Since 1870 we've been making malted barley for brewers and distillers all over the world from our home maltings in Norfolk, England. Today, we continue that work in 4 countries, across 7 maltings with a specific emphasis on supplying distilleries and craft breweries. In 2023, Richardson International Limited successfully acquired Crisp Malt, welcoming all our employees into its wider group of companies across Canada, the US, and Europe. At Crisp we value our team members for everything they bring to the business. Our culture is centred around producing high quality, consistent malt, delivering world class customer service, building collaborative partnerships with our customers and offering expert technical knowledge and support in brewing and distilling. We currently have an opportunity for a Maltings Manager at our Crisp Malt, Alloa location. The Maltings Manager is the responsible duty holder for all operations that take place on their individual site. Purpose is to produce the volume and quality of malt as required to the customer schedule, while ensuring the safe operations of the site personnel and equipment. Key Duties and responsibilities Manage the site to comply with Health and Safety legislation, company policies, Food safety requirements, and environmental regulations. Ensure assets are maintained to safe operating conditions, are capable of producing the product quality and quantities required. Ensure all products are produced to the quality and cost required. Overall management of the production and engineering staff to ensure, safety, production and maintenance requirements are achieved. Accountable for the site financial performance. Implementation and maintenance of a production and demand plan, ensuring that group plan objectives are achieved. Plan production budget with required maintenance outages. Conformance to safe working practices by ensuring that all tasks have adequate procedures and risk assessments. Develop safe working practices for all maintenance activities. Conformance to any permit/regulations requirements, completion of reports and documentation required to submit to authorities. Ensure all site operations work to the required standards, staff are sufficiently trained, documentation is fit for requirement and maintained. Audit site processes and procedures to ensure compliance to company and legal standards. Ensure a PPM schedule is in place and carried out to minimise breakdown times. Maintain a plant condition overview highlighting at risk assets. Manage maintenance of equipment using appropriate tools and systems. Liaise with Group Engineering team when technical and project assistance is required. Monitor and report issues with impact on quality. Monitor and maintain an overview of quality performance and make appropriate process changes to ensure quality requirements. Communicate and motivate the site staff achieve site KPI’s. Ensure staff are adequately trained, development plans and succession potentials are maintained and developed. Manage HR issues as they arise and ensure processes such as return to work interviews are conducted. Create and monitor site productivity performance, ensure teams are effective, trained and work to required output. Ensure accurate controls of stocks and timely reporting. Monitoring and control of budget spending. Participate in regular operational and planning meetings. Ensure shutdowns required for maintenance and or projects are fully planned and communicated with the relevant parties. Ensure any potential quality impacts are elevated to the senior management and planning team to limit impact to delivery schedules. Weekend and weekly on call coverage. General Responsibilities: To demonstrate and support a commitment to Equal Opportunities, diversity, and customer care in accordance with established good practice and guidelines. To ensure that own personal performance and knowledge are continuously assessed for improvement. To have up to date knowledge of H&S working directives and good practice. Awareness of own health and safety and how it may affect others in the workplace. Report any health and safety concerns to your line manager or Group Health and Safety Manager. Take responsibility for ensuring you are fully trained and aware of all company policies and procedures. To promote the company, its values, and the work of the team in a positive manner at all times. Financial Accountability (budgets, sign off responsibility etc) Maltings Manager sign off level. Person Specification Essential qualities and behaviours we’re looking for. Commitment to help shape our company. Passionate about our brand, purpose and values and have a keen interest in Maltings. Lots of enthusiasm, curiosity to ask questions and learn. Be resilient, adaptable to change and have the grit to learn from mistakes Values Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our workplace values. These are embedded in all roles and that applicants must evidence their values as part of the application process and during their employment journey with the company. Take Pride Be Supportive Be Curious Trust and Be Trusted Pass it on Better