Pretoria: Miller – Wheat & Maize

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Miller with a strong background in wheat and maize milling technologies to join our team in Pretoria. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in high-capacity milling plants (30 tons/hour) and hold relevant certifications such as Fumigation and Grading.

Key Responsibilities

• Roller Mills: Ensure break releases on Wheat Mills are carried out on a weekly basis as per instruction.
• Roller Mills: Check all scrapers and roll brushes per shift and change if necessary.
• Roller Mills: Ensure roll hopper exhausts are fully operational per shift.
• Roller Mills: Maintain a balanced and consistent feed rate throughout the milling process.
• Plansifter: Carry out all sifter maintenance as per requirements and schedules.
• Plansifter: Replace burst covers on shift as needed.
• Plansifter: Ensure all inlet/outlet sleeves on sifter and purifiers are intact.
• Plansifter: Regularly clean screens of all turbo sieves on Germ system.
• Purifiers: Ensure all purifier brushes are fully operational and in good condition at all times.
• Purifiers: Maintain air tunnel cleanliness and set purifiers according to requirements.
• Purifiers: Ensure correct separation on all concentrators and maize mill aspirators.
• Aspiration and Exhausts: Monitor manometer readings on all filters to acceptable levels.
• Aspiration and Exhausts: Ensure pneumatic hammer and pulsing unit on filter is working at all times.
• Aspiration and Exhausts: Maintain heater banks at the correct temperature parameters.
• General Routine checks: Determine efficient running of milling machines with the Head Miller.
• Quality: Maintain final products within internal specifications.
• Quality: Monitor gristing models and WIP levels as determined by the Head Miller.
• Quality: Efficiently clean and prepare WIP materials.
• Quality: Test, record, and act on finished product results in prescribed periods.
• Quality: Reduce waste on all milling plants.
• Plant Performance: Achieve prescribed extraction rates on respective milling plants.
• Plant Performance: Maintain OEE rating of 95% minimum on all milling plants.
• Plant Performance: Accurately record and report production logs.
• Plant Performance: Reconcile mass balance detail on each milling plant.
• Plant Performance: Manage evaporative loss within prescribed parameters.
• Risk and Safety: Adhere to set safety policies and procedures.
• Risk and Safety: Practice safe working practices as per the plant’s safety protocols.

Requirements

• Qualified Miller with trade-tested experience in maize and/or wheat milling technologies

Qualifications

• City and Guilds /NABIM qualifications (advantageous)

Note: Since there is no mention of formal education or certifications, this section has been skipped.