Milling Shift Supervisor – Rice Mill (Expatriate)

Role Overview

The Milling Shift Supervisor – Rice Mill is responsible for overseeing rice milling activities during assigned shifts, ensuring the efficient operation of the milling line from paddy intake to finished rice production. The role involves supervising personnel, operating and monitoring equipment, maintaining quality standards, and coordinating with other teams.

Responsibilities

• 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 various milling equipment such as cleaners, de-stoners, huskers, whiteners, polishers, and bagging lines.
• Maintain continuous paddy flow and minimize bottlenecks, excessive breakage, contamination, and 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.
• Monitor key production indicators including throughput, milling recovery, head-rice yield, broken percentage, moisture, and waste.
• Conduct yield calculations and identify abnormal production losses or variations.
• Maintain hourly or batch production records and prepare accurate shift production reports.
• Work closely with the Quality Control team to maintain required product specifications.
• Inspect finished rice for quality parameters and ensure non-conforming products are identified and segregated.
• Coordinate with the Maintenance team to minimize equipment downtime and restore production efficiently after breakdowns.
• Ensure routine cleaning of milling equipment and monitor the condition of components.
• Supervise Mill Operators, helpers, cleaners, packing staff, and casual workers.
• Allocate duties effectively and ensure adequate manpower coverage.
• Train and coach local employees on safe and efficient milling operations.
• Coordinate with the Warehouse team for smooth transfer, bagging, and stacking of finished rice.
• Maintain a clean and orderly milling environment and record production output, downtime, quality checks, and other relevant shift activities.
• Submit accurate shift reports to the Production Manager.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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 various milling equipment.
• Experience monitoring milling recovery, head-rice yield, breakage, moisture, throughput, and production losses.
• Experience coordinating equipment maintenance and responding to production downtime.

How to Apply

Send their CV to: info@estradaintl.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.