Operations Management Trainee (Engineer)
Ag Processing
- Saint Joseph, MO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- AGP’s production principles and practices
- Employee assessment and development principles and practices
- OSHA and EPA regulatory compliance requirements and AGP’s utilization and adherence to them
- Quality control requirements to include approval of suppliers or raw materials and processing aids, shipping approval requirements, ASTM methods and limits, quality system procedures,
- Basic project principles to include project definition, purpose, and reasoning; bidding practices and contractor selection; developing a schedule of values for return on investment, budgeting, and depreciation purposes; project execution and completion
- Process management principles to include Process Safety Management, equipment reliability analysis, maintenance requirements, and root cause failure analysis
- Procurement / Project Management / Capital Improvement Planning / Business Planning
- Manage production employees through scheduling, monitoring, and assisting as needed
- Take a lead role in locomotive and rail safety training
- Monitor equipment and facility for proper operation by reviewing logs, reports, and inspections
- Assist with production and maintenance as needed, including loading, unloading, and maintenance work
- Lead by example – no task is worth completing if conducted in an unsafe manner
- Manage and track daily production quality to meet parameters
- Assist with inventory controls, including measuring and sampling
- Review and write reports; attend company meetings
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering (mechanical, chemical, agricultural, industrial technology, or biosystems engineering are preferred).
- Able to work rotating night and day shifts
- Leadership skills
- Skill in negotiating, analytical thinking and problem-solving
- Able to organize employee work schedules to ensure timely completion of projects
- Willing to work in Midwest locations and relocate upon successful completion of development program