Plant Operator
Job Description.
Responsible for over site and management of
all activities in the production area. The upkeep and maintenance of the
infrastructure within, activities to ensure best output. General plant hygiene
and health.
Key tasks:
Ripening & Ripening Chambers.
- Manage weekly ripening programs.
- Following and help keep SOPs to
ensure quality and safety.
- Communicate to immediate manager
in-case of any deviations on ripening process.
- Ensuring a prompt communication
on each ripening process. Follow agreed format on communication.
- Ensure raw material with correct
quality attributes for ripening is used i.e., correct dry matter content,
correct size profile etc. in liaison with the QA manager.
- Ensure stocks for ripening
consumables e.g., ethylene is adequate. Observe a correct re-order level.
- Consult with maintenance manager
to ensure scheduled maintenance plan for the ripening chambers is
followed.
- Completing ripening logs.
Avocado grading machine.
- Manage and Oversee machine
operation.
- Monitor and troubleshoot
operating equipment.
- Perform general housekeeping.
- Ensure plant adheres to safety
and environmental rules.
- Ensuring that issued PPEs are
kept and used as prescribed.
- Control further processing of
products until conditions likely to cause non-conformities are addressed.
- Calibrating machines to ensure
required productivity levels and adherence to quality measures and
standard are met.
- Manage weekly and monthly
production schedules, maintenance reports and daily production reports.
- Coordinate with the maintenance
manager on repair and servicing of production equipment to ensure prudent
operations.
- Reporting defective machines to
the production in charge/manager
Key performance indicators.
- Timely analysis and communication
to the reporting manager.
- Timely sending of all the reports
- Effective traceability of any
faulty part of machine
- Clean working environment.
Key Competencies
- Degree in Mechatronic Engineering
/or Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience.
- Understanding and commitment to
Health and Safety best practice.
- Good verbal and written
communication skills.
- Ability to work independently,
good team spirit.
- Good time management skills
How to Apply
