Production Engineer - Des Moines, IA

Job Description

Production Engineer - Des Moines, IA
This is a full-time, exempt position. 
  
As the Production Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing day to day operations. Your mission is to dive deep into tracking, and understanding department costs, yields, quality, process performance to ensure processes and projects are completed to enable efficient plant production. 
 
As a mentor to front-line teammates, you’ll be nurturing talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues as well as ADM leadership other stakeholders. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem. 
    
Job Responsibilities: 

• Oversight of specific processes and projects 
• Project management responsibilities which may include purchasing of materials and supplies, equipment installation, budget tracking, employee training, and startup of projects 
• Oversight of day-to-day operations which may also include providing support with shift coverage if needed 
• Project design, development, and management of projects in operations 
• Conduct optimization assessments to identify existing and potential opportunities for improvement, propose solutions to improve performance primarily in the areas of energy, chemicals, product yields, and reliability 
• Support of capital projects including control strategy development, P&ID management, administration of process control narratives suitable for control application development and process start up 
• Training and mentoring of colleagues, with the potential of indirectly managing 10 to 30 hourly colleagues. 
• Maintain a high degree of availability to a 24/7 operation. 

Job Requirements:   

• B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Agriculture preferred) or equivalent 
• 3+ years of experience in a continuous manufacturing, food processing production environment or similar industry 
• Previous leadership experience (union environment is a plus) 
• Strong commitment to safety and quality 
• Demonstrated leadership, strong problem-solving skills 
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and work closely with corporate departments 
• Ability to look beyond the task at hand, anticipate challenges, identify and implement solutions 
• Subject matter expert knowledge level of a variety of process unit operations 
• Ability to work a rotating shift including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.  * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.  * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.  
​Hiring Manager- Jeffrey Hanson   ​
Recruiter- Carol Jones 

 

City

Des Moines

State

IA - Iowa

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

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:

$69,700.00 - $120,000.00