Grain Facility Superintendent

Lead day-to-day operations at our river facility, overseeing barge loading, grain movement, and site performance in Gladstone.

This job is primarily responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at the assigned location ensuring safe, consistent, efficient and profitable operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, management of assigned location staff, staffing, logistics, inventory, maintenance, efficiency, quality, and customer service. Additionally, the job incumbent will promote and maintain a positive image within their local communities.

In this job, you will:

Actual responsibilities performed may vary dependent on daily needs and type of facility.

• Supervise employees in all activities for all applicable operations at assigned location (e.g. grain and terminal, soybean plant, etc.).
• Ultimately responsible for assigned location results; work with location management to ensure operations are optimally profitable; develop location benchmarks, report on location results and develop improvement plans for areas falling below benchmark.
• Actively lead, direct, and communicate company's safety program to assigned staff; schedule and moderate monthly safety meeting, set safety goals and work with safety team to ensure they are achieved, monitor and perform safety behaviors and audits.
• Ensure employees perform all duties within compliance of OSHA, company safety, and environmental regulations; including wearing appropriate PPE for task being performed; and assist management to ensure environmental controls and procedures are appropriately managed (where applicable).
• Work with management team to develop and revise budget forecasts with input from other responsible departments within the organization, where applicable.
• Oversee staffing and job development activities (e.g. hiring, staffing/scheduling, training, coaching, employee performance management, promotions, corrective actions, terminations, etc.); develop, communicate, and manage staff performance expectations that align with company goals. Assist with and/or plan staffing schedules and direct work duties to assigned staff (including vacation time and shift trades).
• Determine need for and schedules Barge/Rail/Grain Inspector as appropriate; where applicable.
• Conduct quality internal audits as required; review, understand, notify management and make modifications to PSM & MOC as necessary (where applicable).
• Communicate with applicable departmental staff to ensure collaboration on various services (e.g. Marine Services for barge movements, Merchandisers and CTLC to meet Loading/Transfer needs), where applicable.
• Ensure staff and facilities are compliant with all applicable state and federal regulations; take appropriate actions to correct/report incidents/findings where applicable.
• Actively participate in trainee program; coach trainees through their curriculum and plans/checklists.
• Other duties as assigned; including walk through, audits, inventory monitoring, maintenance needs, housekeeping as needed, etc.

Here's what you'll need to be considered:

Education

Required - Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent training and work experience.

Preferred - Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or Technical Systems Management.

Experience

Required - 3 years' experience in various sides of the specific business unit.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge and understanding of location cost structures, mix and blend analysis, safety, efficiency, product quality, preventive maintenance, OSHA, EPA, carry, interest, freight, FOB and CIF marketing/sales as well as solid understanding of location operations including storage, rail and barge handling.
• Basic computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective leadership skills.
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
• Strong decision-making and conflict management skills.
• Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong time management, organizational, and prioritization skills, with ability to remain flexible to changing priorities.
• Ability to perform job duties of any job supervised at assigned location.
• Good mechanical skills.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and follow all operating and emergency procedures.
• Ability to effective coach, mentor, and lead staff to accomplish assignments.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Here's additional information you need to know:

Physical Demands & Requirements

The physical demands and requirements frequencies of this job may vary depending on the specific location and operational needs as well as other factors. The physical environment is dependent on the activities of the workday; can be inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold and/or outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.

Ability to balance constantly/continuously.

Ability to bend, stoop, twist, crouch, crawl, kneel and squat (constantly/continuously) frequently.

Ability to (frequently) climb stairs and climb ladders (and work at) to significant heights.

Ability to concentrate on task without becoming distracted, constantly/continuously.

Ability to distinguish grade, color, odor and various damage characteristics in grain samples. (at some facilities)

Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality odors, or recognizing

particular odors, using nose.

Ability to enter information into a computer (observations, other computers).

Ability to grasp and reach frequently.

Ability to lift/push/pull 50 lbs. occasionally to continuously depending on daily needs of location.

Ability to meet requirement of and utilize all applicable PPE, when applicable.

Ability to meet requirements of PFT and fit testing, when applicable.

Ability to pass all required testing under FRA and DOT for this position (where applicable).

Ability to perform work in confined spaces.

Ability to safely walk on barge surface(s) with the ability to work around (deep/swift) water.

Ability to stand and walk constantly/continuously.

Ability to understand and communicate verbally, in person and over two-way radio (and recognize emergency alarms).

Ability to understand and communicate written instructions.

Ability to walk safely on top of railcars, open gates, operate vibrators etc., where applicable.

Ability to work extended hours, weekend, holidays and/or alternate shifts as needed.

Ability to work in an environment with high dust levels around grain and other bulk products (where applicable).

Ability to work outside in extreme weather conditions.

Acutely aware of surroundings with ability to quickly adjust to a signal or change in environment.

Uses near, far and peripheral vision and depth perception for task(s) being performed; may need to be able to identify

problems with grain.

Environmental Conditions

The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment.

Travel, up to 15%.

The expected base pay range for this role is:

$69,490.00 - $91,433.00

Actual pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including work location, job-related knowledge, skills and relevant experience for the job. Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.