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About Feed Energy

Feed Energy works at the intersection of feed, fuel, and agriculture, building a nearly four-decade legacy of stewardship in various industries. We support how America nourishes its people and powers its economy. Our team comprises growth-minded individuals dedicated to transforming global practices in feeding and fueling, driving innovation across the industries we serve. As we enter a new phase of growth, powered by innovation in circular economies and the low-carbon economy, we're building the financial foundation for what's next.

The Plant Manager ensures safe, efficient, and effective plant operations. This role is accountable for safety, environmental compliance, product quality, customer satisfaction, yields, processing volumes, budgetary management, and overall plant performance. The manager drives operational excellence while balancing productivity with sustainability goals.

• Cultivate a safety-first culture, routinely monitoring plant operations to ensure team compliance with all EH&S standards and protocols. Lead the implementation of safety best practices and behavior-based safety systems.
• Responsible for executing the plant's strategic plan to drive performance, growth, and operational alignment.
• Lead the expansion of current plant operations, working closely with engineering, capital project teams, and ELT to ensure timelines, budgets, and safety milestones are met.
• Support the scale-up and commercialization of new technologies, ensuring seamless integration into existing operations and appropriate resourcing for testing, ramp-up, and optimization.
• Lead the development of the annual plant operating budget in collaboration with finance and executive leadership. While ensure strict adherence to the approved budget, monitoring and managing expenses against forecasts. Report variances proactively and implement corrective actions.
• Drives continuous process improvement by identifying systems and processes to optimize yields and processing volumes.
• Ensure accountability to all processes and procedures.
• Establish and maintain a culture of accountability for all plant processes and procedures, implementing clear performance metrics, regular audits, and a system of continuous feedback to ensure consistent adherence to operational standards and best practices
• Provide a high level of customer service when communicating and responding to customer inquiry requests.
• Assist in ensuring production volume projections are accurate and updated timely.
• Responsible for ensuring SOP's and QCCP's are created, communicated and all training is dispersed.
• Ensure adequate human resources for the plants. - Lead and mentor a team, providing ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities to enhance their leadership skills and operational expertise
• Ability to demonstrate our company values in everyday work interactions.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, technical, industrial or related field
• 6-10 years of progressive operations plant management experience
• Exceptional ability to lead, motivate, and manage a diverse team to achieve organizational goals.
• Experience managing plant construction, expansion, or major equipment installs
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing supervisors or team leads
• Effectively communicate, verbally and written. - Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey information and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven track record leading EH&S initiatives, incident prevention, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to creatively problem solve business needs - Adept at creatively addressing and resolving complex business challenges to drive continuous improvement and operational efficiency