Senior Mill Manager

Senior Mill Manager

Parrish & Heimbecker

Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as Sr. Mill Manager for our Milling division based at Head Office in Cambridge, Ontario.

Location: P&H Milling Group: 1060 Fountain Street North, Cambridge, Ontario N3E 0A1
Term: Full Time Permanent
Language of Work: English
Wage: $52 - $65 per hour.
Hours of Work:

• 40 hours of work per week
• Overtime pay is applicable after 40 hours of work per week

Benefits:

• The successful candidate will be eligible to participate in the Company's comprehensive benefit program following 3 months of continuous employment which includes: Extended Health and Dental Benefits, Life Insurance, AD&D, and Disability.
• The successful candidate will be eligible to participate in the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) on the 1st of the month following 12 months of continuous employment.
• A copy of our Benefits Summary will be provided at the time of hire.

P&H Milling

P&H is the largest Canadian-owned milling company. The P&H Milling Group sources wheat from Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to produce quality flour and cereal products. The lineup includes hard red spring wheat flour for breads and other bakery products, soft winter wheat flour for cakes and cookies, as well as semolina flour for pasta, organic flour, and atta flour for chappati. In our specialty milling operation in Saskatoon, we also mill pea fractions.

From its mills in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Montreal, Quebec; Acton, Hanover, and Cambridge, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Lethbridge, Alberta, the P&H Milling Group supplies flour to customers throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Iceland, and Pacific Rim countries.

Your Role

As the Senior Mill Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for providing strategic direction and technical expertise oversight to all milling sites, focusing on optimizing plant production processes to enhance product extraction, by-product and waste reduction, capacity utilization, facility and equipment upgrade, and overall plant efficiency. This will be achieved through managing process improvements, approving operational changes, industry best practices and operational technologies, and targeted improvement initiatives. Additionally, this role involves managing the roll corrugation program within national operations and ensuring that all plants are equipped with and utilize the most suitably conditioned equipment throughout the milling process.

Day to Day

• Analyze existing processes, identify gaps, and implement strategies and solutions to optimize product output and extraction, maximize capacity utilization and productivity, and improve the overall plant efficiency while ensuring compliance to the quality and health and safety requirements.
• Oversee the investigation and resolution of complex milling and production issues, ensuring appropriate corrective actions are implemented by the technical and production teams.
• Oversee and approve changes and improvements in milling processes, systems, and equipment, ensuring they are implemented by the production and technical teams.
• Provide guidance and direction to the technical team for the implementation of new equipment or technologies.
• Effectively work and collaborate with the plant’s production and technical team in implementing improvements in production processes and installation of new or additional equipment or technologies.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and associated procedures for other plants and future reference and ensure compliance with all related operational programs and standards.
• Plan, organize, direct, manage, and schedule the activities in the national roll corrugation department including the staff.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPI’s) and metrics, ensuring that they are monitored and acted upon if there is any gaps or deviations.
• Oversee and coordinate with the R&D Manager to ensure production processes meet quality, cost, and efficiency objectives for the National Wheat Grist.
• Oversee ongoing operations and ensure continuity of production by coordinating staff assignments and resource allocation as needed.
• Collaborate and provide technical assistance to Project Manager and Operations Manager in the development and management of Capital projects.
• Maintain a safe working environment and a high food safety standard in accordance with BRCGS (Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards) and Food Safety procedures.
• Conduct performance review and management which includes fair and effective disciplinary action, as required, in accordance with the Company policies and standards.
• Hire, supervise, train or oversee ongoing training and development of staff in accordance with company policies and standards.
• Perform other related duties as required.