Senior Operator

If you are ambitious, self‑motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

To effectively manage, support and develop a team in order to optimise efficiency, quality, health and safety, Material Usage Variance (MUV) and housekeeping.

• Engage, motivate and develop assigned staff.
• Ensure correct manning levels for the assigned line are adhered to and recorded.
• Through management of General Assistants, ensure corrective actions from audits are made and maintained; product and size changeovers are made in accordance with SWP and agreed target times; departmental hygiene and line cleanliness standards are maintained at all times; work with technicians and electricians to ensure effective and efficient planned, preventative and reactive maintenance of assets; implement and monitor compliance to all company policies, procedures and SWP’s;
  
  carry out HR‑related procedures, e.g., appraisals and Return‑to‑Work Interviews.

• Ensure that routine quality inspections are correctly carried out and recorded and that quality instructions are adhered to.
• Work with all departments to achieve and maintain customer accreditation and BRC standards as outlined on the policy deployment matrix.
• Assist with investigations into quality failure as required.

• Achieve conformance to target and production plan.
• Prepare for and conduct shift handovers with other Senior Operators.
• Provide and deliver information in an agreed format for shift production meeting (handover log).
• Ensure accurate data is input to the system to allow accurate management information on the agreed KPI’s to be obtained.
• Adherence to housekeeping, 5S, Lean and HSE standards to maintain green audit status with external customers.
• Issue General Safety Notices as appropriate.

• Review and identify improvement opportunities and recommend solutions through use of 3C (Concern, cause and countermeasure) documents and escalation to OCC (Our Contribution Counts).
• Implement and sustain identified solutions.

• Ensure agreed HSE KPI’s are delivered.
• Ensure that routine safety inspections are correctly carried out.
• Report, record and support investigation of near misses and accident / incidents.
• Issue General Safety Notices as appropriate.
• Ensure adherence to PPE and HSE policies and procedures (duty of care).
• Completion of accident investigations.
• Produce to agreed quality standards.
• Assist with investigations into quality failure as required.
• Ensure line and department hygiene standards are maintained daily and improved as required.
• Run various types of production lines, operating print and labelling machines to the budgeted efficiency level.
• Conduct size changes as required.
• Involvement in cleaning and maintenance schedules as required.
• Collection of downtime and support for Team Managers in line improvements.
• Ensure material wastage is controlled to budget levels.
• Promote a culture of involvement and interest in individual ideas through listening, briefing and appraisals.
• Assist in improving employee opinion survey results.
• Responsible for efficient operation of production lines.
• Responsible for operation of printing / labelling equipment.
• Responsible for management of components during the production process.
• Responsible for carrying out and recording routine quality and safety checks.
• Responsible for carrying out routine maintenance and cleaning.
• Responsible for the accurate issuing of materials to relevant process orders.
• Responsible for data capture and recording.
• Daily management of small operating teams – 4 to 7 people.
• Team Building – Builds effective relationships with people at all levels, while motivating and energising others.
• Communication – communicates at all levels clearly, listens and involves others in direction and goal setting.
• Leadership – Provides vision and direction, inspires others to follow. Takes responsibility for involving, enabling and motivating people.
• Commitment to self-development – Is not limited by previous experience and engages actively in improvement activities.
• Leading Change – Plans for and successfully introduces…