Plant Manager - Blakely, GA

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Job Title: Plant Manager - Blakely, GA
Location: Blakely, GA, South United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Plant Manager - Flour

Blakely, GA

Exempt-Level

Reports to Director of Operations

Position Summary

This key role is responsible for leading all aspects of the operations for the Blakley Georgia Peanut processing facility. You will have a leading role in driving operational excellence and developing a high performance team. You set and maintain ADM/Golden Peanut's high standards for safety and quality for all departments while maintaining production and efficiency excellence. A good communicator who can nurture extraordinary interdepartmental, commercial and customer relationships will be most successful. He/she will have the ability to foster teams and leaders in identifying and sustainably solving problems. The Plant Manager reports directly to the Operations Director and leads a site with approximately 60 operations colleagues.

The site operates 24/7/365, and this position has accountability to support the site across all shifts.

Job Responsibilities:

Lead all aspects of a Peanut processing facility including oil and flour plants.
Develop a high performance team by engaging, coaching and developing team members, and by driving accountability and ownership at all levels.
Responsible for environmental, health, safety, quality, efficiency and production of the plant and warehouse operations.
Responsible for meeting production requirements safely, reliably, and efficiently.
Lead and support performance excellence initiatives.
Provide technical knowledge for processes and equipment to obtain performance.
Maintain cost controls and oversee budgets in each department.
Manage production personnel and equipment in a safe and efficient manner to obtain maximum capacity and performance with optimum yields and quality product.
Develop and implement a five year capital plan in alignment with the business strategy

Health, Safety & Environmental:

Maintain the license to operate by developing a strong site safety culture and by ensuring adherence to safety laws, regulations, rules and sound practices.
Act as a role model for safety.
Work with the Safety and Environmental Center of Excellence and the regional and local management on the continued development and implementation of environmental, health, and safety programs, policies and procedures.
Coordinate and contribute in audits, prioritizing and tracking completion of findings.
Ensure that unsafe behavior and conditions are corrected.
Maintain the necessary environmental, health, and safety records and documentation.

Sanitation/Food Safety:

Ensure the facility maintains world-class sanitation standards.
Continually improve and communicate food safety/sanitation/quality programs to plant supervisors and hourly employees.
Prepare the facility for, and participate in, regulatory/third party/customer/company audits.

Required Skills:

Four-year degree in a technical field, engineering degree preferred, and a minimum of four years of supervisory experience with increasing manufacturing leadership responsibility, or a minimum of ten years of hands-on, increasing production leadership experience.
Demonstrated leadership in safety.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate for achievement and communicate effectively.
Demonstrated coaching and leadership skills

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

Relocation Assistance is Available for This Position

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Job Post Date: 04/02/25