Job Description
Job Purpose
To support the effective and efficient running of the Production area to ensure all operational standards in production throughput, material yield control, product quality, hygiene, housekeeping and health and safety are met to the highest standard.
To assist with encouraging results through and work closely with people in the Production area by communicating job expectations; planning and monitoring job performance; initiating, coordinating, and applying systems, policies, and procedures.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Do
To lead, motivate and effectively manage a manufacturing team, including deputising for the Shift Manager, where required.
Deputise for Shift Manager at daily production meetings, when required.
Complete necessary line/equipment/process checks and documentation (e.g. production start-up checks and material supply issues) to the required standard, and update systems (e.g. Kronos, SAP, Mii and logging efficiency measures) accordingly.
Highlight any production issues and communicate to the appropriate person(s) - working closely with the Shift Manager and Engineering as well as planning – and follow up accordingly.
React promptly to any downtime, inefficiencies and quality issues – highlighting this to the Shift Manager and other relevant management, and support with resolving these and monitoring these.
Work with yield data (and contamination data) to maintain / improve yield wherever possible. This includes floor waste and efficiency.
Monitor the maintenance of good housekeeping practices at all times. Supervise your work area to ensure a safe working environment is maintained with all health, safety and environmental procedures in place and adhered to, by carrying out routine inspections.
Complete all necessary traceability and identification documents and ensure that these are available.
Ensure that all products are be labelled in accordance with either internal or external customer requirements.
Ensure you, with support from the Shift Manager, understand all KPIs relevant to your area – communicate any changes and feedback on performance regularly.
Allocate operatives to the correct rotations and ensure that they are fully trained to carry out the tasks. Highlight any issues with manning levels to the Shift Manager.
Ensure operatives are paid correctly by working with the payroll system to ensure hours are logged correctly.
Coordinate overtime but ensure operatives do not breach the WTR by liaising with the Shift Manager to review hours of work.
Support all training by working with the Shift Manager to review the training gaps of operatives within rotations and any internal promotions. Ensure all individuals are fully trained for the tasks that they are allocated to – by allocating them with buddies or Trainers, delivering the training, then following this up by working with the Validators.
Have adequate IT, written and verbal communication skills.
Ensure effective communication throughout the Department. For example, by responding and following up any suggestions / ideas or concerns and escalating this where necessary to the Shift Manager or Manager.
Ensure production quality and efficiency standards and requirements, planning processes and material utilisation are of the highest standard.
Ensure
Ensure the company, customers and regulatory food safety, health and safety for the area are in place.
Comply with product specification (by familiarising yourself with the daily customer
requirements before starting up) and check all products are within specification and changeover requirements are followed.
Deliver
Ensure all operatives are aware of this also by ensuring the correct training / briefings / communications are in place.
Ensure all orders are completed on time and any shortages reported to the Shift Manager before the end of the day (for the following day) – you must strive to meet the production plan.
Drive the performance of the line/equipment/process to deliver the planned requirements for the day in the most efficient way.
Ensure all operations and operatives are in line with and adhere to the food safety principles. Company, H&S, HR and Hygiene policies must also be adhered to at all times.
Motivate and drive the Department to meet the KPIs set and encourage the KPI ethos throughout the Department. KPIs being yields, efficiency, quality, service levels and people.
Highlight any people management concerns to the Shift Manager (to include performance and misconduct).
Ensure all RTWs are completed as soon as possible and returned to the HR department. Understand, the absence review process if required to hold a meeting.
Your presence is required at all times during Production to ensure all points listed are adhered to.
Improve
Progress operatives’ development through cross training and continuous assessment of training needs.
Support with the tracking of KPI performance and review the success of improvement activities with the Shift Manager.
Support the Shift Manager and management in the implementation and improvement of procedures and processes for continuous improvement and future efficiency.