Refinery C​/D Production Shift Team Leader

Roquette is a family‑owned global leader in plant‑based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. We are looking for our next Production Shift Team Leader within Refinery C/D located in Keokuk, IA.

Compensation:
The estimated salary range is $90,960 – $123,104, with potential for performance‑based incentive compensation.

• Lead shift production activities to ensure actions result in safe, compliant, and quality work achieving scheduled production.
• Implement or provide support for projects and programs to improve safety, compliance and quality performance.
• Lead shift operations activities with clear, consistent communication.
• Provide technical troubleshooting as needed.
• Plan within the department and/or interdepartmentally to maximize efficiency.
• Participate in the maintenance planning process and initiate maintenance requisitions to achieve quality and performance targets.
• Plan and coordinate to assure that production is aligned with customer’s needs and that customer orders are produced and shipped right the first time.
• Achieve targeted production efficiencies, yields, volumes and material usage.
• Execute improvement projects for reliability, yield, and rates and/or to reduce fixed and variable costs.
• Draw innovation from employees, other team leaders, engineers and other departments.
• Implement and maintain sound process controls through computer‑controlled systems and operators.
• Direct, train, and monitor on‑shift employees as to the knowledge, understanding, and compliance of all policies and procedures.
• Conduct regularly scheduled shift meetings and lead to inform, communicate, listen, and react to suggestions and concerns.
• Manage and communicate key performance indicators for the production area.
• Develop production employees through training, coaching, evaluation and administering personal performance reviews.
• Lead adherence to established policies, procedures, programs, principles, and the bargaining unit contract.

• Education:
  
  BS degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience:
  
  1‑3 years in a food and/or chemical continuous processing plant desired or engineering new graduate.
• Leadership and/or supervisory experience: desired 1‑3 years, with 3‑5 years supervisory experience preferred; previous experience in a chemical processing plant or sugar processing plant preferred.
• Demonstrated sound, assertive, positive leadership skills and strong coaching skills.
• Clear, informative and persuasive verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Experience in project execution, with project management experience preferred.
• Effective organizational and planning skills with demonstrated ability to multitask.
• Understanding of chemical unit operations of food‑grade processes desired; understanding of theory concerning food‑grade processing and mechanical aptitude with food‑grade process equipment preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of mechanical equipment and successful troubleshooting and problem‑solving facilitation skills.
• Computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

Physical Demands:
The employee is required to speak or hear, stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms in hot, cold and loud environments.

Position Type:
This is a full‑time position. Days and flexible hours of work are required to meet facility demands.

Roquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. “AAP, EEO, Drug‑Free Workplace”.