{"id":3814,"date":"2025-06-14T19:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/job\/supervisor-milling-plant-at-trade-kings-limited\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:14:08","slug":"supervisor-milling-plant-at-trade-kings-limited","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/?post_type=job_listing&p=3814","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor \u2013 Milling Plant at Trade Kings Limited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Supervisor \u2013 Milling Plant (1 position)<br \/>\nReporting to: Production Manager<br \/>\nJob Overview<br \/>\nTo ensure seamless and efficient milling operations across three production lines, achieving production targets with strict adherence to quality, safety, and food compliance standards. The role demands strong technical knowledge of maize milling processes and team leadership capabilities to drive operational excellence. The position also plays a key role in implementing process improvements and supporting a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and high performance on the shop floor.<br \/>\nKey Duties and Responsibilities<br \/>\nManage end-to-end production activities for three milling lines including cleaning, conditioning, de-germination, milling, sifting, and packing.<br \/>\nEnsure consistent and optimized processing of white maize and yellow maize based on production plans and standard product specifications.<br \/>\nMonitor production parameters (moisture content, ash content, particle size) to meet defined standards.<br \/>\nCoordinate raw materials feeding schedules to ensure continuous operation without any bottlenecks.<br \/>\nConduct regular in-process checks for flour quality (color, texture, granulation) and grits sizing.<br \/>\nLead, allocate, and monitor activities of mill operators, sifters, packers, and helpers and conduct daily shift meetings to align team on safety, quality and production targets.<br \/>\nPerform first-level troubleshooting during shift breakdowns and escalate major issues to the Maintenance team.<br \/>\nEnsure proper storage and usage of maize inventory based on FIFO (First In, First Out) principles.<br \/>\nIdentify process improvements for yield increase, energy savings, and waste minimization. Identify and implement Cost Savings Initiatives<br \/>\nSuggest and implement operational kaizens in collaboration with the Milling Manager.<br \/>\nMinimum Requirements \u2013 Qualifications, Experience and Skills<br \/>\nDAE \/ Technical Diploma in Mechanical, Food Technology, Milling Operations, or equivalent.<br \/>\nMinimum of five (5) year\u2019s experience in operating and supervising a maize or flour milling plant.<br \/>\nStrong knowledge of milling process flow, machinery handling, and flour\/grits specifications.<br \/>\nAbility to handle shift-wise manpower and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.<br \/>\nFamiliarity with basic mechanical adjustments, sieve changes, and hygiene audits.<br \/>\nHands-on experience with all Milling plant equipment<br \/>\nGood communication and coordination abilities<br \/>\nDecision-making under pressure<br \/>\nTechnical leadership<br \/>\nSharing is Caring! Click on the Icons Below and Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/vacancies@tradekings.co.zm","_company_name":"Trade Kings Limited","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-3814","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-zambia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/3814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}