Job Description

Utility - Decatur, IL
This is a full-time, hourly position.
Pay: $23.75-$28.11/hour. Once qualified will increase to $31.77/hour.
Shift: 4 days on days, 4 days off days, 4 days on nights, 4 days off, repeat. Must have ability to work any shift and overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice as needed.

The Fermentation Production Support is the entry level position for the department. The Production Support is
expected to perform a variety of jobs, tasks or duties such as fork truck operation, housekeeping, working with
hand tools to perform basic maintenance, repair and lubrication activities, process sample retrieval, process tank
management, raw material receipt, stacking/emptying media containers and other duties as required.

Essential Job Functions

• Proactively participate in plant safety, environmental, quality related programs and policies
• Must take ownership for their own personal safety and the safety of others through a commitment to safe behaviors, exhibiting a safe working attitude, a safe work environment and adherence to safety policies and procedures
• Forklift operation
• Report near misses and incidents on the day that they happen
• Correct safety, environmental, quality related issues proactively
• Perform housekeeping duties as assigned
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude with all personnel
• Support continuous improvement initiatives from the operations and compliance groups
• Accurately record and report data
• Effectively communicate plant safety policies and procedures to outside/ADM delivery drivers
• Perform basic troubleshooting utilizing reasoning and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates time management and organizational skills necessary to perform multiple tasks
• Ability to review and apply written standard operating procedures
• Actively contribute to and proactively participate in the continuing education and development opportunities for Fermentation hourly personnel
• Understands their role in food safety and quality systems, actively participates in food safety efforts and ensures all activities conform to good manufacturing practices
• Understand their role in the facility’s Environmental Management System (EMS), which includes conforming to the facility’s EMS requirements and conducting activities such as material management, training and recordkeeping in compliance with applicable requirements

Special Skills

• Forklift Operation
• Basic Computer Knowledge
• General Math Comprehension

Working Conditions

• Hot and cold environments; can be extreme
• High noise and vibration
• High pressure liquids, gases, steam
• Hazardous chemical exposure potential
• High humidity/wet environment
• Low light conditions common
• Respiratory hazards due to dust, chemical fumes/vapors, steam

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to move/transport 55 pounds
• Ascends/descends stepladders, stairs, pipe racks, scaffolds, tank tops
• Able to access all areas in the plant and work at heights
• Sit or stand for long periods
• Frequent bending and kneeling
• Respirator qualified
• Able to enter and work in confined space

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required. * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
​Hiring Manager- Cory Mathews ​
Recruiter- Holly Slunder

City

Decatur

State

IL - Illinois

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay for this position is expected to be:

$23.75-$28.11/hour. Once qualified will increase to $31.77/hour.