Production Engineer - Decatur, IL

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Job Title: Production Engineer - Decatur, IL
Location: Decatur, IL, New South Wales, USA

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

Job Description: Job Description

Production Engineer - Decatur, IL

This is a full-time, exempt position.

The Production Engineer plays a pivotal role in managing day to day operations. A key mission for the Production Engineer role is to perform deep-dive analysis and tracking in order to provide a clear understanding on department costs, yields, quality, and process performance to ensure processes and projects are aligned and completed to support efficiency in production operations. As a mentor to front-line teammates, you'll be nurturing talent as you work with contractors and ADM colleagues as well as cross-functionally with ADM leadership and 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.

The Decatur West Plant is a soybean and corn oil crushing and refining facility including lecithin de-oiling and phospholipids processing. This is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 225 and a salaried staff of 130 employees site wide.

The Decatur Complex, located in Decatur, Illinois, consists of 6 processing plants, onsite cogeneration and water treatment facilities, and employs ~1500 Plant Operations Colleagues and an additional ~1000 Contractors.

Job Responsibilities

Oversight of specific processes and projects
Project management may require purchasing of materials and supplies, equipment installation, budget tracking, employee training, and startup of projects
Manage day-to-day operations which will may also include providing support with shift coverage if needed
Project design, development, and management specific to the support of the production operations department
Conduct optimization assessments to identify existing and potential opportunities, propose solutions to improve performance primarily in the areas of energy, chemicals, product yields, and reliability
Support capital projects including control strategy development, P&ID management, administration of process control narratives suitable for control applications 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 Ag Preferred) or equivalent experience
3+ years of experience in a food processing production environment or similar industry
Previous leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus)
Strong commitment to safety & quality
Demonstrated leadership, strong problem-solving skills
Ability to manage personnel and work closely with corporate departments
Ability to look beyond the task at hand, to anticipate challenges and develop options to overcome them
Subject matter expert knowledge level of a variety of process unit operations
Ability to work extended hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays

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.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. Relocation support is available.

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Job Post Date: 09/16/25