operations from raw material receipt through processing and controlled storage of finished products.
• Primarily operate from the Control Room using plant monitoring and control systems to regulate key process parameters.
• Conduct regular field inspections and plant walkthroughs to verify operational performance safety conditions and process compliance.
• Take immediate corrective actions when deviations occur.

Extraction Operations

• Monitor extraction plant performance through control systems and visual inspections.
• Supervise auxiliary services and process support systems.
• Monitor water treatment requirements and process conditions.
• Ensure proper operation of extraction distillation degumming and related facilities.
• Promote compliance with all safety requirements.

Preparation Operations

• Inspect preparation plant operations and equipment monitor and adjust crushers and rollers and support cleaning and inspection activities.
• Verify correct operation of conveyor systems screens and ventilation equipment.
• Coordinate safe removal of blockages and process interruptions.

Utilities Refinery & Biodiesel

• Supervise coordinate and control: Refinery operations Boilers and utility systems Cogeneration facilities Wastewater treatment operations and Biodiesel production processes
• Ensure continuity efficiency and compliance of all supporting plant services.

Maintenance Coordination:

• Review maintenance work conditions and permit requirements. Coordinate maintenance activities with production priorities. Perform and support basic maintenance tasks when required. Ensure safe execution of maintenance interventions.

Inventory & Logistics: Coordinate unloading of raw materials and auxiliary materials monitor stock levels in warehouses and storage tanks and support inventory accuracy and operational continuity.

Leadership & Safety

• Supervise and provide technical support to shift personnel ensuring compliance with food safety environmental quality and occupational health & safety procedures.
• Drive a strong safety culture and ensure safe plant operation at all times.
• Understand and manage critical process stages and parameters to guarantee safe high-quality production.

What Were Looking For

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in: Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering or Related technical disciplines

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Experience in continuous-process manufacturing environments preferably within the food oils chemical biofuel or process industry sectors.
• Understanding of industrial process control systems and plant operations.
• Knowledge of quality food safety environmental and health & safety standards.
• Ability to lead and coordinate teams in a shift-based environment.
• Strong troubleshooting and decision-making skills.
• Basic to intermediate English proficiency.
• Medical certificate of fitness for industrial work (where required).

Apply now and grow your career with Bunge in Bilbao.

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At Bunge (NYSE: BG) our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider our team of 34000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where theyre grown to where theyre neededin faster smarter and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination storage distribution oilseed processing and refining offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils fats and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200 years of experience and presence in over 50 countries we are committed to strengthening global food security advancing sustainability and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis Missouri. Learn more at .

Every day our people exemplify these values which represent Bunge at its core:

We Are One Team Collaborative Respectful Inclusive
We Lead The Way Agile Empowered Innovative
We Do Whats Right Safety Sustainability With Integrity

If this sounds like you join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day people who are #ProudtoBeBunge