Your role:

As Milling Supervisor / Shift Miller, you will be responsible for ensuring high performance execution of safeguard production activities across multiple shifts within the mill to ensure we produce products that meet established quality, customer service, safety, innovation and cost metrics consistent with schedules and policies. You will ensure systems, processes, and resources are in place to provide the best cost and efficient production of grain-based food products for our customers. This position is shift work where you will be required to work on afternoon or over-night shifts.

To succeed, you must be able to:

- Perform duties and deliver results in new situations while adhering to safety and food safety policies without compromising the team’s values.
- Serve others with understanding, respect, and care.
- Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency.
- Deal with and drive change.
- Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines.
- Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others.
- Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and productive manner.

Your responsibilities:

- Drive safety initiatives to ensure injury-free performance including monthly safety training, observation audits, daily employee toolbox meetings, and near-miss / first-aid root cause and corrective actions.
- Provide leadership development for production employees.
- Oversees Safeguard process operations, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Operates Safeguard system.
- Supervises weekly sanitation processes.
- Works closely with Quality Department to support Safeguard and plant operations.
- Identifies problems or bottlenecks in processes and resolves issues.
- Ensures resources including materials, equipment, and human resources are available as needed to maintain schedules.
- Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service.
- Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety policies and sanitation practices




- Control costs of production, quality, and sanitation.
- Participate in and lead team through customer issue follow-up and corrective actions.
- Develop, participate and lead process improvement initiatives including Center lining, Preventative Maintenance, Pristine, 5S and ELEMEDS (Every Load, Every Mill, Every Day Safely).
- Implements systems and processes to maintain a highly engaged workforce. Holds direct reports accountable for actively addressing engagement issues and for identifying/leveraging best practices in engagement.
- Applies disciplinary actions when needed.
- Customer Focus – Build customer awareness to drive high levels of service.

Essential skills and experience:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Strong milling skills.
- Willing to take a hands-on approach to leadership and problem solving.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven analytical and decision-making skills.
- Collaborative and energizing leadership and people management skills.
- This role requires competencies in the areas of influence, communication, teamwork, interpersonal effectiveness, initiative and process discipline.
- Experience in a union facility is a plus.
- Ability to work rotating shifts and weekend.
- Ability to handle various tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to build strong working relationships.
- Ability to prioritize, plan and execute.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to coach and provide feedback.
- Ability to create/modify/write specifications, training materials, and/or best practices.
- Capability and willingness to continue to develop and broaden an extensive knowledge of relevant areas of expertise
- Ability to effectively lead and influence across all levels within the organization.




- Experience managing projects and driving data-based decision-making process.
- Proven ability to identify issues, obtain relevant information, and compare facts from different sources to identify solutions.
- Analytical Problem Solving: Able to identify problems; apply structured and disciplined methodology to identify root cause using data.

Physical requirements and working conditions (with or without reasonable accommodation):

- Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Able to work in a dusty environment and wear respiratory protection.
- Able to work in hot and cold conditions.
- Ability to work at high elevations and confined spaces when required.

Other considerations:

- Must be willing to accept accountability and work well in a team.
- Willing and able to work weekends, Holidays, 7-day weeks, and opposing shifts when needed.
- Ability to provide operational support 24/7.
- No allergies to dust or wheat products.
- Must be authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship now and in the future.
- Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a pre-employment background check.

Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.

The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Experience:

- milling skills: 1 year (required)
- manufacturing environment: 1 year (preferred)
- Analytical Problem Solving: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

- English (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Shift Miller (Milling Supervisor) (Central Industrial)
🏢 Ardent Mills
📍 Central Industrial