Shift Miller - Swing Shift

About the role

As a Mill Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining the entire milling operation process, including the wheat elevator, wheat bins, blending operation, and finished products and co-products entry into flour/feed trucks and cars. To succeed, you must deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day.

Responsibilities

• Serve others with understanding, respect, and care.
• Operate with simplicity, clarity, and transparency.
• Deal with and drive change.
• Organize, prioritize, and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines.
• Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others.
• Carry out all activities with reliability, integrity, compliance, and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Technical Milling and Production Operations

• Responsible for producing flour and wheat co-products to be safely delivered within specification to customers and end consumers.
• Maintain and operate the wheat and flour blending processes to meet customer and internal specifications.
• Interpret production and operations data on technology and equipment, while making decisions to adjust automatic functions, troubleshoot alarms, adjust equipment, and monitor results.
• Leverage information to analyze and make decisions to drive and maximize operational efficiencies and yield.
• Perform quality checks and laboratory equipment testing on products as required.
• Assist other departments as needed.

Projects and Scheduled Maintenance

• Perform basic mechanical tasks and troubleshooting during regular operations, downtime, and scheduled maintenance on the mill.
• Assist in project work as needed.
• Maintain all tools/equipment and execute processes in the 5S, Pristine AMPS standards using process tools such as Centerline, 5S, understanding loss through 5why to create continuous improvement processes by determining Root Cause and Corrective Actions.

Administrative

• Drive effective communication and documentation in support of daily operations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure scheduling of activities and coordination of work.
• Work as expected in varying technologies and computer applications.

Safety and Food Safety

• Perform all tasks in a safe and responsible manner.
• Engage in safety training and proactive safety behavior.
• Help maintain, update, and enforce procedures for the plant, and ensure that yourself and others are always choosing to execute work with safety and food safety at the forefront of all decisions and actions.
• Responsible for establishing and adhering to Food Quality and Safety policies in procedures in collaboration with the Quality group.
• Perform quality checks and laboratory equipment testing on products as required.

Essential Skills & Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food production, or equivalent).
• Advanced skill with computer applications, to include Microsoft Office Suite, Control Systems or other Production Operation technology with the ability to quickly learn and use new technology.
• Demonstrated mechanical understanding and intermediate troubleshooting ability.
• Demonstrated Safety and/or Food Safety & Quality Champion Behaviors.

Good to Have

• 5 or more years' experience in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food, production, manufacturing or equivalent).
• Mill Production experience.
• Continued Education to include; Associates Degree, Technical or Trade certifications, IAOM Milling Coursework, Training and Education specific to Milling or Grain Sciences.