Refinery Formulator - Lincoln, NE

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Job Title: Refinery Formulator - Lincoln, NE
Location: Lincoln, NE, Southern Europe, 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

Refinery Formulator - Lincoln, NE

This is a salaried, exempt level position

Job Summary:

The Lincoln Oil Refining facility is a soybean and palm oil refinery with a capacity of approximately 3 million pounds per day deodorized. The facility also includes a soybean crushing facility and coal fired cogeneration. This is a union facility with an hourly workforce of 85 and a salaried staff of 40 employees site wide, the refinery has 30 hourly and 10 salaried staff. The Refinery Formulator and Shipping Supervisor's responsibility includes formulating oil blends to meet customer specifications and coordinating shipping of those blends between oil sales and logistics personnel. This position is also extensively involved in quality control, food safety, environmental compliance and interaction with oil sales and logistics. The employee will work in a liquid edible oils handling plant environment. This position reports to the Refinery Superintendent.

Essential Job Functions:

Emphasizes and requires safety and legal compliance with regulations in the performance of all work.
Supports Quality and the Food Safety Management System as member of that team.
Evaluates upcoming orders and schedules product runs and raw material deliveries.
Ability to evaluate product spec sheets, product lab data and recommend product blends to meet customer requirements.
Interacts directly with oil sales, oil logistics, quality control and oil customer support.
Ability to cultivate good working relationships with all employees.
Interacts directly with department leaders and shift supervision to produce desired operational results.
Assist in daily operations as needed and provides coaching and development to employees.
Cost and yield conscious.
Regular, prompt, attendance and willingness to participate in on-call rotation and accept after hours calls when necessary.
Participation in Safety, Environmental, and Quality activities on site, including leading and supporting individual teams or pillars.
Inspects equipment and submits work orders for machinery and coordinates repairs as needed

Job Requirements:

Experience with Oil refinery operations or QC background is helpful.
Concern for Quality
Strong Dedication to legal compliance with safety, food safety and environmental regulations.
Proven leadership
Demonstrated problem solving skills
Strong organizational skills
Excellent communication (spoken and written), listening and teamwork skills.
Strong interpersonal and conflict management/resolution skills
Ability to lead personnel and work closely with corporate departments
Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint with desire to enhance skills through education and training
Passion for process improvement
Acts as a team player and contributes when needed, such as spearheading projects or taking on special assignments as requested by the complex manager or superintendent
Ensure corporate and regulated rail safety programs and policies are implemented and enforced
Maintains a good working relationship with the rail service provider and 3rd party rail movers
Conducts and reports commodity inventories
Maintains relevant KPIs to measure success
Call in maintenance, management, commercial, or shift coverage help as needed

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.

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Job Post Date: 07/12/25