Shift Supervisor Decatur, IL

This is a full-time exempt-level position

Position Summary:
The Shift Supervisor plays a key leadership role oversees the daily activities of safety quality and production and leads employees in all production procedures during the shift.

As a mentor to front-line operators you will nurture and develop talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues to ensure everyone has the training and resources necessary to perform their tasks safely and effectively. This is not just a jobits your chance to lead innovate and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.

The Decatur Corn Plant is a corn processing facility produces such products as corn syrup and ethanol. The Decatur Corn Plant is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 225 and a salaried staff of 130 employees site-wide. The Decatur Complex located in Decatur Illinois consists of 6 processing plants onsite cogeneration and water treatment facilities and employs 1500 Plant Operations Colleagues and an additional 1000 Contractors.

Job Responsibilities
Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production colleagues to ensure work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality housekeeping and production quantity goals established by the company
Provide employees with resources in good working order to perform tasks safely and efficiently
Provide training to ensure employees understand operational procedures SOPs safe work practices personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements and policies
Create and assign tasks to effectively utilize team members experience and capabilities
Ensures the safety of all colleagues through training and compliance with occupational safety health and environmental regulations and leading by example
Recognizes environmental safety and GMP hazards and identifies discusses and contains them to keep from affecting colleague safety product quality and environmental purity making recommendations for improvements. Conducts GMP safety health and environmental inspections
Listens to and responds to colleague suggestions and concerns about safety health environment product quality and housekeeping and communications on concerns and improvement initiatives to all colleagues
Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within department and keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of colleagues
Evaluates colleague performance providing regular feedback and discusses disciplinary action with superintendents and human resources
Attends and participates in operation area meetings safety meeting and supervisors meeting.
May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence
May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required

Job Requirements
Previous plant processing and leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus)
High School Diploma/GED required 4 years of relevant work experience
Experience in a lead/supervisor role in continuous manufacturing operations is a plus
Demonstrated commitment to safety quality and continuous improvement
Ability to lead and train colleagues and build teams
Demonstrated communication organizational trouble-shooting and record keeping skills
Passion for learning; willingness to learn and assume new responsibilities
Ability to work a rotating shift including nights weekends and holidays


ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.


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:

$58100.00 - $108000.00