Job Purpose

To support the effective and efficient running of the Production area to ensure all operational standards in production throughput, material yield control, product quality, hygiene, housekeeping, and health and safety are met to the highest standard.

To assist with encouraging results through and work closely with people in the Production area by communicating job expectations; planning and monitoring job performance; initiating, coordinating, and applying systems, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

Do

• Lead, motivate, and effectively manage a manufacturing team, including deputising for the Shift Manager, where required.
• Deputise for Shift Manager at daily production meetings, when required.
• Complete necessary line/equipment/process checks and documentation (e.g. production start-up checks and material supply issues) to the required standard, and update systems (e.g. Kronos, SAP, Mii, and logging efficiency measures) accordingly.
• Highlight any production issues and communicate to the appropriate person(s) - working closely with the Shift Manager and Engineering as well as planning – and follow up accordingly.
• React promptly to any downtime, inefficiencies, and quality issues – highlighting this to the Shift Manager and other relevant management, and support with resolving these and monitoring these.
• Work with yield data (and contamination data) to maintain / improve yield wherever possible. This includes floor waste and efficiency.
• Monitor the maintenance of good housekeeping practices at all times. Supervise your work area to ensure a safe working environment is maintained with all health, safety, and environmental procedures in place and adhered to, by carrying out routine inspections.
• Complete all necessary traceability and identification documents and ensure that these are available.
• Ensure that all products are labelled in accordance with either internal or external customer requirements.
• Ensure you, with support from the Shift Manager, understand all KPIs relevant to your area – communicate any changes and feedback on performance regularly.
• Allocate operatives to the correct rotations and ensure that they are fully trained to carry out the tasks. Highlight any issues with manning levels to the Shift Manager.
• Ensure operatives are paid correctly by working with the payroll system to ensure hours are logged correctly.
• Coordinate overtime but ensure operatives do not breach the WTR by liaising with the Shift Manager to review hours of work.
• Support all training by working with the Shift Manager to review the training gaps of operatives within rotations and any internal promotions. Ensure all individuals are fully trained for the tasks that they are allocated to – by allocating them with buddies or Trainers, delivering the training, then following this up by working with the Validators.
• Have adequate IT, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ensure effective communication throughout the Department. For example, by responding and following up on any suggestions / ideas or concerns and escalating this where necessary to the Shift Manager or Manager.
• Ensure production quality and efficiency standards and requirements, planning processes, and material utilisation are of the highest standard.
• Ensure the company, customers, and regulatory food safety, health, and safety for the area are in place.
• Comply with product specification (by familiarising yourself with the daily customer requirements before starting up) and check all products are within specification and changeover requirements are followed.