Production Shift Controller at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description    

• Join Lactalis at our Bonnievale Plant in the Spreads department with the main responsibilities to schedule production request on process cheese and to analyse production results.  Successful candidates need to have at least 3 years' relevant experiences in food manufacturing environment and least 2 - 3 year’s experiences in a supervisory role.  Must have NQF4 diploma.  Must full adherence to all Safety & Health policies, procedures and legislation. Be fluent in English and be computer literate.

Required Skills    

• NQF4  Dairy Manufacturing Technology or equivalent
• Basic computer skills
• At least 3 years experiences within a food manufacturing environment
• Technical knowledge of process cheese making equipment
• At least 2- 3 year’s experiences in a supervisory role
• Self-motivated
• Ability to work effectively, independently and co-operate at all levels
• Team player with a sense of urgency
• Willing to work shifts and long hours including weekends and public holidays
• At least 3 years experiences as an operator of a Stephan-,Cooker pot, Bosch, GBM1, GBM2, Sausage- and Flow wrap machine will prove advantageous
• Motivate subordinates

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Picking of Packaging for production line
• Managing losses and reworks
• Daily Completion of Shop Orders
• Daily Stock Counts
• Daily Investigation of packaging and shop order variants
• Do quality checks during shifts, and react on non-conformances
• Manage all production lines to achieve 70% on efficiencies
• Keep rework generation below 3.5% and pig feed below 1%on all lines.
• Make sure you always have enough cheese according to the demand of the recipe.
• Monitor temperatures of blast chiller and spiral chiller daily.
• This action include reworks, pig feed etc.
• Monitor age of cheese vs recipe requirements
• Check that the amount of cheese added in batches for cooking purpose
• Check if powders are weighted off correctly.
• Monitor the recipes and assure that all products cooked comply with company standards.
• Monitor if dud detector, x-ray machine and check if it was calibrated on during the shift.
• After CIP or when there is no production make sure all grinders, Stephan cookers, filling machines are manually clean Daily during CIP
• Monitor cleaning by doing cleaning checks daily
• Monitor FTE’s daily
• Ensure daily cleaning of all equipment in the Spreads department
• All equipment must be cleaned daily on each shift
• Monitor blender specifications, PH, Moist, Salt and fat by monitor the Lab result file. Do the same with final product.
• On the blender file on Lab test results, there must be at all times a second test. Not only one test. Check!
• Pay special attention to the people work on the grinding of product, they must keep up with production. 
• Also make sure that the cheese is available for them to use at all time.
• Arrange with drivers to lower enough cheese to the floor so that grinder people can reach it with pallet truck.
• Do not wait until the cheese is finish and then look for a driver.
• The same rule count for powder and ingredients.
• Report immediately to Coordinator when you are waiting for ingredients.
• When doing the CIP, day or night check if FLASH tank on UHT are cleaned.
• Check on each shift the Circuit A and B was opened cleaned and changed. Check rubbers and change.
• Drains must be cleaned on each shift, complete also register on a daily base.
• Ensure that all products that leave the department comply to specifications
• Evaluate customer complaints weekly and take corrective action
• Manage BPCS and OEE systems
• Ensure that the machines are utilised at full capacity and that maximum production are achieved.
• Analyse daily shift results.
• Prepare the weekly shifts analysis and production planning.
• Monitor total off-cuts.
• Do monthly stock take and manages deviations.
• Set out detailed responsibilities to subordinates
• Lead, empower and organise subordinates
• Ensure that ISO, NOSA and HACCP procedures are in place

Closing Date    
2023/05/05