Head Miller (Flour Milling)

Head Miller

Your role:

As the Head Miller, you will be responsible for milling operations management and ensuring departmental adherence with Ardent Mills values, policies and procedures.  Key areas of responsibilities are milling operations, mill maintenance, grain cleaning and tempering, record keeping, sanitation, planning, coordinating, and communication. You will play a vital role in helping the plant team establish Ardent Mills as the preferred flour supplier in the region.  You will be key in promoting safety, quality, milling efficiency, and helping achieve the company’s goals and objectives. To succeed, you must be able to:

• Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day
• 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

Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Your responsibilities:

• Identify operational discrepancies and provide focused solutions with a timeline for corrective action
• Work with the milling team to continuously improve the production process, improve safety, reduce production costs, and enhance product quality
• Ensure that mills are properly and efficiently maintained through developing and executing maintenance plans, assessing equipment critically and identifying and carrying critical spare parts
• Work with the Continuous Improvement team to maximize maintenance resources and deploy new maintenance technologies
• Engage milling team to develop technical excellence in the areas of equipment design, process knowledge, mill flow, and project development
• Collaborate with the Technical Milling group to establish effective technical milling training for appropriate segments of the workforce, as well as for new millers and interns
• Provide support to all plant departments and engineering for new projects and advanced problem solving
• Act as project manager for capital improvements at plant and lead larger-scale projects in conjunction with engineering team
• Identify and define value added projects
• Responsible for carrying out systemic changes as set by the Director of Milling
• Collaborate with the Technical Milling group and through network of Subject Matter Experts, to ensure the strategic delivery of milling best practices/technology
• Use published standard key performance metrics for the milling area to openly, positively, and constructively to improve operations through benchmarking
• Reduce risk, reduce the process impact on the environment, and lower costs to improve operational efficiency
• Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety standards, and sanitation practices

Essential skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-5 years of milling and leadership experience or 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

Physical requirements and working conditions (with or without reasonable accommodation):

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as is required by the operating areas (i.e. safety glasses, protective footwear, hearing protection and, at times, a respirator) 
• Ability to work a rotating schedule including nights, weekends and holidays 
• Ability to work a machine paced continuous process that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with conditions which include: 
• Heat/cold temperatures (inclement weather) 
• Indoor/outdoor environment 
• Dusty environment 
• Noisy environment 
• Frequent moving/vibration/ or other motion of equipment/processes 
• Elevated places, to include stairs/ladders 
• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks 

Other considerations:

• Ability to travel 5-10%
• Willing to relocate as promotional opportunities exist throughout career
• Willing to work weekends, holidays, 7-day weeks, and opposing shifts, when needed
• Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future
• Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre-employment background check

Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.

The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.

Pay: $86,200.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Safety equipment provided
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $86,200 - $105,000