Operator - Mill

Location: California

Education Level High School## Description
* Responsible for cleaning, tempering and milling wheat. The position rotates days throughout the week with every other weekend off. The shift is 7 am - 7 pm or 7 pm - 7 am and will rotate monthly. This individual must be open to either shift.
* Responsible for understanding and following all personnel and equipment safety policies, all GMP, HACCP, Sanitation, and Business Unit policies and procedures.
* Perform sanitation of all areas as required per the (MSS) Master Sanitation Schedule(s) and/or as required as-necessary to maintain sanitation standards - to include interior and exteriors of all areas.
* Promote a safe work environment through knowledge and adherence to safety policies.
* Ensure food safety and food defense in the plant.
* Maintain mill sifters and screens. Identify, assist and repair all flour and air leaks withing your assigned master sanitation areas. Assist with other maintenance needs in the mill.
* Maintain mill purifiers and bran dusters.
* Ensure all procedures and documentation requirements are completed as required.
* Create, review and/or adjust all cleaning procedures and/or systems to be most effective and to improve quality and food safety overall performance.
* Communicate and create work orders for any structural or mechanical deviations that would lead to any negative sanitation or pest control results.
* Understand written customer specifications and mill flour to meet customer specifications.
* Ensure safe and efficient operation of all transferring equipment and systems.
* Sample and analyze milled flour.
* Analyze flour with lab instruments. Safely operate lab analytical instruments.
* Required to assist with the upkeep and quality of bins and silos. Wear a full-body secondary fall protection harness, if necessary.
* Climb stairs and ladders (both step and extension).
* Monitor flour additives, ingredients, supplies, flour and feed inventory.
* Interact with other department employees to communicate workflow and to ensure production efficiency.
* Responsible for consistently conducting visual inspections of the FPZ transfer sifter.
* Train to develop into a Shift Miller. Responsibilities will include flour milling, wheat cleaning and tempering, record keeping, maintenance, sanitation, planning, coordinating, and communication.
* Maintain mill operation and performance in absence of Shift Miller.
* High school education.
* 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 additional mill operations responsibilities, leading to the development of Shift Miller skillsets.
* 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.
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