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.

May be responsible for all or part of the following duties and responsibilities to be determined by the Mill Manager, Mill Supervisor:

• Manage and coordinate the daily mill labor planning, utilization, and evaluation of performance.
• Responsible that all mill and delivery team members are properly trained in manufacturing, transportation, food safety, quality, safety and environmental policies.
• Ensure an appropriate and effective level of staffing requirements to fulfill production and delivery expectations within budget.
• Works in collaboration with HR in recruiting mill and driver talent.
• Provides effective leadership to drive engagement and morale of site team members.
• Provide development opportunities for all level team members at the mill.

Who you are:

            Milling Operations

• Understands WEM system and how it serves as a manufacturing process control system and reconciles to inventory management in the Company's financial systems.
• Responsible for the timely production of feed looking for opportunities for continuous improvements in mill efficiencies.
• Supervise and coordinate with the Maintenance Supervisor the repair and maintenance of all equipment and coordinating repair and maintenance with feed production.
• Effectively monitors and manages quality in each phase of the grind, mix, pellet and load out process and has broad and deep understanding of Quality Assurance Program
• Manages overall cleanliness and appearance of the facility.
• Responsibility for the adherence to all mill safety procedures and programs with Safety Compliance Coordinator
• Responsible to comply with all environmental policies including relationships with vendor emergency cleanup needs working through the Facilities and Environmental Coordinator

Ingredient and Inventory Management

• Ensures the quality of ingredients from receipt through storage, including bin rotation and clean out.
• Ensures appropriate testing protocols are adhered to relative to ingredient receiving. 
• Takes ownership of overall mill inventories in terms of accuracy of reporting and levels needed to sustain daily operations.
• Coordinate with Nutrify, Transportation and Logistics all activities as they relate to feed production regarding ingredients needed and product delivered.

Transportation and Delivery

• Assess driver performance in conjunction with the Transportation/Logistics Supervisor.
• Evaluate adequacy of load out and manage efficiency of related processes to reduce wait times.
• Understands transportation metrics and on-farm delivery opportunities to problem solve.
• Develops an understanding of logistics planning and scheduling and is able to support and backfill transportation/logistics supervisors if needed.
• Implemented procedures to continuously improve driver safety and performance. 
• Familiarity and compliance with FMCSA and DOT regulations.

Customer Management

• Responsible for the quality of the finished product
• Foster a working relationship with the finished feed customers and the applicable relationship managers.
• As needed, participate in customer KPI meetings, and respond to customer needs as appropriate.

Administrative and Other

• Coordinate reporting and record-keeping functions with mill supervisors and Transportation/Logistics Supervisors.
• Review, analyze and create reports on production records and feed delivery metrics.
• Prepare yearly and monitor period budgets.
• Perform other duties as determined by the Regional Operations Manager

 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
• Maintain bag inventories, stacked and orderly
• Complete required training in a timely manner

Qualification

• Demonstrates Wenger's Core Values
• Ability to understand and follow Food Safety Standards – FSMA and SQF and State regulations
• Understanding of the financial drivers of the business and managing a budget
• Proficient math skills
• Strong computer skills, including MS Word and Excel
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to make sound moral decisions in an unbiased manner
• Proficient oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of various types of feed mill machinery
• General maintenance skills
• Commitment to develop a safe culture
• Hungry, Humble and Smart leader

Leadership Expectations

• Management experience with demonstrated leadership and team building capabilities
• Ability to collaborate and interact across all levels of the organization
• Positive attitude and able to motivate team members at all levels and functions at the site
• Ability to lead continuous improvement in operations and service levels
• Demonstrates desire to continue in personal professional and leadership development
• Willingness and flexibility to support 24/6 operating schedule

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. on occasion 
• Ability to climb ladders and work in high places 
• Ability to work in confined spaces 
• Ability to work additional hours during Harvest seasons 
• Ability to work in dusty conditions 
• Ability to work additional hours during Harvest seasons

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
• Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.