Plant Manager

Job Description

Plant Manager – Calgary Flour Mill

Calgary, Alberta | Operations Leadership | Full-Time (Exempt)

Pre-employment requirement: Successful completion of medical clearance and reference checks.

About the Role

ADM is seeking a Plant Manager to lead our Calgary Flour Mill—a unionized production facility with a strong, experienced team of approximately 60 hourly employees and 10 salaried colleagues.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a driven operations professional who thrives in a hands-on environment and is ready to elevate performance across safety, quality, production, reliability, and cost efficiency.

You will play a key role in building long-term operational strategy while ensuring day-to-day excellence and you’ll lead a facility already in motion with an active business plan and strong opportunities for continuous improvement.

What You’ll Own & Lead

As Plant Manager, you’ll have direct responsibility for the success of the site, including:

Safety & Culture

• Champion a safety-first mindset and actively lead safety initiatives

• Build and sustain a highly engaged safety culture across all teams

• Ensure full compliance with safety and environmental standards (EHS)

Operational Excellence

• Direct day-to-day operations to deliver quality products, maximize yield, and hit production targets

• Drive continuous improvement in efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability

• Align plant performance with regional and divisional goals

People Leadership

• Build trust across the facility and lead with transparency, accountability, and collaboration

• Recruit, coach, develop, and support your operations leadership team

• Lead performance development for salaried colleagues and help unlock growth potential

Capital & Strategic Projects

• Oversee execution of capital projects, including planning, budgeting, and timeline management

• Ensure capital discipline while supporting long-term site development and reliability

Customer & Community Focus

• Respond to and resolve customer complaints in partnership with Commercial leadership

• Maintain a strong and positive relationship within the local community

• Promote teamwork across Production, Maintenance, and Engineering teams

This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role with daily on-site engagement.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a plant leader with strong operational insight, people leadership, and the ability to drive results through teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of plant operations and the ability to implement change confidently

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead, motivate, and influence

• Results-driven mindset and a passion for continuous improvement

• Strong decision-making skills using facts, data, and sound judgment

• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and build strong working relationships

• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• 5+ years of operations management experience

• Strong safety track record and reputation for leading safety improvements

• Engineering degree (BA/BS) or related field preferred
  (or significant equivalent experience in plant operations leadership)

Additional Requirements

• Work in accordance with local/provincial legislation

• Maintain full compliance with ADM safety and EHS requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Why Join ADM?

At ADM, you’ll be supported by a global organization that values growth, leadership, and innovation. If you're ready to lead with purpose and build a high-performing operation, we want to hear from you.

Benefits and Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to support all aspects of your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision, life and AD&D, critical illness and travel insurance Wellness reimbursement , and Child Physical Activity Reimbursement.
• Financial wellness – Money Purchase Pension Plan (MPP), Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), short and long term disability, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Additional benefits include:

• Paid vacation time.
• Education assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language learning and mentoring programs.

#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 welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

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

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