Production Shift Team Leader

A family-owned Group serving customers globally, Roquette is a leader in speciality food ingredients and pharmaceutical excipents. The products and solutions developed by the Group deliver proven technological, nutritional and health benefits precisely tailored to the pharma, nutrition, food and selected industry markets. Roquette's offer is produced from plant-based raw materials such as corn, wheat, potatoes and peas. Since its foundation over 80 years ago, the Group's growth has been based on innovation, a passion for the job and a commitment to achieve.

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients. Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Production Shift Team Leader  will be responsible for supervising the bargaining units shift of the assigned production area to ensure safe actions, environmental compliance and quality production in a Good Manufacturing Practice food-grade operation.

This position is located in Keokuk, IA.

The current salary range for this role is estimated to be $82,000 - $120,000. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation. The specific compensation offered to a candidate will be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

• Leadshiftproduction 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.

• Leadshiftoperations activities with clear, consistent communication.

• 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, otherteamleaders, 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.

• Conducts regularly scheduledshiftmeetings and leads 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

• BS degree or equivalent experience

• 1-3 years’ experience in a food and/or chemical continuous processing plant desired or engineering new graduate

• 1-3 years'leadership and/or supervisory experience desired, 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, as well as strong and effective coaching skills

• Demonstrated clear, informative and persuasive (verbal, written and presentation) communication skills

• Demonstrated…