Head Miller

About the role

The Head Miller leads milling operations at less complex facilities, overseeing daily production activities for a defined range of wheat grists while ensuring alignment with Ardent Mills' safety, quality, and operational standards. In some larger milling environments, the Head Miller may operate under the direction of a Senior Head Miller to execute daily plans, support team development, and contribute to improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production activities for defined wheat grists
• Ensure alignment with Ardent Mills' safety, quality, and operational standards
• Operate under the direction of a Senior Head Miller in larger environments
• Support team development and contribute to improvement efforts
• Maintain product quality, operational efficiency, equipment performance, and consistent execution of milling processes
• Partner with subject matter experts, HR, and learning stakeholders to assess business needs and translate them into scalable learning strategies and solutions
• Create and develop engaging learning experiences across multiple formats, including digital, instructor-led, blended, and self-paced modules
• Create clear, practical, and effective training content in partnership with the team
• Create learning materials such as eLearning modules, facilitator guides, storyboards, job aids, and assessments using tools like Articulate, Rise, or Adobe Creative Suite
• Support implementation and administration of training within the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Maintain learning design standards, templates, and tools to drive consistency and quality across training solutions
• Monitor training effectiveness through feedback, performance outcomes, and analytics; recommend and implement continuous improvements
• Leverage emerging learning technologies and best practices to enhance design, delivery, and scalability of training programs
• Collaborate with the broader Learning team to ensure alignment of training solutions with enterprise-wide learning frameworks and organizational strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-5 years of milling and leadership experience
• High school diploma/GED with 6-9 years of milling and leadership experience
• Demonstrated expertise on maintaining, troubleshooting, diagnosing equipment
• Demonstrated ability to implement LEAN practices and tools to improve process
• Mastery of maintaining, operating, and troubleshooting cleaning, milling, and conveying systems
• Basic knowledge of analyzing and developing mill pneumatic systems, mill flowsheets, and other product movement systems
• Proficient in computerized maintenance management systems
• Demonstrated ability to create and modify CAD drawings of mill layouts, equipment components, and flowsheets
• Demonstrated ability to influence others and lead process improvement initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to understand and teach others milling machinery mechanics, operation and maintenance

Qualifications

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required by the operating areas
• Ability to work a rotating schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to work a machine-paced continuous process that operates 24 hours a week
• Ability to work in heat/cold temperatures, dusty, noisy, and elevated places
• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks

Skills

• Instructional design methodologies
• Adult learning principles
• Collaboration
• Leadership
• Process improvement

Benefits

Competitive compensation, health and dependent savings accounts, life and disability programs, voluntary benefit programs, company-sponsored wellness programs, retirement savings with company match, and employee recognition program with rewards (RAVE).

Pay

$96,200 - $104,915.90, with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Rotating schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays; 24-hour operation; ability to work in various environmental conditions.