Milling Shift Supervisor – Rice Mill (Expatriate)

Milling Operations & Shift Management:

• Supervise the complete milling operation during the assigned shift, ensuring continuous and efficient production.
• Start, monitor, adjust, and safely shut down milling equipment according to operating procedures.
• Operate and monitor cleaners, de-stoners, huskers, paddy separators, whiteners, polishers, graders, colour sorters, elevators, and bagging lines.
• Maintain continuous paddy flow and minimize bottlenecks, excessive breakage, contamination, and unnecessary product losses.
• Monitor milling performance and ensure equipment operates at optimal capacity while maintaining required rice quality.
• Ensure all milling SOPs, operating procedures, and shift checklists are properly followed.

Production & Yield Monitoring:

• Monitor key shift production indicators including throughput, milling recovery, head-rice yield, broken percentage, moisture, whiteness, rejects, and waste.
• Conduct yield calculations and identify abnormal production losses or variations.
• Maintain hourly or batch production records and prepare accurate shift production reports.
• Ensure production targets are achieved within approved operating parameters.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and take immediate corrective action within the scope of the role.

Quality Control:

• Work closely with the Quality Control team to maintain required product specifications throughout the milling process.
• Inspect finished rice for moisture, broken grains, whiteness, foreign matter, cleanliness, and other applicable quality parameters.
• Ensure non-conforming products are identified and appropriately segregated for further action.
• Ensure filled bags are checked regularly for correct weight and maintain appropriate records.
• Escalate quality deviations and recurring defects to the Production Manager and QC team.

Equipment & Maintenance Coordination:

• Monitor milling equipment performance and promptly report mechanical or operational faults to the Maintenance team.
• Coordinate with Maintenance to minimize equipment downtime and restore production efficiently following breakdowns.
• Ensure routine cleaning of cyclones, ducts, sieves, and milling lines at required intervals.
• Monitor the condition of rubber rolls, screens, sieves, and other milling components and recommend replacement when required.
• Carry out basic equipment care activities, including lubrication and minor operational maintenance within approved limits.
• Identify spare parts, packaging materials, and consumable requirements for the milling section and communicate requirements to management.

Team Supervision & Development:

• Supervise Mill Operators, helpers, cleaners, packing staff, and casual workers assigned to the shift.
• Allocate duties effectively and ensure adequate manpower coverage across milling operations.
• Monitor staff attendance, discipline, performance, and adherence to operational procedures.
• Train and coach local employees on safe and efficient milling operations.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, cleanliness, and operational discipline within the shift team.

Packing, Warehouse & Shift Coordination:

• Coordinate with the Warehouse team to ensure smooth transfer, bagging, weighing, and stacking of finished rice.
• Monitor packing operations and ensure correct packaging materials are available.
• Ensure appropriate records are maintained for production output, raw-material usage, finished products, rejects, and consumables.
• Coordinate planned weekend maintenance activities with Maintenance and relevant production personnel.
• Conduct a clear handover to the incoming supervisor covering equipment status, production performance, quality concerns, stock levels, downtime, and outstanding activities.

Safety, Housekeeping & Reporting:

• Ensure compliance with plant safety procedures, PPE requirements, machine-guarding standards, food safety, and housekeeping requirements.
• Ensure casual and contract workers follow applicable safety procedures while working within the mill.
• Maintain a clean and orderly milling environment throughout the shift.
• Record production output, downtime, quality checks, raw-material usage, rejects, incidents, maintenance issues, and other relevant shift activities.
• Submit accurate shift reports to the Production Manager after completion of each shift.
• Support annual maintenance activities and other operational assignments as directed by management.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Production
• Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Food Technology, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Relevant technical training in rice milling, grain processing, or industrial production is an advantage.

Experience:

• 5–10 years of relevant experience in rice milling, grain processing, food processing, or a similar manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience supervising milling operations and production teams.
• Strong practical knowledge of rice milling machinery and processing stages.
• Experience operating or supervising cleaners, de-stoners, huskers, separators, whiteners, polishers, graders, colour sorters, and packing equipment.
• Experience monitoring milling recovery, head-rice yield, breakage, moisture, throughput, and production losses.
• Experience coordinating equipment maintenance and responding to production downtime.

Technical Competencies:

• Rice Milling Operations
• Milling Equipment Operation
• Production & Yield Monitoring
• Milling Recovery Optimization
• Equipment Troubleshooting
• Preventive Maintenance
• Quality Control
• Production Reporting
• Packing Operations
• Shift Management
• Food Safety & Hygiene
• Workplace Health & Safety.

Core Competency:

• Milling Operations & Shift Leadership — ability to maintain continuous rice production, optimize milling equipment performance, control yield and quality losses, and effectively supervise shift personnel in a fast-paced factory environment.