Weekend Shift Mill Technician

The Wenger Group; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Promotional opportunities

Employee discount programs

Robust onboarding and training program

Health benefits

Job summary

The Wenger Group is seeking a Mill Technician I to join our grain milling team in Pennsylvania. You will perform grain testing, moisture analysis, and manual addition of feed ingredients while recording medication and vitamin usage.

You will also learn about animal nutrition, operate related equipment, and maintain clean, safe work areas. This role requires the ability to work independently or with supervision, readiness to work weekends/holidays, and adherence to food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow procedures and safety rules in a production environment.
• Comfort with basic math and recording measurements accurately.
• Demonstrates reliability and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Milling operations and grain testing; monitor moisture, dockage and foreign material.
• Hand-adds of feed ingredients and record medication/vitamin usage.
• Develop basic understanding of animal nutrition and milling interactions.
• Clean and maintain the mill; perform routine housekeeping.
• Inventory management and equipment maintenance tasks.

Skills

Basic math skills

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Weekend/holiday overtime

Positive attitude

Tools

Laserfiche

Wenger System

WEM

Job description

Who Are We

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

Who Are We

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com

What Your Day Looks Like

The Mill Technician I is an integral and important part of a team and is responsible for grain testing and the manual addition of feed ingredients in accordance with operating procedures. In addition, they will be introduced to inventory management, maintenance, repair, and operation of production-related equipment as well as housekeeping activities. Mill technicians are responsible for compliance with all company policies, local, state, and federal policies, laws, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Milling Operations
• Grain tester – DON testing; dockage; moisture, bushel weight and foreign material; auto and manual truck probing
• Perform the function of "hand-adds," the manual addition of feed ingredients and accurately recording medication and vitamin usage.
• Develop a basic level of understanding in animal nutrition and how ingredients interact with milling and grinding processes.
• Clean and perform routine housekeeping of the mill.
• Understands general mechanical duties typically needed.
• Navigate, use, and understand Laserfiche, The Wenger System and WEM as appropriate.
• Ingredient and Inventory Management.
• Maintain bag inventories, stacked and orderly.
• Administrative and Other.
• Complete required training in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties determined by the Mill Manager, Mill Supervisor or Mill Shift Supervisor.

Who You Are

• Ability to work independently and under close supervision
• Ability to understand and follow Food Safety Standards – FSMA and SQF and State regulations
• Basic math skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Positive attitude
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and overtime as needed
• Ability to work in an effective and efficient manner
• Ability to work well with others
• Promotes team work
• Adaptable to change
• Demonstrates safe behavior and ability to follow policies and procedures
• General mechanical ability
• Demonstrates Wenger's Core Values
• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs. repeatedly and up to 100 lbs. on occasion
• Ability to climb ladders and work in high places
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Ability to work in dusty conditions

Benefits

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:

• Promotional opportunities
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Robust onboarding and training program
• Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
• Employee referral program
• Encouraging and collaborative culture

What Our Benefits Are

• Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
• Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For All Full-time Members

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account