Swing Shift Plant Supervisor – Fremont, NE

Swing Shift Plant Supervisor – Fremont, NE
This is an exempt level position.

Position Summary:
The Shift Supervisor plays a key leadership role, oversees the daily activities of safety, quality, and production, and leads employees in all production procedures during the shift. The Shift Supervisor will serve as a liaison between management and the hourly operations team.
 
As a mentor to front-line operators, you will nurture and develop talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues to ensure everyone has the training and resources necessary to perform their tasks safely and effectively. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates daily operations performed by hourly production colleagues to ensure work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping, and production quantity goals established by the company 
• Provide employees with resources, in good working order, to perform tasks safely and efficiently 
• Provide training to ensure employees understand operational procedures, SOP's, safe work practices, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, and policies 
• Create and assign tasks to effectively utilize team members' experience and capabilities 
• Ensures the safety of all colleagues through training and compliance with occupational safety, health and environmental regulations, and leading by example 
• Listens to and responds to colleague suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping, and communications on concerns and improvement initiatives to all colleagues 
• Addresses employee concerns and maintains good communications and morale on shift and within department, and keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of colleagues 
• Evaluates colleague performance, providing regular feedback and discusses disciplinary action with superintendents and human resources 
• Attends and participates in operation area meetings, safety meeting and supervisor’s meeting. 
• May perform production duties temporarily in the event of an emergency or employee absence 
• Perform GEMBA walks
• Ability to achieve and track KPI’s
• Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and contains them to avoid negative affects on colleague safety, product quality, and environmental pollution.
• May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required 

Required Skills:

• Capability of working in confined spaces and from heights, bending, kneeling, able to lift 50 lbs repeatedly and ability to wear a respirator 
• Ability to sit/stand/walk for long periods of time while performing job duties 
• Leadership and team management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED required 4 years of relevant work experience 

Required Experience:

• Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement 
• Ability to lead and train colleagues and build teams 
• Demonstrated communication, organizational, troubleshooting and record keeping skills 
• Passion for learning; willingness to learn and assume new responsibilities 
• Ability to work a rotating shift including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Experience in a manufacturing/production facility

Desired Experience:

• Previous plant processing and leadership experience (in a union environment is a plus) 
• KPI Tracking