Mill Operator

MILL OPERATOR ROLE

The Mill Operator plays a key role in the milling process, which is the core of our business and is a developmental role designed to build skills in all mill operations.

This role is responsible for running flour milling production. This position is critical for promoting safety, quality, milling efficiency, and helping achieve the company's goals and objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Cleaning, tempering and milling wheat.
• Understanding and following all personnel and equipment safety policies, all GHP, HACCP, Sanitation, and Business Unit policies and procedures.
• Performing sanitation of all areas as required per the Master Sanitation Schedule(s) and/or as necessary to maintain sanitation standards - including interior and exterior areas.
• Promoting a safe work environment through knowledge and adherence to safety policies.
• Ensuring food safety and food defense in the plant.
• Maintaining mill sifters and screens.
• Identifying, assisting and repairing all flour and air leaks within assigned master sanitation areas.
• Assisting with other maintenance needs in the mill.
• Maintaining mill purifiers and bran dusters.
• Ensuring all procedures and documentation requirements are completed as required.
• Creating, reviewing and/or adjusting all cleaning procedures and/or systems to be most effective and to improve quality and food safety performances overall.
• Communicating to create work orders for any structural or mechanical deviations that would lead to any negative sanitation or pest control results.
• Understanding written customer specifications and milling flour to meet customer specifications.
• Ensuring safe and efficient operation of all transferring equipment and systems.
• Sampling and analyzing milled flour.
• Analyzing flour with lab instruments.
• Safely operating lab analytical instruments.
• Responsible for consistently conducting visual inspections of the FPZ transfer sifter.

Qualifications:

• High school, GED, or related trade experience (milling, maintenance or any type of industrial processing).
• Advance degree or certifications preferred.
• 2 years of manufacturing, maintenance or mill processing experience, is a plus.
• Strong reading comprehension, writing, math, and communication skills.
• Strong work planning and decision-making skills.
• Analytical skills to recognize and assess problems.
• Interpersonal skills communication and team skills.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and schedules.
• Ability to wear required PPE.
• Must have a critical thinking mindset, be curious, seek to understand and assist Shift Miller with daily tasks.
• Communication skills in English (both verbal and written).
• Basic computer skills (for data entry and process control).
• Safety training is required and provided by the company in group settings, as well as individual computer-based training.
• The expectation is that this individual will train and be qualified for transferring flour and have potential growth and interest in being a Shift Miller.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and lead others to work as a team.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude.

Working Conditions:

• This position requires physical efforts such as straining, pulling, lifting, working, and standing and walking on concrete floor.
• Exposure to elements such as noise, dust, cold and hot temperatures.
• Extreme climate or climate variation Heat more than 100 degrees and below freezing temperatures.
• Exposure to manufacturing equipment hazards like moving machinery and passing forklifts.
• Climbing ladders and working in elevated space which may require fall protection equipment.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

BENEFITS

• Medical Insurance (first day of the month after start date)
• Health Savings, and or Flexible Spending Account
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and AD&D, Employer Paid Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Employee Assistance Program Accident Insurance, Optional Critical Illness Insurance, Optional 401K, Employer Match PTO & Vacation Pay 9 Paid Holidays Company Product Discounts Tuition Reimbursement, up to $5,000.00 per calendar year Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave Company Incentive Plan Bereavement Pay Relocation Available

Salary : $5,000