Feed Mill Supervisor

Feed Mill Supervisor

A feed mill supervisor is the driving force behind a high-performing operationleading the team, overseeing production, and ensuring everything runs safely, efficiently, and on schedule. This is a dynamic leadership role where hands-on industry knowledge meets people management, problem-solving, and decision-making.

From coordinating daily production and optimizing feed formulas to managing inventory and maintaining equipment performance, the supervisor keeps every part of the mill in sync. Just as important, they lead and support a team of operators, setting expectations, training employees, delegating tasks, and making real-time decisions to keep production moving. Whether it's troubleshooting a mechanical issue or coaching an employee, no two days are the same.

Feed mill supervisors are also responsible for upholding strict quality and safety standards, ensuring compliance with organizations like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They create a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvementmaking sure both people and processes perform at their best.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on leadership, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, and wants to make a real impact in agriculture. It's more than managing a millit's leading a team that keeps the entire operation running strong.

Essential job functions include overseeing the production of feed on assigned shifts, effectively operating all areas of the mill, supervising, training, and evaluating feed mill employees, assigning duties to ensure a clean and orderly facility, effectively communicating with dispatch and coordinating with all mills across the organization, managing and enforcing safety policies and procedures, maintaining usage reports and operational records, managing and enforcing environmental and quality control policies, and being knowledgeable on company and feed mill software programs.

Secondary responsibilities include the ability to operate and understand feed mill equipment, possessing mechanical skills to perform minor maintenance tasks, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and handling stressful situations professionally.

Competencies include a high level of customer service focus, supporting a consistent professional image of the company, observing and enforcing all safety policies and procedures, a positive attitude and calm reaction under pressure, a high integrity work ethic, commitment to dependability and willingness to work to meet goals and deadlines, effectively solving problems of the feed mill division, and comfort in adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and prefer experience with feed or related manufacturing techniques.

Work requirements include being based in a fast-paced agricultural setting and regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and vibrations. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, and airborne particles. The noise level is usually moderate but occasionally may be loud. PPE will be provided and must be utilized according to safety standards. Typical working hours are based on customer and organizational demand; hours may be long, irregular and include weekends and holidays during peak season.

While performing job functions the employee will be required to talk and hear most of the time. The employee will spend frequent intervals moving and sitting, while also needing to reach, bend, twist, crawl, crouch, stoop or kneel. The employee will need to be able to lift up to 75 pounds frequently and maneuver on and off mobile equipment. The physicality of this job is high.

Benefits include 401k company matches 50% up to 10%, PTO accrual after 30 days of employment, 13 days accrual the first year, paid holidays, company bonus incentive, excellent health insurance plans, dental & vision available, short & long-term disability provided at no cost to you, life insurance, identity theft insurance, accident insurance, clothing allowance, and 10% discount on purchases at the How-To Building Center.