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Mill Manager | Belville | Permanent
Lead a high-performance milling operation where efficiency, quality, safety, and people leadership drive business success. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a large-scale production environment focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Our client is seeking an experienced Mill Manager to oversee the full production function within a complex wheat and maize milling operation. The successful candidate will be responsible for plant performance, production efficiencies, maintenance strategy, inventory management, financial control, compliance, and team leadership across the facility.
This role requires a commercially aware operational leader who can balance technical milling expertise with strong people management and strategic decision-making. You will play a key role in driving plant availability, minimizing downtime, improving extraction rates, managing CAPEX projects, and ensuring adherence to food safety and legislative requirements.
The environment is fast-paced, highly technical, and performance-driven, requiring a leader who can confidently manage operational pressures while maintaining world-class production standards.
Our client is a well-established player within the food manufacturing and grain processing sector, operating large-scale production facilities focused on quality, efficiency, and long-term operational sustainability.
What You’ll Do
• Lead daily milling operations across wheat and maize production facilities
• Drive plant efficiencies, extraction targets, and operational performance
• Oversee preventative maintenance and capital expenditure projects
• Manage production budgets, cost controls, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure stock control and inventory optimization across raw materials and consumables
• Maintain compliance with food safety, ISO, HACCP, and legislative standards
• Lead safety, environmental, and risk management initiatives
• Develop high-performing teams through coaching, succession planning, and training
• Coordinate production schedules to meet market demand and service levels
• Implement operational best practices and benchmark performance improvements
What You Bring
• Qualified Wheat or Maize Miller with GMF Trade Test
• Approximately 5 years’ production experience, including at least 3 years in a senior leadership role
• Strong understanding of milling operations, extraction optimization, and plant efficiencies
• Experience managing CAPEX projects, maintenance programs, and production budgets
• Knowledge of food safety systems, ISO 22000, HACCP, and relevant legislation
• Strong leadership, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills
• Ability to operate effectively within a high-pressure manufacturing environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capability
• Strong technical and operational problem-solving ability
• Proficiency in production reporting and operational systems
What Success Looks Like
• Production targets and extraction efficiencies consistently achieved
• Milling downtime maintained within target thresholds
• Improved plant reliability and equipment availability
• Reduced waste, rejects, and operational costs
• Strong audit outcomes across safety, quality, and compliance
• High-performing teams with strong morale and low turnover
• Continuous improvement projects delivering measurable business impact
• Safe, efficient, and sustainable plant operations
