Plant Production Shift Supervisor

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

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.

Join us at Roquette for a *NEW* development program for Engineers!

Candidates will enter a development program beginning as a Production Shift Supervisor allowing them to understand the Production process at a deeper level and transition to a Manufacturing Process Engineer for the Department at completion of the Production Shift Supervisor role. During time as a Production Shift Supervisor the candidate will also be assigned Process Engineering projects to allow for continued skill development as a Process Engineer and exposure to our various refining processes.

Production Shift Supervisor

The Production Shift Supervisor will be responsible for supervising the bargaining unit 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 requires candidates to demonstrate excellent operational leadership, clear communication skills, strong people development and coaching abilities, and experience in nimbly managing short term activities and longer-term projects.

The Production Shift Supervisor reports to the Department Managers at Roquette America’s Keokuk plant site. This position with 24 hr / 7 day shift work coverage is based at our Keokuk corn-wet milling and bio-refinery facility and requires interaction with both Salaried and Union workforce.

Main Responsibilities

·       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.

·       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.

·       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 scheduled shift meetings and leads to inform, communicate, listen, and react to suggestions and concerns.

·       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.

Manufacturing Process Engineer:

The Manufacturing Process Engineer is primarily responsible for process optimization by leading cross-functional collaboration to manage and execute multiple optimization/continuous improvement projects including capital projects simultaneously from conception to implementation, focused on safety, environmental compliance, reliability, production output, yields, and fixed cost efficiency. Additional responsibilities include hands-on troubleshooting of manufacturing processes for quality, environmental and production issues, and recommending and implementing solutions.  

 Main Responsibilities

·       Accountable to all Roquette & site policies and procedures relating to HSE, Quality, GMP etc. 

·       Responsible for compliance and participation in all HSE programs. 

·       Support and align with site objectives . 

·       Participate in site improvements initiatives and complete various audits as assigned.

·       Manage and execute multiple process continuous improvement and problem-solving projects simultaneously from conception through successful implementation, both independently and by leading or collaborating with cross-functional teams  

·       Manages, executes and performs engineering assignments, PxB/CAPEX either stand alone or as a significant portion of a larger capital, expense o