Description
Global Manager, Water/Wastewater Technology - Decatur, IL
This is a full-time, exempt-level position reporting into our Decatur, IL complex.
Position Summary:
The Global Water/Wastewater Technology Manager will be responsible for our global footprint covering wastewater treatment and water treatment, recovery and reuse.
The individual in this role will apply engineering principles to new and existing facilities with tasks ranging from process design to the evaluation/implementation of new technologies. They will ensure related systems are designed, built, commissioned, operated and maintained for optimal safety and productivity performance.
Reporting to the Global Director for the Sustainable Operations Technology Center, this individual will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for water and wastewater projects, and will coach/mentor global technical staff and related plant teams focused on water and wastewater treatment operations.
Essential Job Functions:
- Display a dedication to lead, develop and support safety and promote a safety culture; promote continuous process safety improvement
- Lead and sustain optimization efforts for water and wastewater process operations through use benchmarking and follow up/support in addressing related plant performance variances
- Provide leadership for FEL (front-end loading) gated process for capital discipline and best possible outcome in new water/wastewater projects
- Build and lead cross functional teams to develop biological, chemical and engineering solutions with vendors, other third parties and internal resources
- Provide technical ownership for third party relationships within water and wastewater treatment
- Ensure enduring asset performance of new water/wastewater systems through development of durable SOPs (standard operating procedures) and knowledge transfer processes
- Assist plant personnel with project construction details to ensure most cost-effective operation
- Collaborate with Research to evaluate promising technologies at bench scale prior to field trials
- Commit to “hands-on” field assistance at plant sites during pilot trials, system construction and commissioning, and routine operation and trouble-shooting
- Act as a resource for global water/wastewater engineers and related plant operations staff through coaching, mentoring and conducting training sessions
Required Skills:
- Dedication to working safety and to the awareness for the safety of others
- Extensive competencies in biological and chemical technologies for water/waste water treatment
- Ability to work effectively on a team, as well as independently, while traveling to remote plant locations
- High level of motivation and results-oriented way of working
- Ability to develop relationships and influence key internal/external stakeholders at all levels
- Experience with optimization/analytical processes and tools
- Strong leadership and verbal/written communication skills
- Working knowledge of common process drawings and documentation, such as P&IDs and control narratives
- Willingness to spend time in plant areas – tolerate extreme temperatures, walk long distances, stand, climb stairs and ladders and move through close spaces
- Ability to travel, including internationally, 25% or more of the time
Requirements
Required Education:
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree in engineering required, with more advanced technical degree preferred
Required Experience:
- Documented project manager/engineer experience for multi-million-dollar water/wastewater capital projects
- Minimum 10 years of experience focused on WWTP and water treatment
- Minimum 5 years of experience supervising a WWTP (industrial or municipal) desired
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ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. Relocation assistance is available for this opportunity.
