Assistant Miller - Day Shift

Assistant Miller

As an Assistant Miller, you will be responsible for ensuring that Ardent Mills products meet customer requirements at the end of the milling process. You will be responsible for completing sanitation duties in the facility and IPM tasks. From the milling perspective you will start running the cleaning house side of the mill, supporting the shift miller, and ensuring all wheat and flour meets the required specifications while following all Food Safety Policies and GMPs.

You will utilize milling knowledge with the ability to set up machinery to maximize results.

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.
• Must be willing to get cross-trained in at least one other position for development within the facility and to provide any relief duties as needed.
• Demonstrate willingness to work off-shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, and emergency call-ins when business needs are required.
• Maintain satisfactory attendance and punctuality.

Your responsibilities:

• Will be responsible for supporting specific phases of the milling and wheat cleaning operations as assigned by supervisor including sanitation duties.
• Develop mechanical ability to assist in all aspects of preventative checks and Mill repairs.
• Accurately follow the schedule and specifications for wheat blending as well as providing feedback.
• Learn and proficiently perform testing and monitoring of product through the milling and cleaning processes.
• Maintain sanitation standards, in accordance with policies, to provide good food safety practices in the work environment and food process.
• Maintain all tools/equipment and execute processes in the 5S, Pristine AMPS standards using process tools such as Centerline and 5S. Understanding loss through 5-why to create continuous improvement process by determining Root Cause and Corrective Actions.
• Maintain documentation of a variety of activities and inventories through computer or paper systems.
• Communicate effectively with management, team members and customers.

Essential skills and experiences:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 1 years' experience in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food production, or equivalent).
• Basic skills with computer applications, to include Microsoft Office, with the ability to learn and use new computer programs.

Good to have:

• 2+ years' experience in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food production, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated mechanical understanding and intermediate troubleshooting ability.
• Understanding of safety behaviors within production environment.
• Mill Production experience.

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, hard hat, hearing protection, hands gloves and, at required times, a face 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:
• Hot/Cold temperatures (inclement weather)
• Indoor/Outdoor environment
• Dusty environment (to include Wheat/Gluten allergens)
• Noisy environment
• Frequent moving/vibration/ or other motion of equipment/processes
• Elevated Places
• Ability to perform work safely may require:
• Frequently standing, walking, rotating, bending/stooping, twisting, crouching, kneeling, balancing and reaching or lifting at varying heights and levels.
• Frequently climbing stairs and/or ladders.
• Occasionally lifting, shoveling and/or carrying.
• Occasionally pushing and/or pulling equipment.
• Working in confined spaces or elevated places.

Other considerations:

• Must be able to read, interpret instruction and technology and communicate effectively in English.
• Must be willing to work alongside your team including long days, on rotating or varying shifts (days, evenings, and nights) as well as overtime, weekend or holiday work.
• Must be willing to work extended hours during scheduled and unscheduled repair days, maintenance shutdowns, and other operational events to support plant requirements.
• Have willingness for training and development in Milling Practices and Programs (to include other department operations).
• Must be authorized to work in the United 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…