Superintendent Operations - Compass Minerals America : Job Details

**Description**

**TITLE:** Superintendent, Operations

**Location:** Ogden, UT

**Organization:** Compass Minerals

**Reports to:** Operations Manager Salt/Mag

**FLSA Status:** Exempt/Salary

**Summary:** The operations superintendent plans, organizes, coordinates, schedules, and monitors the safety, performance, training, schedules, and work activities of the Salt/Mag operations supervisors. This role ensures that Salt/Mag personnel, equipment, and processes conform to safety, quality, and quantity parameters.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** include but are not limited to the following: _(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)_

+ Facilitate the continuous improvement process by developing tools, providing training, and leading events with the Salt/Mag team.

+ Drive continuous improvement in inventory management

+ Drive Daily/Weekly Strategy Development.

+ Create and implement Metric Development and Reporting

+ Create and Implement Cost Reduction Calculation and Tracking

+ Provide Leadership in Mentoring/ Coaching related to process improvement

+ Provide Technical Support for Engineering projects

**Deliverables:**

+ Must be able to manage labor force and costs to meet and exceed forecasts

+ Direct supervisors in the production and shipping areas of the plant

+ Collaboratively communicate with Logistics, Demand, and Sales groups to meet customer requirements

+ Oversee and ensure all safe work procedures, policies, and practices are being followed at all times

+ Train and manage to maintain housekeeping standards and policies in production and shipping

+ Provide troubleshooting and technical support for Salt/Mag supervisors

+ Facilitate matters dealing with coaching, motivating, performance management, and corrective action

+ Develop and review standard work procedures

+ Ensure adherence to daily and weekly operational strategies

+ Knowledge of Solid/ Liquid Separation, Chemistry, and Material Handling.

+ Must be skilled in Statistical Process Control and Process Modeling with proven Leadership Skills.

+ Apply sound judgment to Statistical processes.

+ Must be able to independently and effectively plan, organize, coordinate, and follow up on assignments.

+ Collaboratively manage projects in accordance with scheduled plant turnarounds.

+ Assist the employee development process by providing training programs on precision Salt/Mag production practices.

+ Must be able to write technical reports, prepare procedural manuals and the ability to function as a team.

+ Must supervise a team with clear verbal and written instructions.

**Compass Minerals International, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that hires and promotes the best candidates without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy), age, military status, status as a protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law.**

**Qualifications**

**Qualifications:** _To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._

**Education and Experience** : The candidate must possess a Bachelor's Degree. Work experience will be considered in lieu of formal education. The candidate should have 4 years of supervisory or leadership experience.

**Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be PC proficient and possess the ability to quickly master the skills required to function, including computer literacy in** Word, Excel, and PowerPoint systems.

**Competency:**

_To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:_

_Knowledge:_

+ Heavy industrial process plant

+ FSPCA (Preventive Controls for Animal Food)

+ FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act)

+ Compaction

+ Screening

+ Solids Handling

+ Cyclones

+ Bag Houses

+ Dryers

+ Material Handling Equipment

+ Desulfation

+ Mag flake evaporation

+ Slurry Pumps

Skills:

+ Microsoft Office Suite

+ JD Edward's system experience is desirable

+ Power BI to include Atlas data entry

+ Use of LEAN principles

+ Approaches others in a tactful manner

+ Applies feedback to improve performance

+ Approaches others in a tactful manner

+ Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of position

Abilities:

+ Present information clearly and concisely, both verbally and orally

+ Independently and effectively plan, organize, coordinate, and follow up on assignments

+ Follows through on commitments

+ Accuracy and thoroughness

+ Monitors own work to ensure quality

+ Prepare procedural manuals

+ Effectively articulate problems/concerns to a wide variety of plant personnel

**Interpersonal Skills** - Ability to present issues clearly and concisely in group settings.

**Written Communication** - Concise, complete, and well-organized written communications are essential.

**Planning/Organizing** - Must be able to independently and effectively plan, organize, coordinate, and follow up on assignments.

**Professionalism** - Tactfully approaches others; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Follows through on commitments.

**Quality** - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.

**Language Skills:** _The abilities listed represent the level of competency the incumbent needs to perform the essential duties effectively. These specific abilities may or may not be required for this particular position._

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret job-related information. **Mathematical and Reasoning Ability and Skills:** The ability to perform higher-level math functions about Chemistry. Must be able to proof own work for accuracy.

**Essential Job Functions** : _The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

**Job:** Operations

**Primary Location:** US-UT-Ogden

**Work Locations:** Ogden, UT USA 765 N. 10500 West Ogden 84404

**Organization:** Operations

**Job Type:** Full-time

**Schedule:** Regular

**Shift:** Standard

Day Job

**Req ID:** 24000075