Job description
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.
Resumes are now being accepted for the salaried exempt position of Senior Process Engineer, reporting to the Starch production Unit (SPU) Production Manager at Roquette America’s Keokuk plant site. This position is based at our Keokuk corn-wet milling and bio-refinery facility and requires interaction with both salaried and union workforce.
The Senior Process Engineer of the Starch Production Unit is responsible for providing technical expertise to ensure the operation produces product that meets all quality, cost, and efficiency requirements. This position will design, develop, and implement continuous process improvements to meet goals established by the business/location, along with providing technical guidance to the plant operations teams to assist with process troubleshooting and developing corrective action plans. Main Responsibilities
- Is the second in command of the Starch Production Unit (SPU) Department, acts as the SPU Department Manager in their absence and leads the Plant Production Supervisors on daily activities.
- Act as the leader of large midterm (1- 3 yr.) projects for the department, this position is designed to move the department forward.
- To be the primary technical resource for the department. Technical understanding of the process and equipment is a must.
- Designs, develops and implements successful processes. Monitors day-to-day production.
- Lead technical and non-technical troubleshooting. Engaging team members and technical resources, as needed, in addressing moderate to complex issues. Innovates to remove barriers to operational improvements.
- Manage, communicate and achieve targets of the department. Coordinates efforts of others. Anticipates and resolves priority conflicts.
- Translate departmental targets into action plans and development plans.
- Support overall site manufacturing by leading the department’s production, maintenance and yields to maximize efficiency while achieving quality and performance targets.
- Develop and execute programs to improve safety, environmental compliance, quality, reliable production performance, asset health, yields, capacities and costs. Draw innovation from employees, other team leaders, engineers and other departments.
- Implement and maintain sound process controls.
- Develop production employees through training, coaching, document development, objective setting, evaluation and/or administering personal performance reviews.
- Lead operations teams’ activities with clear, consistent communication. Assure that short to medium term plans are communicated to maximize operating efficiencies.
- Monitor operations’ performance and lead multiple rotating shifts’ production priority setting and activities planning/assignments to ensure actions result in safe, compliant and quality work achieving scheduled production to meet customers’ needs and assure desired yields are met.
- Manage spending within area budget requirements. Work closely with Maintenance to balance meeting Maintenance budgeted spending and maximizing plant asset health and availability to meet business needs.
- Assure team knowledge, understanding, and compliance of all policies, procedures, work instructions and adherence to quality control standards.
- Works with other process engineers, research and production personnel throughout the company.
Qualifications
- BS engineering; desired mechanical or chemical
- Previous experience in a corn wet mill and/or by products processing desired, similar processes considered
- Demonstrated experience in project and/or program development, execution, and success – multiple examples expected.
- Demonstrated technical ability through successful advanced troubleshooting and problem solving – multiple examples expected.
- Effective organizational and planning skills with the demonstrated ability to multitask and lead cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute against short-term and medium-term plans to meet output requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in a food and/or chemical continuous processing plant or similar experience.
- 2 - 5 years leadership and/or supervisory experience desired
- Demonstrated sound, assertive, positive leadership skills, as well as strong and effective coaching skills
The duties, responsibilities, and requirements identified by this posting should not be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by management as deemed appropriate. A successful job applicant will be required to submit to and pass a post offer pre-employment physical, which includes a drug test. An Equal Opportunity Employer “AAP, EEO, M/F/H/V/D, Drug-Free Workplace”
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Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.
Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.
As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.
To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at
www.roquette.com
and at
www.sustainability.roquette.com
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