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The Pilot Plant and LAB Building Supervisor oversees the LAB building maintenance and APC pilot plant. In this role, he/she will be responsible for the APC pilot plant experimental execution, equipment maintenance and training of personnel to safely operate the pilot plant.

JOB DUTIES:

Trials organization:

• Plan the pilot plant trials program according to project priority.

• Ensure the supply of required equipment, raw materials and packaging to meet business needs.

• Prepare Pilot plant trial test plans.

• Make sure that the different trials are done according to the test plans and/or modify test plans as required.

• Make sure that the samples obtained are properly identified and analyzed according to the test plan.

• Manage the different trials and save all the important data and parameters from the different projects conducted in the Pilot Plant.

• Properly save and store the pilot plant raw data. Assure that a final report is provided for each trial conducted in the Pilot Plant.

LAB Building and APC Pilot Plant:

• Maintain preventative maintenance schedule and ensure items are completed on time.

• Supervise cleaning and proper organization of all APC and common areas of the LAB building.

• Ensure all APC and common equipment is maintained in good working order.

• Manage general maintenance of equipment with service companies.

• Continuous improvement of SOP’s related to safety and efficiency.

• Ensure that common reagents and consumables are generally available in the Pilot Plant.

Team Management – Training and Development:

• Responsible for training LAB associates, to safely operate the pilot equipment.

• Provide Coaching to individual team members to foster an excellent safety culture.

• To write, up dated and maintain the working procedures for the different equipment as required

• Supervise direct reports.

Technology Development:

• Management of assigned projects.

• Equipment commissioning.

• Provide technical opinion to the Management for review and recommend changes in the productive process and recommend effective solutions for different problems that could affect the technical departments.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Understand principles and application of reactors, continuous centrifuges, membrane systems and spray dryers

• General knowledge of food sciences, biology, microbiology and basic chemical

• Good understanding of food/Feed processing principles.

• Interpretation and communication of product analytical data.

• Strong trouble shooting skills.

• Proven proactive approach.

• Comfortable making autonomous decisions.

• Works well in a team environment.

• Knowledge of basic statistics.

• Knowledge of basic analytical techniques commonly used in quality control labs for food and animal feed (protein, ash, moisture, etc.)

• Able to work flexible hours and willing to travel up to 25% of the time.

• Project Management.

• Knowledge of Windows and Microsoft office.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelor’s of Science or equivalent experience in Biology, chemistry, food science, engineering or related field. or equivalent in relevant experience

Experience:

4-5 years experience in an industrial processing environment (food or feed preferred).

BASIC PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Approximate: 40 hours per week (may be longer during peak season) with flexibility when required

Key: Occasional = 0% - 33%

Frequent = 34% - 66%

Continuous = 67% - 100%

N/A = Not Applicable

Standing Frequent

Sitting Occasional

Walking Frequent

Bending/Kneeling/Crouching/Stooping Frequent

Reaching Above Shoulder Occasional

Climbing (stairs, ladders, etc.) Occasional

Working on Heights:

Unprotected Heights N/A

Protected Heights Occasional

Lifting Weights from 0 to 30 pounds Frequent

Push/Pull/Maneuver Equipment/Products/Materials

Weighing from 0 to 30 pounds Occasional

Being Around and/or Operating Moving Machinery/Equipment Frequent

Operating a Vehicle (as part of your job) Occasional

Read/Monitor Gauges on Various Equipment/Machinery Frequent

Hand Movements:

Recording Data Frequent

Operating Office Equipment Occasional

Operating Computer Occasional

Simple Grasping (right and left) Frequent

Firm Grasping (right and left) Frequent

Firm Manipulating (right and left) Frequent

Foot Movements to Operate Foot Controls N/A

Good Vision, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to Access

Required Information and to Perform Job Duties Yes

Color Definition Yes

Good Hearing, Corrected or Normal; or Ability to Communicate

and/or Understand Required Information and to Perform

Job Duties Yes

Ability to be Mobile throughout Required Work Areas Yes

Office Continuous

Multiple Locations Occasional

Plant Occasional

Equipment/Maintenance or Repair Area N/A

Rough Terrain N/A

Other N/A

BASIC MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job requires the mental capabilities to apply research knowledge/principles to perform laboratory procedures and record results in food and feed applications. Furthermore, necessary in performing the job duties are calculating abilities, attention to detail, and excellent oral and written communications skills and provide creative solutions to problems as situations arise.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND EXPOSURES:

Working conditions vary. Laboratory and research working conditions exist with exposures to chemicals while performing trials, laboratory procedures and analysis. May include exposure to acidic and alkaline substances. Additional exposures include blood, biohazards, dust, odor, noise, moving equipment, occasional use of poisonous chemicals, and extended periods of standing and lifting.

“Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of the job duties and requirements associated with this job, but is intended to represent an accurate reflection of the current job.”

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LGI’s foundation began in 1916 as the Lauridsen Creamery, selling butter, eggs and poultry to the local community. Although our headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, is not far from the old creamery in Dedham, Iowa, the company is now worldwide with more than fifty manufacturing and sales locations in twenty countries and sales in more than sixty countries.

Each company under the LGI umbrella is truly independent. They have the ability and the charge to be entrepreneurial, to seek out new markets, to develop new products and applications, and – above all - to discover new ways to add value through fractionation and novel application.

What’s more, because some LGI companies have offices and presence around the world, all LGI companies benefit from their exposure to new markets, new products, new applications and new thinking.