Feed Mill Lead - Insight FS - Brandon, WI

Insight FS; Brandon (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight FS, headquartered in Jefferson, Wisconsin, seeks a Feed Mill Leader to oversee daily operations, enforce safety, and ensure compliance with company policies and FSMA regulations.

You will direct production scheduling, inventory management, and reporting, collaborate with the Branch Manager, and drive continuous improvement to meet customer demand and quality standards. This is a full-time, on-site role.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and 3+ years in a production environment.
• Knowledge of safety practices and FSMA regulations.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Feed Mill Branch Manager with directing daily operations.
• Provide and enforce safety training.
• Schedule feed mill activities including manufacturing and shipments.
• Schedule production to meet mill requirements and maintain inventories.
• Oversee inventory management.
• Assist with daily reporting and review production paperwork.
• Perform housekeeping audits.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, FSMA, and regulations.
• Lead local safety meetings.
• Provide input to location manager on mill employee performance.
• Adhere to Code of Conduct and safety policies.

Skills

Safety training

Inventory management

Production scheduling

Team leadership

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication

Education

High school diploma

3+ years production experience

Job description

Insight FS is headquartered in Jefferson, Wisconsin with 23 branches across the state and upper peninsula of Michigan. Insight FS has 430+ employees (including seasonal workers) and approximately 50,000 customers. The cooperative does business in agronomy, agri-finance, precision agriculture, nutrient management, energy, feed, grain, and turf. Insight FS is part of the GROWMARK System, an agricultural cooperative serving more than 100,000 customers across North America and Ontario, Canada.

Purpose And Summary Statement

Provides leadership in the daily operations of the feed mill while ensuring compliance with all company policies, FSMA regulations, and local, state and federal policies, laws and regulations.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist the Feed Mill Branch Manager with directing daily operations of the feed mill.
• Provide and enforce safety training.
• Schedule feed mill activities to include feed manufacturing and shipments.
• Schedule production to meet mill requirements, ensuring proper sequence, clean-out procedures, products ordered and current inventories.
• Oversee and assist with inventory management.
• Assist with daily reporting (maintenance log, production record, inventory, batching summaries, etc.) and review daily production paperwork.
• Perform regular housekeeping audits.
• Comply with all company, FSMA regulations, and local, state and federal laws and regulations.
• Perform all activities required to complete daily feed mill checklist.
• Prepare and lead local safety meetings.

Other Job Functions

• Provide input to location manager on performance of mill employee’s.
• Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Normally requires a high school diploma, or the equivalent thereof, and 3 years or more of related work experience demonstrating a knowledge of using technology within a production environment. Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development. Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.

Frequently

• Required to lift 51 – 70 lbs as needed.
• Required to work in extreme weather conditions (hot, cold, wet, etc)
• Exposed to working conditions which may include dust, fumes, chemicals, and electrical hazards with appropriate safety measureRequired to push heavy objects
• May be required to work at varying heights
• Ability to work extended hours during seasonal demands.

Ability to travel independently and overnight. Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.

We are an equal opportunity/Disabled/Protected Veteran Employer. All individuals, regardless of demographic or other background, are encouraged to apply. Further, as a federal, state, and local contractor, we comply with government regulations and executive orders as applicable, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with disability and protected veterans.

Employment is contingent on, among other things, receipt of an acceptable and job-related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.