What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utilities Supervisor position at Cargill?
Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Utilities Supervisor will be accountable for the performance of all utilities on the site. In this role, you will partner collaboratively with internal and external parties with issues related to all energy sources, energy efficiency, wastewater, and other utilities. You will be responsible for overseeing legal and company compliance and give guidance relating to energy. You will improve the stability, capability and availability of the utility processes while reducing variability and mitigating risks in the operational area. You will enable the operational area to achieve variable and fixed cost and operating efficiency targets while protecting our people, communities, the environment, and assets and honor our business obligations.
Key Accountabilities
- Analyze resource usage trends and develop more complex operational plans to assist in the optimization of systems for peak efficiency and develop and implement reporting to ensure consistent monitoring and early warning indicators for utility departments.
- Plan and schedule maintenance of plant utility systems using reliability models and predictive technologies in collaboration with maintenance leadership.
- Monitor and manage variable and fixed utility and energy costs working closely with technology, finance, operations. compliance and third party contracting teams.
- Plan and monitor production shutdowns ensuring legal and preventive maintenance compliance of all utility equipment.
- Implement non base capital investments for utility area.
- Mentor the utility team to help them improve skills and be prepared to make decisions in high pressure situations.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Position information:
- Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.
- Position is based in Des Moines, Iowa
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supervising industrial contractors, maintenance and field personnel
- Knowledge of operating systems used to build custom tailored solutions that meet unique customer specific requirements for energy management, operational flexibility and evolving connectivity technologies
- Experience and understanding of plant operations, site steam and condensate distribution systems, site compressed air supply, cooling towers and cooling tower water systems, effluent system and potable water systems
Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
