Anchor Ingredients is an originator of premium food, pet food and feed ingredients–from farmers’ fields to our customers’ facilities. We’re looking for hard workers and difference makers; people who want to be part of a fast-paced, growing company and are eager to take care of our farmers, our customers and everyone in between.
Aside from competitive wages, we provide full-time employees a fully loaded benefits package that includes 100% paid single coverage premiums for health, dental and vision insurance, as well as long-term disability, and dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching up to 4%.

Job Summary:
The primary function of this role is to operate and monitor the flour milling line for production of flour that directly serves our customer requirements. The Mill Operator will ensure that milling, blending, and packaging activities run accurately and efficiently, that ingredient inclusions and finished flour meet specification, and that all safety, quality, and housekeeping standards are maintained.

Responsibilities

Milling & Blending Operations:

• Operate and monitor milling equipment: grinders, break rolls, reduction rolls, sifters, product conveying and packaging
• Ensure proper set-up of equipment and machine settings (feed rate, grind size, moisture/conditioning) to meet flour specification.
• Conduct sampling and analysis of finished flour and incoming grain, and adjust processes as required to maintain quality and yield.
• Communicate with the Production Lead and other team members to coordinate tasks, shift hand-offs, and ensure consistency.
• Ensure all milling and blending paperwork/logs are completed timely and accurately (production data, maintenance logs, quality checks).
• Operate forklifts to transport, stack, and organize products, ensuring safe and efficient material handling.

Warehouse / Material & Ingredient Handling:

• Assist in daily scheduled production in all areas, ensuring the processing work is performed in an efficient & productive manner:
  • Label products according to standards (Product Number, Product Name, Lot, Date, and other requirements)
  • Ensure correct ingredients are being used during production, monitoring inventory on hand
  • Coordinate excess ingredients that remain after production runs with the Warehouse Manager for inventory reporting

Safety:

• Adhere to all aspects of the Company’s Safety Program, including lockout/tagout, machine guarding, forklift operations, PPE requirements, dust control, confined space and elevated work when required.
• Proactively identify and report possible safety hazards or near-misses to the Milling Lead or Plant Manager.
• Participate in required safety training, audits, and comply with food-safety and hygiene programs.

Quality:

• Adhere to Quality Assurance and food safety standards (e.g., GMPs, HACCP, customer specs).
• Monitor storage conditions of flour and other materials to maintain quality.
• Quickly recognize and report any deviation from specifications, process irregularities, or rejects to supervisor to minimize waste and downtime.

General / Other:

• Perform project work or other duties outside this job description, as specified by the Production Lead or Plant Manager.
• Demonstrate teamwork, cooperate with peers, and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Required to adhere to the Company’s policies on Safety, Hygiene, and Good Housekeeping:
  • Take reasonable care for personal and others’ health and safety.
  • Cooperate with the company’s duties or requirements.
  • Report hazards to immediate manager.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Hold a valid driver’s license
• Demonstrated ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships
• Ability to:
  1. Lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
  2. Stand for extended periods of time
  3. Work in dust
  4. Work in confined spaces
  5. Work in extreme temperatures
  6. Obtain Forklift Certification within 30 Days of employment (Training provided)

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to machinery and moving parts, airborne particles including grain dust and hazardous materials or fumes, which may require the use of PPE. The employee may be exposed to adverse weather conditions, extended seasonal hours, high precarious places and confined spaces. The noise level in some of the work environments may require the use of hearing protection. While performing the duties of this job inside the office, the employee is frequently exposed to normal working conditions for an office environment with a noise level that is usually quiet to moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time as well as use hands or fingers to reach or handle, and to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. All vision abilities are required to encompass close-up work. On occasion, employee must be able to tolerate and endure extended seasonal hours and maintain alertness to meet deadlines.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Headquartered in Fargo, ND, Anchor Ingredients is the most customer-centric, innovative and transparent farm-to-food partner, dedicated to delivering premium ingredients and added value services to the food and pet food industries. Our farm-level relationships, combined with our global reach, allow us to efficiently procure and process ingredients from around the region and throughout the world, uniquely positioning us to fulfill our customers' diverse ingredient requirements. We take pride in our world-class team which boasts extensive industry experience combined with an unwavering dedication to our company’s mission, vision and values, and a commitment to delivering quality and innovation throughout the entire food supply chain.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is not a complete description of responsibility, but reflects the general qualifications, duties and/or responsibilities necessary to perform this position. Anchor Ingredients reserves the right to revise the job description as circumstances warrant. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to successfully pass a background check, as well as testing for commonly abused controlled substances in accordance with the company’s Drug Free Workplace Policy. Anchor Ingredients is an at-will employer, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. We are an equal opportunity employer.