Production Engineer - Des Moines, IA

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&AID 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.

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