Mill Operator

RCL FOODS; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food production sector is seeking a qualified Miller for their high-capacity milling operations in Pretoria. The role requires at least 3 years of experience in milling, along with specific certifications. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining quality control, ensuring safety compliance, and optimizing operational efficiency of milling processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years milling experience in a high-capacity plant (+30 tons/hour).
• Trade tested in maize or wheat milling technologies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational tasks on roller mills as per requirements.
• Maintain quality and performance standards during milling operations.
• Compliance with safety policies and risk assessments.

Skills

Milling experience

Quality assurance

Fumigation

Grading

Education

Qualified Miller

Advanced milling qualifications

City and Guilds / NABIM qualifications

Job description

Efficient and cost effective operations of all mills, while ensuring all finished product adhere to specific quality criteria. All stipulated targets and measurement to be attained daily.

Qualifications:

• Qualified Miller that is trade tested in maize or wheat milling technologies (Wheat and maize would be ideal).
• Minimum 3 years milling experience in a high-capacity plant (+ 30 tons/hour)
• Fumigation and Grading certification
• Advanced milling qualifications will be an advantage
• City and Guilds /NABIM qualifications will be an advantage .

Duties and responsibilities:

Operational Tasks Roller Mills:

• Ensure break releases on Wheat Mills are carried out on a weekly basis as per instruction.
• Ensure all scrapers and roll brushes are checked per shift and changed if necessary.
• Ensure roll hopper exhausts are fully operational per shift.
• Ensure a balanced and consistent feed rate is maintained throughout the milling process.

Plansifter:

• Ensure all sifter maintenance is carried out as per requirements and schedules
• Ensure any burst covers are replaced on shift
• Ensure all inlet/outlet sleeves on sifter and purifiers are intact
• Ensure screens of all turbo sieves on Germ system is intact, clean and machine inside cleaned out regularly

Purifiers:

• Ensure all purifier brushes are fully operational and in good condition at all times Air tunnel on top of machines are clean and purifiers set.
• Ensure covers are taut and not blinded at all times
• Ensure correct separation on all concentrators and maize mill aspirators

Aspiration and Exhausts:

• Ensure manometer reading on all filters is on acceptable levels
• Ensure pneumatic hammer and pulsing unit on filter is working at all times
• Ensure heater banks always run at the correct temperature parameters.
• General Routine checks on efficient running of milling machines determined by the Head Miller
• Ensure correct flour stocks are available in the correct location as required by the production plan.
• Correct and effective setting and balancing of Milling machines including equipment in the screensroom.

Quality:

• Ensure that all final products are always maintained within internal specifications.
• Ensure gristing models are accurately monitored and that WIP levels are always maintained as determined by the Head Miller.
• Efficient cleaning and preparation of WIP materials.
• Ensure all finished products are tested, recorded, and actioned if required in the prescribed periods.
• Ensure reduction in waste on all milling plants.

Plant Performance:

• Maintain and achieve prescribed extraction rates on the respective milling plants.
• Maintain an OEE rating of 95% minimum on all milling plants.
• Accurate recording and reporting of production logs
• Reconciliation of the mass balance detail on each milling plant.
• Manage and maintain evaporative loss of each milling plant within the prescribed parameters.
• Proactively identify potential loss time incidents and appropriately action the corrective work required.

Risk and Safety:

• Compliance to all set safety policies and procedures
• Adherence to respective safety working practices of the plant.
• Drive the safety culture through practice and participate in hazard risk assessments.