Shift Miller at Olam Agri

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.

We are recruiting on behalf of our client to fill the position below:

Job Title: Shift Miller

Location: Beachland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Function:  MATS
Sub-Function: Plant Operations

Job Description

• To operate and maintain the flour mill under the direction of the Head Miller, sustaining the mission and motto and food safety and quality statement of the mill.

Manufacturing:

• Maximize milling efficiency in the plant daily by focusing on adjustment and operation of the mill.
• Execute production planning which is given by Head/Chief miller.
• Troubleshoot equipment, optimize the mill and solve flow problems.
• Document production reports and shift reports including process and maintenance issues.
• Report all operational downtimes to the Head/Chief Miller.

Hygiene and Environment:

• Preform and monitor all sanitations duties as assigned and ensure hygiene personnel on shift perform assigned cleaning duties.
• Ensure full compliance with all organization, regulatory, statutory, safety rules, GMP, QMS, FSMS, 5S requirement.
• Ensure shop floor area is free of weevils and monitor frequent cleaning of workstations and eliminate all dark spots in the system.
• Ensures all cleaning schedules and compliance records, 100%.
• Compliance ratings of all Hygiene, GMP, OHS, EMS, and 5S audits and requirements.

Safety:

• ZERO Accidents (LTA)
• 250mg max particulate discharge to atmosphere
• Compliance to Daily Pep talk, workplace inspection and Gemba work.
• Minimum of 20 safety reports monthly.

Key Deliverables
Cost:

• Reduce PM waste to a minimum of 0.5% monthly
• Control and minimize operational and overhead cost within the section.
• Departmental budgeting and accountability by identifying, managing and prioritizing mill operations capital project portfolio.

Organisational Development:

• To provide in-house training for the hygiene team.
• Give on the job training to the milling team as required by supervisors.
• Mentor and cascade knowledge to subordinates.
• Maintain order and discipline within the operational personnel.
• Organize PEP talk and training on 5s, GMP and process.
• Develop and implement the process of RCA and CAPA.

Bussiness Process Improvement:

• Interact with all internal customers such as maintenance, Quality, Evacuation to enhance effective milling scheduling and equipment utilization.
• Make recommendations on new ideas and approach to management.
• To provide a minimum of 1 process improvement every month.
• To reconcile physical stocks versus Sap every day/month.
• Monitoring ALL data entries by operators.
• To achieve 100% implementation of any new system improvement as instructed by head miller.

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Vendor management, contracts and cost control for routine services like cleaning, refuse disposal, gardening, and other routine services
• Discuss the costs and performance with external contractors to ensure cheap yet quality service, explore innovative approaches to improve delivery.
• Ensure perimeter and yard areas are well maintained, build an aesthetically pleasing workplace
• Maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the general office)
• Coordinate with managers to ensure the safekeeping of all company agreements and financial instruments
• Encourage excellent communication across plant workplace through team briefing, formal and informal discussions. Use multi-channel communication for better outcomes.
• Coordinate with managers to identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site
• Exhibit a flexible approach to working, explore new possibilities.
• Performance of other management tasks may be required for the wellbeing and advancement of the business

Requirements

• B.Sc in Engineering/Food Science.
• Minimum of 4 years’ hands-on experience in wheat milling.
• The candidate should have proven experience in production, milling operations role in flour/feed products, and managed large independent operations 
• Excellent people management skills and should be able to lead a diversified team of different nationalities and skillsets.
• Communicate and interface with all levels of the organization and external agencies/contacts including statutory bodies
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple activities concurrently (Multitasking)
• Creativity/ Self Initiative, Teamwork, Communications Skills and Leadership.
• NABIMS, Diploma in Milling from a recognized Milling School.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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