Mill Operator - Rotating Shift

Company: Panhandle Milling
Location: Hereford
Posted on: June 24, 2025

Job Description:

The Mill Operator plays a key role in the milling process, that is the core of our business and is a developmental role designed to build skills in all mill operations. This role is responsible for running flour milling production. This position is critical for promoting safety, quality, milling efficiency, and helping achieve the company's goals and objectives. This position will be on the 1st shift, 7 am - 3:00 pm, 2nd shift, 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm or 3rd shift, 11:00 pm – 7 am, and must be flexible to work shifts, weekends and overtime as needed. MILL OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for cleaning, tempering and milling wheat. Responsible for understanding and following all personnel and equipment safety policies, all GHP, 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 performances overall. Communicate 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 efficiencies. 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. MILL OPERATOR QUALIFICATIONS: High school, GED, or related trade experience (milling, maintenance or any type of industrial processing). 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 to train and be qualified for transferring flour and have potential growth and interest in being a Shift Miller. 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. WORKING CONDITIONS: This position requires physical efforts such as straining, pulling, lifting, working, and standing and walking on concrete floor. Exposure to elements such as noise, dust, cold and hot temperatures. Extreme climate or climate variation Heat more than 100 degrees and below freezing temperatures. Exposure to manufacturing equipment hazards like moving machinery and passing forklifts. Climbing ladders and working in elevated space which may require fall protection equipment. Ability to lift 50 lbs. BENEFITS: Medical Insurance (first day of the month after start date) Health Savings, and or Flexible Spending Account Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance and AD&D, Employer Paid Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Employee Assistance Program Accident Insurance, Optional Critical Illness Insurance, Optional 401K, Employer Match PTO & Vacation Pay 9 Paid Holidays Company Product Discounts Tuition Reimbursement, up to $5,000.00 per calendar year Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave Company Incentive Plan Bereavement Pay Relocation Available Panhandle Milling is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state, or local law. pm21 Compensation details: 20-23 PIa559cd36a04d-37456-37922614

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