Plant Manager - Seagraves, TX

Plant Manager – Seagraves, TX
ADM/Golden Peanut – Seagraves Texas Peanut Shelling Plant
This is an exempt level position.

Position Summary:
This key role is responsible for leading all aspects of the operations for the Seagraves Peanut processing facility.  You will have a leading role in driving operational excellence and developing a high-performance team.  You set and maintain ADM/Golden Peanut’s high standards for safety and quality for all departments while maintaining production and efficiency excellence.  A good communicator who can nurture extraordinary interdepartmental, commercial and customer relationships will be most successful.  He/she will have the ability to foster teams and leaders in identifying and sustainably solving problems.   

• Lead all aspects of a Peanut shelling including shelling and hull and fiber plants.
• Develop a high-performance team by engaging, coaching and developing team members, and by driving accountability and ownership at all levels.   
• Responsible for environmental, health, safety, quality, efficiency and production of the plant and warehouse operations.
• Responsible for meeting production requirements safely, reliably, and efficiently.
• Lead and support performance excellence initiatives.
• Provide technical knowledge for processes and equipment to obtain performance.
• Maintain cost controls and oversee budgets in each department.
• Manage production personnel and equipment in a safe and efficient manner to obtain maximum capacity and performance with optimum yields and quality product.
• Develop and implement a five-year capital plan in alignment with the business strategy.   

• Maintain the license to operate by developing a strong site safety culture and by ensuring adherence to safety laws, regulations, rules and sound practices.
• Act as a role model for safety.
• Work with the Safety and Environmental Center of Excellence and the regional and local management on the continued development and implementation of environmental, health, and safety programs, policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and contribute to audits, prioritizing and tracking completion of findings.
• Ensure that unsafe behavior and conditions are corrected.
• Maintain the necessary environmental, health, and safety records and documentation.

• Ensure the facility maintains world-class sanitation standards.
• Continually improve and communicate food safety/sanitation/quality programs to plant supervisors and hourly employees.
• Prepare the facility for, and participate in, regulatory/third party/customer/company audits.

• Four-year degree and a minimum of four years of supervisory experience with increasing manufacturing leadership responsibility, or a minimum of 5 years of hands-on, increasing production leadership experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in safety.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate for achievement and communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated coaching and leadership skill