The Process Lead will provide leadership and technical solutions to operations. This position supports and ensures proper response to activities within the unit, including managing assigned operations and tasks in various areas to meet the NKC Plant’s safety, environmental, quality, cost, and customer delivery goals.  The Process Lead serves on task forces, cross-functional teams, committees, and works shift assignments in the unit as needed.

Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day-to-day production, maintenance, and engineering support and troubleshooting to produce products of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the projected needs of customers. 

• Keeping historical data, including tracking of daily performance, analyzing, and monitoring key efficiencies and parameters against design to assist Operations with troubleshooting and meeting costs and production goals.

• Providing management support in response to process deviations as reflected in KPI reports and process trends, assisting operations teams in troubleshooting process deviations.

• Analyzing processes, developing new operating techniques, and recommending changes or capital expenditures to maintain or improve business efficiencies, facility life and quality.

• Supporting and leading investigations related to safety and quality incidents.

• Lead and coordinate the training and coaching of operations personnel in both process design and operational techniques established to maintain unit business objectives and to provide organizational strength and individual growth within the organization.  

• Monitoring process conditions and operational activities and proposes corrective action as needed to ensure operation of the process in a cost effective and efficient manner.

• Certified Lean Specialist responsible for leading internal department projects.

• Partnering with trainers to support, develop, and execute training programs, including verification of training effectiveness.

• As needed, covering Department Manager or Operations Leads responsibilities due to vacations and vacancies.

• Ability to manage a manufacturing environment, including capability to perform effectively in high stress, emergency, and crisis situations.

• Ability to train and coach others to improve performance, including supporting supervisor training, mentoring, and development.

• Capacity to solve problems through creative, innovative solutions and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks.

• Ability to build consensus and foster positive relationships. 

• Ability to learn and apply Ingredion’s GMP, Quality and Safety standards.

• Ability to support department adaptability, flexibility, and readiness to change.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering or equivalent in education and experience.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.  Ability to communicate across functional lines at all levels.

• Decision making ability, planning, and time management skills.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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.