Senior Director Shutdowns & Contractor Management, NA - ADM
Decatur, IL
About the Job
91470BR
Job Title:
Senior Director Shutdowns & Contractor Management, NA
Department/Function:
Engineering
Job Description:
Senior Director of Shutdowns & Contractor Management, NA - Decatur, IL
ADM is seeking a Senior Director of Shutdowns & Contractor Management to help drive improvements in OEE related to scheduled losses and improvements in contractor labor productivity. The individual will achieve this through the development, deployment and delivery of best practices related to how ADM manages its shutdowns and contractor management processes. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate about safety, comfortable delivering at pace, proven people leader, and effective communicator. He/she will also have experience in the end to end processes related to shutdowns & contractor management within a large industrial and/or manufacturing setting with multi-site responsibilities.
This position has multiple priorities across our sizeable asset footprint in different geographies and requires a high degree of coordination and execution among key internal and external stakeholders. The successful individual will define the shutdown and contractor management strategies, processes and plans and work with plant leadership at our focus sites to support its successful implementation.
Reporting to the VP of Plant Reliability, this role will be responsible for setting up the optimal central organization, building the right capabilities, defining our engagement strategies, and identifying the key roles needed at our focus sites to support successful execution of our strategies and plans. The role is expected to “move the needle” and drive significant and sustainable improvements in schedule losses, and contractor labor productivity while balancing cost, performance, and risk.
Primary Responsibilities
Shutdown and Outage Management Goals: Optimize the intervals between shutdown events considering the seasonality and cyclicality of our business. Improve asset reliability by ensuring the right scope is executed to high safety and work quality standards. Minimize the shutdown event duration, and effectively control cost.
+ Help develop and implement the ADM Shutdown Management process and associated playbook.
+ Help develop and maintain the annual shutdown calendar for our focus sites and make it visible to senior leadership.
+ Set up the optimal corporate organization structure to effectively support our network of focus sites.
+ Provide the tools and processes our sites require for an effective shutdown.
+ Develop site and corporate skills & capabilities in the shutdown management process.
+ Help our sites identify their main shutdown drivers, and pressure test their associated work scope and cost.
+ Communicate a site’s readiness for executing their planned or unplanned shutdowns.
+ Directs and deploys the central shutdown teams to sites the help with the planning, preparation, and execution phases for our major shutdowns.
+ Drives the detailed planning process in our CMMS, including labor, resource assignments, material, and equipment.
+ Help sites track shutdown performance during the execution phase.
+ Facilitate postmortem reviews.
Contractor Management Goals: Monitor contracted services for maintenance and project related activities used to support safe operations and asset performance goals. Planning, tracking, and ensuring high quality work from contractors. Supports the selection, hiring, legal compliance, project timelines, the reconciliation and control of contractor costs.
+ Help develop and implement the ADM Contractor Management process and associated playbook.
+ Set up the optimal corporate organization structure to effectively support our network of focus sites.
+ Develop corporate skills & capabilities in the contractor management process.
+ Provide the tools and processes to sites required to effectively manage contractor work quality and cost.
+ Ensure that contractors at sites follow the ADM work management and project management process.
+ Drive significant improvements in contractor labor productivity by determining the levers to pull to address low productivity and then taking action.
+ Track contractor spend and performance and provide recommendations during the contract renewal cycles.
+ In partnership with Procurement and IT drive improvements and the maturation in integrated gate access control for our contractors at site.
+ Assess the suitability various contract management software and the appropriate technology deployment strategies to meet objectives.
+ Work with Legal and Procurement departments to ensure compliance to ADM legal requirements and contractor selection practices.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Length of experience:
+ 10+ years’ relevant experience in plant engineering, shutdown execution, maintenance, and reliability activities.
+ 2 years managing the end-to-end processes related to Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outage (STO) Management with budgetary responsibility greater than $10M and leading outage teams greater than one hundred in size.
+ 4+ years’ experience in Contractor Management.
Other:
+ Knowledge and application of work management processes.
+ Analytical skills and business acumen.
+ Understanding of critical and near critical path concepts and how to operationalize them.
+ Familiarity with SAP, Maximo and Primavera P6.
+ Proven decision-making quality and drive for results. Must exhibit managerial courage.
+ Problem-solving, communication and influencing skills- including the ability to lead change through others.
+ Leadership skills to inspire, engage and motivate – including the ability to paint a vision and operationalize a strategy to achieve it.
Travel:
+ Travel to manufacturing facilities as needed (approximately 30%)
Preferred Certifications:
+ Project Management Professional (PMP)
+ Certified Professional Contract Management (CPCM)
+ Master’s degree in engineering or MBA
Excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement listed? Studies show that often applicants will self-select out if they don’t check every box. We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
Relocation Assistance is available with this position.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
"AJCIND"
REF:91470BR
Req/Job ID:
91470BR
City:
Decatur
State:
IL - Illinois
Ref ID:
#LI-JJ2
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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.
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#IncludingYou
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM. (https://www.adm.com/en-us/culture-and-careers/diversity-equity-inclusion/)
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Benefits and Perks
Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:
+ Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
+ Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
+ Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
Additional benefits include:
+ Paid time off including paid holidays.
+ Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
+ Tuition assistance.
+ Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.
*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.
Job Title:
Senior Director Shutdowns & Contractor Management, NA
Department/Function:
Engineering
Job Description:
Senior Director of Shutdowns & Contractor Management, NA - Decatur, IL
ADM is seeking a Senior Director of Shutdowns & Contractor Management to help drive improvements in OEE related to scheduled losses and improvements in contractor labor productivity. The individual will achieve this through the development, deployment and delivery of best practices related to how ADM manages its shutdowns and contractor management processes. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate about safety, comfortable delivering at pace, proven people leader, and effective communicator. He/she will also have experience in the end to end processes related to shutdowns & contractor management within a large industrial and/or manufacturing setting with multi-site responsibilities.
This position has multiple priorities across our sizeable asset footprint in different geographies and requires a high degree of coordination and execution among key internal and external stakeholders. The successful individual will define the shutdown and contractor management strategies, processes and plans and work with plant leadership at our focus sites to support its successful implementation.
Reporting to the VP of Plant Reliability, this role will be responsible for setting up the optimal central organization, building the right capabilities, defining our engagement strategies, and identifying the key roles needed at our focus sites to support successful execution of our strategies and plans. The role is expected to “move the needle” and drive significant and sustainable improvements in schedule losses, and contractor labor productivity while balancing cost, performance, and risk.
Primary Responsibilities
Shutdown and Outage Management Goals: Optimize the intervals between shutdown events considering the seasonality and cyclicality of our business. Improve asset reliability by ensuring the right scope is executed to high safety and work quality standards. Minimize the shutdown event duration, and effectively control cost.
+ Help develop and implement the ADM Shutdown Management process and associated playbook.
+ Help develop and maintain the annual shutdown calendar for our focus sites and make it visible to senior leadership.
+ Set up the optimal corporate organization structure to effectively support our network of focus sites.
+ Provide the tools and processes our sites require for an effective shutdown.
+ Develop site and corporate skills & capabilities in the shutdown management process.
+ Help our sites identify their main shutdown drivers, and pressure test their associated work scope and cost.
+ Communicate a site’s readiness for executing their planned or unplanned shutdowns.
+ Directs and deploys the central shutdown teams to sites the help with the planning, preparation, and execution phases for our major shutdowns.
+ Drives the detailed planning process in our CMMS, including labor, resource assignments, material, and equipment.
+ Help sites track shutdown performance during the execution phase.
+ Facilitate postmortem reviews.
Contractor Management Goals: Monitor contracted services for maintenance and project related activities used to support safe operations and asset performance goals. Planning, tracking, and ensuring high quality work from contractors. Supports the selection, hiring, legal compliance, project timelines, the reconciliation and control of contractor costs.
+ Help develop and implement the ADM Contractor Management process and associated playbook.
+ Set up the optimal corporate organization structure to effectively support our network of focus sites.
+ Develop corporate skills & capabilities in the contractor management process.
+ Provide the tools and processes to sites required to effectively manage contractor work quality and cost.
+ Ensure that contractors at sites follow the ADM work management and project management process.
+ Drive significant improvements in contractor labor productivity by determining the levers to pull to address low productivity and then taking action.
+ Track contractor spend and performance and provide recommendations during the contract renewal cycles.
+ In partnership with Procurement and IT drive improvements and the maturation in integrated gate access control for our contractors at site.
+ Assess the suitability various contract management software and the appropriate technology deployment strategies to meet objectives.
+ Work with Legal and Procurement departments to ensure compliance to ADM legal requirements and contractor selection practices.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Length of experience:
+ 10+ years’ relevant experience in plant engineering, shutdown execution, maintenance, and reliability activities.
+ 2 years managing the end-to-end processes related to Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outage (STO) Management with budgetary responsibility greater than $10M and leading outage teams greater than one hundred in size.
+ 4+ years’ experience in Contractor Management.
Other:
+ Knowledge and application of work management processes.
+ Analytical skills and business acumen.
+ Understanding of critical and near critical path concepts and how to operationalize them.
+ Familiarity with SAP, Maximo and Primavera P6.
+ Proven decision-making quality and drive for results. Must exhibit managerial courage.
+ Problem-solving, communication and influencing skills- including the ability to lead change through others.
+ Leadership skills to inspire, engage and motivate – including the ability to paint a vision and operationalize a strategy to achieve it.
Travel:
+ Travel to manufacturing facilities as needed (approximately 30%)
Preferred Certifications:
+ Project Management Professional (PMP)
+ Certified Professional Contract Management (CPCM)
+ Master’s degree in engineering or MBA
Excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement listed? Studies show that often applicants will self-select out if they don’t check every box. We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
Relocation Assistance is available with this position.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
"AJCIND"
REF:91470BR
Req/Job ID:
91470BR
City:
Decatur
State:
IL - Illinois
Ref ID:
#LI-JJ2
:
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.
:
#LI-Onsite
t:
#IncludingYou
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM. (https://www.adm.com/en-us/culture-and-careers/diversity-equity-inclusion/)
:
Benefits and Perks
Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:
+ Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
+ Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
+ Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
Additional benefits include:
+ Paid time off including paid holidays.
+ Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
+ Tuition assistance.
+ Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.
*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.
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