At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what's next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture - solving the world's food problems through innovation, technology, and putting people first.  We have an exciting opportunity at our seed corn production location in Doniphan, NE for a Team Lead. In this position, you will oversee a staff of production employees and coordinate internal and external resources to ensure safe and smooth operations.

VISA Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

This role will be on-site at the Corteva location.

What You'll Do:

• Communicate up and down the line to assure that communications to and from team members are accurate and complete.
• Support the oversight of harvest, sorting, receiving, shelling, drying, bulk load out, conditioning, bagging, and warehousing operations to maximize material flow and process efficiencies.
• Maintain, monitor and ensure adherence to standard work and standards in operational areas around housekeeping, safety, attendance, operational discipline, process safety management, and operator maintenance.
• Monitor product quality for consistent compliance with the Quality Plan requirements.
• Understand and support the process order activity.
• Drive forward planning; ensuring workforce, equipment and materials are ready and available for the next process order, next shift, etc.
• Assist in managing bulk and bagged seed inventories as well as product movement activities.
• Provide input and assistance to supervisor as needed for capital projects, focused improvement events, workforce planning and development scheduling.
• Ensure appropriate records, documents, and reports are completed as assigned.
• Support continuous improvement and special projects as assigned.
• Work as a production technician as needed.
• Assume the duty of the shift supervisor for the shift in their absence.
• Various other duties as assigned.

Education:

• You have a high school diploma/GED.

What Skills You Need:

• You have 2 years of on the job experience in manufacturing, operations, production, agriculture, or a related field.
• You can work with all team members effectively since you have good communication and interpersonal skills.
• You work with technologies well; you can use and train on automation and digital-based systems, you are knowledgeable of computer systems such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and other software programs and can use them effectively.
• Chilly warehouse? Dusty field? No problem! You love to get out there and be in the heart of operations with your team and work hard!
• You always are willing to help out and physical work isn't a problem for you...Passing by a team member struggling to lift something? Safety is your top priority and you are willing and able to lift up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations to help your colleague and/or perform necessary job tasks!
• You are willing and able to work shiftwork, overtime hours and weekend work as needed to support production goals.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• An associate degree, two-year technical diploma/degree.
• Supervisory experience across multiple production processes and leadership skills.
• Experience with SAP or equivalent manufacturing operations software.
• Forklift operations experience.
• Experience with LEAN Manufacturing operations and projects.
• Experience with problem solving and implementation of solutions and corrective actions.

Benefits - How We'll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

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