Distillery Process Shift Operator

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The production of New Make Spirit (NMS) to agreed quality standards, whilst maintaining a strong focus on safety & efficiency.
Operating as a semi-autonomous team member, across the full range of distillery processes and across a rotating shift
environment, taking ownership and responsibility for own, and team/site performance to achieve targets and objectives.

• EXPECTATION SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
  Responsible for the Health & Safety of self, colleagues, and others, as well as company plant and equipment
  Challenges any unsafe behaviours, at all levels of the business and amongst contractors, suppliers and visitors
  Promotes the development of positive EHS culture, processes and performance, within the local team and site, and supports other team members and departments to do the same
  Complies with all Statutory, Regulatory and Beam Suntory Global Standard requirements
  Complies with all Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS) safety requirements as appropriate
  Contributes to local EHS KPIs, highlighting performance out-with agreed parameters
  Ownership and knowledge of EHS, SOPs, COSHH, RA’s and any other department specifics
  Supports or undertakes local audits, internal audits and external audits, highlighting concerns and helping to manage actions to completion
  Performs regular Environmental, Health and Safety checks, analysing results, and seeking Continuous Improvement Opportunities
  Ensures appropriate EHS Training is maintained for self through regular 1-2-1’s with Team Leader or Manager
  Understands the EHS risks and control measures under COMAH and DSEAR
  Understands their role in the QEHS management system (IMS) and how their performance and behaviours can impact on the Environment, Health & Safety

PRODUCTIVITY

• Contributes to local and site production KPI’s (e.g. OTIF, OEE etc.)
• Fully understands performance targets and ensures that the required level of performance are met and sustained, including their own personal input
• Challenges Ways of Working and utilises Focused Improvement tools to seek Continuous Improvement opportunities
• Optimises utilisation of materials, plant and equipment within own work areas
• Monitors daily production trends, adjusting the program accordingly to ensure targets are achieved (e.g. OEE, Volume, Yield & Energy) within own work areas
• Follows SOP’s, WI’s, etc., demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of production processes within own work areas (e.g. Malting, Mashing, Distillation, Warehousing etc)

QUALITY

• Fully understands performance targets and contributes to local and site Quality KPI’s
• Ensures that highest standards of quality are maintained, through constant vigilance and inspection, looking for ways to improve through own work areas
• Monitors plant and equipment to ensure optimum hygiene standards are met, and general housekeeping is completed within own areas
• Adheres to all Quality procedures, making suggestions to adjust control parameters based upon trends, and assessing any changes made within own work areas
• Understands the theoretical process, monitoring critical control points and highlights non-conformances within own areas
• Ensures accurate material, process liquor and spirit sampling, labelling and analysis

COST

• Contributes to local and site Cost KPI’s (e.g. PIP’s, Energy Monitoring, Waste Reduction etc.)
• Contributes to the effectiveness of Operations, maximising efficiencies and local Energy/Waste KPI’s, seeking
• Continuous Improvement opportunities across own work areas
• Ensures the attainment of Cost targets and follows Liquid Gold philosophy, within own work areas
• Maintains a high focus on loss and waste across all processes, resources and material steams within own work areas
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