Shift Technician

Reporting to: Production Manager

Reference: R9896

Summary

To facilitate the production of animal feed in a safe and timely manner that ensures quality standards, set by both ForFarmers and external verification bodies, are met.

Purpose of the Job

• Ensure safe operation of production facilities.
• Produce SKU’s in line with prescribed quality standards and time frames as dictated by production plan. With due consideration to controlling operating costs.
• Support the delivery of KPI’s in a timely fashion.
• Assist in instances of emergency or incident.
• Support the hazard and accident reporting process.
• Support the complaints process, undertaking QC checks, investigations and plant/operational improvements as required.
• Work with Engineering colleagues to minimise breakdowns, outages, downtime, and assist with PPM.
• Proactively support the PM and TM/SL to ensure plant efficiency, bottlenecks, and improvements are ongoing.
• Undertake hygiene tasks required to ensure safe and compliant operation of site.
• Work with the Environmental Management system to ensure both internal and external standards are met.
• Deputise for senior staff as required.
• Cover other roles within production and operations as staffing requirements demand.
• Undertake site improvement works as required, especially when linked to audit compliance.
• Support the control of pests across the site, and ensure that operations pay due consideration to minimizing the impact posed by pests.