Manufacturing Operative; Share

Short Intro and About the Job

The Manufacturing Operative role carries out a number of tasks within the manufacturing area including:
Dispensing, Collation and Blending of the powdered raw materials.

Key areas of accountability & responsibility:

Safety:

• Operation of production equipment in adherence to Company safety policy, rules and procedures, working within WISE (Working In a Safe Environment) framework, ensuring Safe Behaviour at all times
• Identify and report health or safety hazards & dangerous situations and put appropriate control measures in place, raising safety contacts where unsafe acts or practices are identified.
• Carry out risk assessment as appropriate
• Coordinate audits for good housekeeping/5S and complete follow-up actions / proactive approach to ‘Clean as you go’

Quality:

• Operation of production equipment, in compliance with GMP and HACCP guidelines and procedures.
• Ensure full adherence to quality procedures such as Critical Control Points, processes and standards in line with Quality Management System (QMS) & Danone Quality Food Standards
• To perform and record in-process checks to verify that all products produced meet product standards, maintain a clean workstation by employing a clean and you go mentality and maintain the highest standard of right first time.
• Responsible for maximizing production quality and output in their area
• Perform product visual quality checks
• Fully accountable for completion of documentation standards (inputs / scanning into MES system)

Cost:

• Ensure the manufacture of product to specification at right time & cost ensuring Right First Time approach.
• Responsible for ensuring the maximized output is achieved in area, through performing AM checks, employing SMED principles, 5S and prioritising workload
• Responsible for driving direct and indirect KPI’s
• Anticipate problems in order to avoid impact to customer service.

Delivery:

• Proactive and flexible approach to routine Continuous Improvement though delivery of Kaizans and employing the “100 year fix” approach
• Pro-actively problem solve
• Responsible for the output in their area

Motivation:

• Empowered to drive continuous improvement activities within area, challenging processes and procedures to drive improvement to ‘World Class’.
• Communicate and be an effective team player
• Responsible for the operation of production equipment, in compliance with health and safety, GMP and best-practice guidelines and procedures
• Completing line product changeovers
• Ability to rotate between different areas within Manufacturing eg Dispensing, Collation, Blending, Packing Lines

Environmental:

• Drive hygiene standards and to comply with the business procedures for waste disposal

This role is offered on a job share basis working 12hour shifts with a combination of 2 or 3 shifts per week on a rotating basis working one week of night working and one week of day time working. (Night shift: 7pm - 7am & day shift 7am - 7pm). Competitive base salary with additional 33% shift pay, pro rata.

Functional competencies & previous experience

Essential:

• Industrial experience, particularly within a FMCG, food or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Proven experience of working in a fast paced manufacturing environment whilst also maintaining high quality product/quality standards
• High level of mechanical and technical knowledge with the capability to operate and maintain manufacturing and packing equipment
• Proven highly technical, logical approach to work in a manufacturing setting
• Experience of working in FDA and ISO regulated environments
• Good knowledge of GMP, HACCP and 5S
• Experience in continuous improvement projects.
• Familiar with working in highly regulated, change controlled environments
• Experience in working in a high care environment and gowning…