Overview:
To supervise the production team and organise labour to meet the daily and weekly production schedule.
Manage the relationship with agency labour provider, identifying labour needed to meet production plan and ensuring it is provided.
Liaise with other departments (Blending, Warehouse, Planning etc.) to ensure materials are available for production in a timely manner
Maintain production records including output, downtime and stock movements.
Reconcile stocks at the end of works order and close works orders
Carry our routine quality checks and implement corrective actions
Carry out machine changeovers and basic fault finding
Manage any equipment breakdowns and carry out simple repairs
Complete routine maintenance tasks
Carry out back to work interviews
Carry out operator role when required to cover beaks or unplanned absence.
Requirements:
* Food manufacturing experience
* Formal food safety training, minimum Level 2 food safety training. HACCP experience an advantage.
* Good appreciation of health and safety requirements when working with automated machines and workplace vehicles.
* Experience of machine setting, changeover, and troubleshooting is essential
* Engineering / technical skills / experience essential
* Competent in the safe use of hand tools
* Good written communication and numeracy
* Good IT skills
* Basic Excel and Word capability
* Ability to work under pressure
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