What are we looking for?

• Matric (Maths & Science) /ABET equivalent REALL
• Complete  in Engineering or related courses
• Intermediate level English;
• Must be willing to work overtime and extended shift if necessary
• Basic Understanding of TPM (MSE) and or World Class Manufacturing Principles
• Ability to generate accurate and complete reports
• Perform incident and root cause investigations
• Presentation skills & stakeholder management
• Team player and coaching abilities
• Great communicator and comfortable participating in FMOS and other pillar meetings
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within multiple teams, in a fast-paced environment is essential. Professional experience preferably in the Food Industry;
• Desirable professional experience in the areas of operation (Extrusion, Milling and Bagging);
• Office suite level advanced (Excel, Word, Power Point and Power BI);
• Knowledge of Lean Production methodologies and tools Pareto Diagram, PDCA Cycle, Ishikawa

What will be your key responsibilities?

SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

• All PPE must be worn in compliance with the legal/RC requirements
• Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy
• Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken
• Guarantee and apply OHSAS 18001 and all related working procedures
• Compliance with Occupational Safety and Environmental Requirements – Mars Standards
• Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures
• Ensure a complete emergency response team, as well as full role execution as per the emergency response procedure
• Ensure LOTO whenever necessary, following the LOTO Guide of the area
• Report incident(s) and take necessary immediate corrective actions to safeguard safe working conditions for associates
• Conduct regular line tours of the areas, identified risk conditions and mitigations. Ensure abnormality cards are raised and repairs conducted where applicable.

QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY

• Verification of product review in extrusion and grinding with the operators
• Compliance with Quality and Food Safety Requirements – Mars Standards
• Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, 22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures
• Support the HACCP program in the department
• Follow GMP-GHP in the area
• Maintain and perform the CCP and oPRPs procedure according to SOPs in the extrusion area
• Sampling of products to ensure quality control
• Review identified high risk pest activity areas and ensure action plans/controls are in functioning as well as look for points of improvement raised formally through the FMOS process

OPERATION & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure optimal execution of the plan for the shift through appropriate crewing, break management and cover for the planned production lines.
• Monitor operational unplanned stoppages with operators and trigger basic problem solving with the operators for reoccurring issues (this includes, micro stoppages, cleaning, break management)
• Monitor the quality of production and any corrections in the process, ensure deviations and corrective actions are properly documented on the NCR management system.
• Perform shift verification of the CCPs and OPRPs recorded on official shift records
• Ensure compliance with planning through monitoring of the production accuracy for each required SKU on the plan (within 5% variance). Provide root cause analysis for cases of over and underproductions.
• Participate in planning meeting and interact with the production scheduler in order to deliver the ATS (Adherence to Schedule) and the service level of the plant;
• Be aware of the work involving permits and verify LOTO in the shift / areas of bagging, extrusion and grinding;
• Open permits and verify LOTO for jobs performed by associates in the bagging, extrusion and milling.
• Active management of non conformities arising from their respective shift and follow the escalation procedure (i.e. Quality issue – put on hold, isolate, analyze root causes and take corrective action);
• Follow and ensure the operational procedures of the manufacture;
• Inform the shift manager of quality variations, safety risks and risk situations, according to product and process standards;
• Conduct independent verification of product review in extrusion and packaging with the operators to verify quality production
• Abnormality identification and reporting via abnormality cards or POKA
• Ensure adherence to centre line conditions as well as CIL (cleaning, inspection and lubrication) for process and packaging
• Provide shift TRIAD full basic investigations related to safety, quality, waste generation, raw material variances, and efficiency metrics related to TRS (Go & See & 5 WHY) in accordance with MSE
• Conduct training for operators based on need and training matrix
• Participation and support in AM/PM implementation for process and on shift
• Enforce the escalation procedures for quality and production. Ensure troubleshooting guides are used, and unplanned stoppages are effectively and efficiently resolved, calling on required support from support functions as required.
• Any task as delegated by Shift Manager

CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS

• Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S
• Execution planning and preparation for cleaning activities as required
• Monitor efficiency and quality of cleaning and sanitation processes in operations
• Change over cleaning
• Weekly cleaning & Sanitation and adherence to required procedures

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Support multi-skills policy
• Develop SOPs and Work instructions as well as review existing procedures as needed
• Perform training and validation of operators as needed
• Support in maintaining updated training matrices for operators
• Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position

COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION

• Participation in FMOS handover focusing on previous shift performance in terms of safety, quality, service and waste for process and packaging
• Lead CP01 handover meeting, providing feedback on previous shift performance and action execution for deviations related to extrusion and packaging.
• Conduct independent line tour for process, audit and correct 5S & GMP deviations in the process areas
• Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules
• Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality, waste generation, safety cards) in RCLMS and/or shift books