
Shift Miller
Winchester, VAJob$26.34/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Shift Miller monitors product, equipment, ingredients, formulations, and processing procedures from raw ingredients through finished goods to meet quality standards and company and federal procedures. The role adjusts mill operations to optimize yield and maintain quality, identifies wheat varieties, conducts laboratory analyses, and may direct hourly mill personnel. The schedule rotates between day and night shifts in a four-days-on, four-days-off pattern.
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Full job description
Summary:
The Shift Miller is responsible for reviewing the monitoring and inspection of the product, equipment and processing steps of raw ingredients through finished goods, including monitoring ingredients, formulations, and processing procedures, to ensure production to designed quality standards, using correct procedures as prescribed by company policy and federal standards.
Compensation: $26.34 hourly
Shift:
12-hour shifts, from 7AM-7PM day shift and 7PM-7AM night shift.
The work schedule is 4 days on 4 days off, 4 nights on and 4 days off and then rotates back to dayshift.
Primary Duties:
Milling
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Review and manage the flow sheet of each mill and know how to make adjustments to the mill to optimize yield and throughout maintain consistent quality.
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Identify the different varieties of wheat and make all products to the customer’s specification during their shift.
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Observe equipment operations to ensure smooth operations and any malfunctions can be detected and corrected.
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Identify and assist with the resolution of problems in the mills as well as assist with maintenance on the milling equipment.
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Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards.
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Clean work areas and equipment, including the cleaning and lubricating of equipment.
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Confirms product has correct mix and is weighted out to specific customer specifications.
Lab & Other Responsibilities
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Conduct laboratory analysis accurately, precisely and punctually as described by approved methods, record results and verify accuracy.
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Comply with prescribed test procedures and sample handling protocols
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May be responsible for providing supervision to hourly mill personnel, providing work direction and counseling as needed.
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Perform other duties as requested.
Qualifications:
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High School Diploma or equivalent experience
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1 year minimum experience as an assistant miller or equivalent related milling experience
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Demonstrates effective Communication Skills – written and verbal
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Thorough knowledge of all mill equipment and basic maintenance needs
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Knowledge of different wheat varieties
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Knowledge of grain science and analytical procedures
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Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot production problems
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Proficiency with Computers and in Microsoft Office
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Willing and able to work with wheat products i.e. no wheat /gluten sensitivity
How this job compares
Set against the 2,025 open Production jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$26.34/hr
- US median$20–22/hr925 hourly ranges
This rate, $26.34/hr, is 25% above the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Production hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 35 open Production jobs in Virginia and 2,025 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amcor4 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Production postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (619 postings).
- Education
- 120 of the 2,025 open Production jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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