We bring the potential of people, nature and technology together to make life better.

That’s our purpose. We are all IN to make life better!

Every day, Ingredion employees bring their skills, creativity, and passion together to deliver ingredient solutions that enhance people’s lives. We are innovators who combine the power of technology with the best of nature to delight our customers and consumers. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in ethics, safety, quality and sustainability. Unlocking the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better is what drives us in every aspect of our business.

If you are interested in making life better, we are all IN to learn more about you! A bit about what you can expect from the employee experience at Ingredion:

The chance to make a difference

No matter where you work in the company, you’ll have an opportunity to make life better… for our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world.

Passionate people, motivated to excel

Our highly talented people have a passion for learning and achievement and are driven by our inspiring purpose to make life better and our core values: Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly, and Owner’s Mindset.

A warm, welcoming environment

At Ingredion, everyone belongs! We embrace diversity and foster an inclusive work environment where individuals feel supported and enabled to contribute their very best every day.

A place where you can grow personally and professionally

We believe everyone has great potential, and we strive to nurture that potential into great personal and professional achievements.

An environment that enables innovation and collaboration

We are creating the conditions that inspire and enable innovation - in our products and services, as well as in how we do our work day-to-day.

The Operations Lead - Refinery will provide leadership and technical solutions to process operations, field operations, and logistics.  Lead operations staff, manage department tasks, and develop and deliver projects to meet Plant safety, quality, production, cost, and customer delivery goals.  Serve on task forces, cross-functional teams, and committees. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide effective leadership by actively utilizing tools such as standard work to drive KPI’s, performance of operations personnel and overall process performance
• Ensure the Operations Team is meeting plant goals for safety, production, and quality standards.
• Support the response to day-to-day operational issue by coordinating within and across departments and providing troubleshooting support
• Help drive culture change towards an empowered team-oriented environment
• Promote and administer Safety, Health and Environmental programs to ensure workforce stability, eliminate losses attributable to personal injury or property damage, and comply with regulatory guidelines applicable to manufacturing processes and product characteristics.
• Lead operations personnel to deliver on annual quality objectives including a) ISO 9001 & FSSC 22000; b) First Pass Compliance; c) ensuring HACCP, GMP and all food safety programs are followed: d) employing Root Cause Analysis techniques for quality failure and customer complaint resolutions.
• Utilize historical data to analyze and monitor key efficiencies and parameters against process design to assist Operations with troubleshooting and deliver on cost and production goals.
• Analyze processes, develop new operating techniques, and deliver solutions from simple procedure changes to capital expenditures that maintain or improve business efficiencies, facility life and product quality.
• Solve problems through development of creative and innovative solutions and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks.
• Through use of technical expertise and collaboration identify improvement opportunities, develop projects, and implement them using project management best practices.
• Encourage an environment of empowerment and teamwork
• Motivate, encourage, and support the team to find and implement solutions
• Employee development through training, performance management and career development using evaluation process, review process and other resources available
• Support the development and self-direction of workforce by providing coaching and training on operation skills, techniques, and process knowledge to provide organizational strength and individual growth within the organization

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree with preference in engineering or related field and 1-4 years of experience in manufacturing environment desired or, 5+ years in corn wet milling operations
• Knowledge of refinery operations strongly desired.
• Knowledge of Corn Wet Milling Manufacturing operations, processes, and customer base.
• Decision making ability, planning, time-management, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage a manufacturing environment, including capability to perform effectively in high stress, emergency, and crisis situations.
• Analytical skills and proficiency with Microsoft office
• Experience with project management using best practices to implement and sustain solutions 
• Ability to communicate across functional lines and at all levels.
• Ability to learn and apply Ingredion’s GMP, Quality and Safety standards.
• Ability to train and coach others to improve performance.
• Ability to build consensus and foster positive relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.