Job Description

Job Overview

Provide leadership and direction to employees to attain short-term and long-term goals, optimize team effectiveness, and meet daily work schedules in the Processing Departments Ensures safety, regulatory compliance, morale, and cost control. Achieve departmental goals and metrics by managing crew, productivity, material usage, product quality (yield), and equipment utilization.



This position is based at an active mine site and requires daily onsite presence. Work conditions may include uneven terrain, climbing ladders, navigating steps, and exposure to varying weather conditions such as heat, rain, or mud.



Key Responsibilities

Ensure employees perform work according to established safety rules and practices, environmental and housekeeping standards while striving for ZERO Accidents. Understands customer quality requirements, assures teammates understand and follow these requirements. Develops, implements, and assures procedures are followed to detect and eliminate non-conforming incoming supplies. Develops, implements, and assures procedures are followed for the processing department. Coordinate the purchase of supplies necessary to ensure functioning of processing department. Coordinate with Mine Supervisor to ensure clay meets specifications. Supervise, train, develop, and review processing staff. Plans processing operations, establishing priorities and sequences for processing products. Communicate key metrics to Plant Manager and production teams to stimulate process improvement and cost reduction. Arrange for equipment inspections as necessary, coordinate maintenance activities to meet established preventative maintenance goals. Develop and maintain procedure manual and training aids. Gather and analyze data; make and implement recommendations for process improvements and cost reductions. Increase processing efficiencies along with crew efficiencies and maximize processing production. Complete required reporting and documentation. Perform other related duties as assigned. Must act in accordance with WE CARE Other actions as needed to satisfy company goals, process, and procedures and to uphold values inherent to Oil-Dri, including Lesson's learned.

Qualifications

College Degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience; must pass all job-related assessments. Minimum 2 years' experience in a packaging environment. Experience in JDE or similar system. Proficient in spreadsheet development and word processing. Able to analyze problems and present workable solutions. Familiarity with MSHA (or OSHA) regulations and practices, desired.

Benefits

Annual Incentive Bonus 401(k) with 6% match (Fully Vested at 2 Years) Annual Merit increase opportunity Paid Holidays Paid Parental Leave Fitness & Gym Reimbursement Employer Contribution - Health, Dental, Vision

About Us

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets that has been voted as a Top 100 workplaces in the Chicago Tribune. Oil-Dri's products are sold in the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri controls millions of tons of specialty mineral reserves, including calcium bentonite, attapulgite, and diatomaceous shale. The company's mines and manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and California. Oil-Dri is a family-controlled and operated organization that emphasizes honesty, integrity, and accountability. The company is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals.



Oil-Dri is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and qualified candidates without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Accordingly, all employment decisions and personnel actions or programs such as hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in workforce, and training, etc. will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity.