Mill Assistant Manager

Supreme Rice; Crowley (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Supreme Rice in Crowley, LA is seeking an Assistant Mill Manager to oversee daily milling operations and supervise mill personnel. This role focuses on safety, quality, and production targets.

You will lead EHS programs, ensure GMP and HACCP compliance, monitor head rice yield, manage equipment settings, and drive continuous improvement across shifts, including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a production supervisor in grain milling or food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, LOTO, and combustible dust management.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams across shifts.
• Experience with GMP, HACCP or SQF compliance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee EHS compliance and ensure safety training and PPE usage.
• Ensure product quality and regulatory compliance with FGIS, GMP, and food safety checks.
• Improve production efficiency and optimize yield through process controls and calibration.
• Lead changeovers and drive continuous improvement with data-driven actions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Data-driven troubleshooting

Team management

Tools

Hulling equipment

Whiteners

Color sorters

Job description

We are always looking for individuals with a supreme work ethic to join our team.

Position:Mill Assistant Manager

Location: Crowley, LA

Job Id:160

# of Openings:3

Assistant Mill Manager is responsible for maintaining the daily milling operations and managing mill personnel.

Key Responsibilities

1. Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Compliance

• Training & Onboarding: Ensure all mill employees are fully trained on critical safety procedures, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, and working at heights.
• Safety Enforcement: Oversee the strict usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and adherence to company safety policies across all shifts, including nights and weekends.
• Operational Safety: Verify that LOTO protocols are executed flawlessly for all maintenance work, as well as during the clearing of equipment jams or chokes.
• Hazard Mitigation: Maintain strict control over combustible dust accumulation on floors, walls, and equipment; verify the continuous, correct functionality of dust collection systems.
• Incident Management: Investigate every workplace incident and near-miss, root-cause the failure, and confirm all corrective actions are completed.
• Inspections & Audits: Verify that all equipment guards and lids are properly secured daily. Conduct and document a comprehensive physical safety walk of the mill at least weekly.

2. Quality Control & Food Safety

• Quality Assurance: Ensure all finished, milled rice meets rigid customer specifications and Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) grades regarding brokens, chalk, color, and foreign material.
• Data-Driven Adjustments: Review Quality Control (QC) lab results with millers at the start of each shift and proactively act on out-of-spec trends.
• Food Safety Controls: Verify that physical contamination controls—including weekly magnet checks—are performed and documented.
• Sanitation & Regulatory Standards: Enforce Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and strict food safety policies covering hygiene, glass/brittle plastics, and foreign material prevention.
• Hold Procedures: Identify, segregate, and clearly communicate any out-of-spec or on-hold product to the QC department immediately.
• Pest Management: Perform and document a weekly insect tracking report. Report any pest activity to Pest Control vendors immediately and drive prompt resolution.
• Audit Readiness: Actively support third-party food safety and customer quality audits, ensuring all corrective findings are closed out on time.

3. Production Efficiency & Yield Optimization

• Throughput Optimization: Meet or exceed the established milling schedule and daily production targets while maintaining maximum milling capacity.
• Yield Management: Continuously track head rice yield and total milling yield; immediately implement corrective operational strategies when yields fall below targets.
• Process Controls: Perform a daily milling ratio check and make calculated adjustments to equipment configurations as required.
• Equipment Calibration: Keep all milling settings—including hullers, whiteners, polishers, sorters, and graders—tightly optimized for each specific rice variety and customer specification.
• Impurities Extraction: Inspect cleaning equipment receptacles regularly to verify that impurities and foreign matter are being properly removed from the stream.
• Changeover Management: Systematically manage changeovers between different varieties and customers to minimize operational downtime and prevent product commingling.
• Continuous Improvement: Track, categorize, and document all system downtime by cause; leverage data to identify production bottlenecks and drive targeted engineering or operational solutions.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: Proven leadership experience in a production supervisor within a grain milling, food manufacturing, or agricultural processing facility (Rice milling experience highly preferred).
• Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of mechanical milling equipment (hullers, whiteners, color sorters) and the factors affecting head rice yield.
• Regulations: Strong knowledge of OSHA safety standards (specifically LOTO and combustible dust management) and food safety regulations (GMP, HACCP, or SQF).
• Leadership: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to manage and motivate cross‑functional millers and technicians across rotating shifts.
• Problem Solving: Analytically minded with a focus on data‑driven troubleshooting for quality trends and mechanical bottlenecks.