TITLE:  Plant Coordinator 

LOCATION:  North Kansas City 

REPORTS TO: Plant Coordinator, Manager 

Ingredion is currently recruiting for the position of Plant Coordinator.  This position directly manages hourly production employees in accordance with daily safety, quality, productivity, and reliability goals.  This position also ensures compliance with other plant policies including HACCP, GMP, Food Safety, etc., as well as supports both production scheduling and planned and reactive maintenance activities.  We produce over 120 different products as a leading manufacturer of engineered materials, specialty foods, healthcare, and industrial starches. 

As a Plant Coordinator, your responsibilities will include: 

Ensuring compliance with all Plant Rules 

Ensuring compliance with all plant productivity requirements 

Ensuring operator accountability to their job requirements 

Ensuring operator staffing is appropriate for shift requirements 

Coordinating/supporting compliance with production schedule requirements 

Coordinating all necessary Preventative and Reactive Maintenance requirements 

Supporting plant cost control initiatives and measures 

Coordinating/supporting Plant Loss Accounting (OEE) systems 

Supporting operations support functions, including quality and maintenance 

Supporting all safety and quality initiatives, including performing and assisting in investigations 

Ensuring compliance with all plant safety procedures and guidelines 

Coordinating/executing plant safety training requirements 

Completing/executing all required safety and environmental inspections 

Ensuring compliance with all incident and accident investigations/reporting/corrective action 

Ensuring workforce compliance with all plant quality procedures and guidelines 

Ensuring all production activities are performed in accordance with all ISO and GMP requirements 

Supporting customer experience activities through internal/external customer visits; sales/commercial team plant visits; and translation of customer experience to plant metrics 

Supporting continuous improvement projects and initiatives 

Offering new ideas and thinking outside the box 

Ensuring team adaptability, flexibility, and readiness to change 

Professionally leading and managing production requirements with direct reports 

Creating an environment conducive to teamwork on shift and with other supervisors and departments 

Participating and/or leading teams 

Coordinating completion of all employee training programs 

Supporting employee coaching and counseling guidelines 

Supporting progressive discipline program 

Ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreement between USW and Ingredion Incorporated 

Supporting salaried performance management system and agreed requirements 

Supporting plant management communication programs  

The Plant Coordinator position is well-suited for you if you: 

Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization 

Work with little direction and lead others in a challenging, dynamic union work environment 

Possess excellent multi-tasking, time management, and organizational skills 

Affect change through influence and good communication 

Are willing to challenge the status quo for continuous improvement 

Consistently demonstrate a high level of integrity, sincerity, and humility 

Are proactive and innovative with a strong will to succeed 

Qualified candidates will have: 

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Business Management or related field or 5 years of demonstrated effective supervisory experience 

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications 

Familiarity with SAP and Aspen. 

Demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills 

Assertive, creative, energetic, and positive thinking 

Availability to work any shift, including holidays, nights, and weekends, including coverage for supervisor vacancies and vacations 

Relocation Available? No 

Job Grade: F 

If you are inspired by professional challenges and the rewards that come from a high level of performance, then Ingredion is the company for you.  At Ingredion you can be a member of a globally connected team inspired to achieve great things. 

We believe in the power of our people to work together to seize opportunities, overcome obstacles and exceed expectations.  Each day, individuals make a meaningful difference in the quality of our products and the success of our technology and operations and, in turn, the quality of life for consumers. 

A career at Ingredion combines the benefits and professional opportunities afforded a $7 billion leader in our industry with the dynamic environment and team-driven culture you’d expect in a much smaller company.  Despite its global scope and the advancement opportunities that come with it, Ingredion has the intimacy of a mid-size company, one where different perspectives are sought and where relationships matter. 

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Relocation Available:

Pay Range:

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.