Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

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Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Production lead’s focus is on the day to day leadership and operation of the Gurnee Illinois plant, supervising and leading skilled, multi-skilled hourly employees, ensuring safe operations, environmental compliance and quality production in RAI's Good Manufacturing Practice food-grade operations.

Assists with the coordination of the day to day production operations of the plant, providing leadership and direction in the day to day activities for the area of responsibility.

Knowledge of PSM area knowledge is needed.

Actively participates in the plant safety programs, reviewing and enforcing compliance with all safety and health regulations, providing safety training, completing action items necessary for safety and health compliance, and investigating any safety problem or accident within department.

providing operational and technical support to the operators.

Provides leadership and facilitates problem resolution, resource utilization and timesheet approvals, facilitates the training and qualification process and participates in the performance review process for all operational reports.

Investigates day-to-day employee relations problems; collaborating with Human Resources to resolve behavioral and disciplinary situations grounded on Company policy and employment law.

Assists with resolution of scheduling and vacancy conflicts and reviews for approval or denial vacation requests.

Monitors established performance indicators, including variance reports, production reports, quality reports, injury reports, equipment utilization reports, and overtime performance.

Ensure that all employees understand and follow standard operating procedures, plant operation, and equipment maintenance requirements through training programs and control systems.

Also communicates special instructions to operators when required and enforces all plant rules and regulations.

Performs project work contributing to less complex assignments and performing smaller pieces of larger project initiatives to improve the reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement of plant operations.

Contribute to engineering project implementation on familiar topics with awareness of project costs, progress and quality.

Contribute to coordination of plant shutdowns, including coordination of plant personnel tasks and ensuring all necessary materials and equipment are obtained.

Executes good housekeeping practices contributing to maintenance of assigned plant area and addresses potential issues with follow up and action items.

Organization and scheduling of the day man’s activities related to the GMP and operation needs.

Complies with hazardous waste programs and hazard material identification systems, performing actions in compliance with the program as required.

Execute quality audit requirements.

Networks with engineers and production leads locally and regionally to maintain, build and share knowledge of technical innovations and to leverage knowledge on plant operations.

Contributes to operational and technical support initiatives in all of the Roquette plants as needed, supporting process focused and individual focused initiatives.

Maintain positive customer relations to ensure continued satisfaction; work closely with the customer on quality and / or supply issues as needed, either individually or in team settings, attend meetings and participate in improvement teams.

Support the quality and analytical teams in all areas of quality control and analysis including process improvements, sampling and manufacturing techniques and raw material approval.

Education :

BS Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical engineering or equivalent experience

Experience :

3 years or more of relatable food or continuous processing industrial facility experience

3 years or more of leadership or supervisory experience

1 year preferred of relatable food or continuous processing industrial facility experience

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

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Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

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Last updated : 2024-05-22