Senior Production Operative – Process

ROLE TITLE: Senior Production Operative – Process 

HOURS: Full Time Permanent – 37.5 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: You will be required to participate in a 2 week in 4 shift pattern, this will consist of working a combination of:

• 2 weeks between 6.00am and 2.00pm – Monday to Friday (with a 30-minute unpaid break).

• 2 weeks between 1.45pm and 11.45pm – Monday to Thursday (with a 30-minute unpaid break

LOCATION: Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

REPORTING TO: Production Manager

Main Purpose of Role

Through a well-managed team, the post holder will be responsible for assisting the Process Supervisor on managing the planning, co-ordination and control of all resources associated with the Process Area to enable their department to pack coffee products in accordance with the planned schedule whilst ensuring a safe operation, meeting quality standards and controlling costs and wastage.  Ensuring the Process operation adds value for customers, employees and the Company.

Key Responsibilities 

• To ensure all supervisor food safety and health and safety checks are completed on time and in full. Any issues to be raised with QA immediately.
• You have been provided radio, it must be on full charge at the start of each shift and remain with you through your shift
• When the Supervisor is on holiday/sick, you may need to open and lock the factory, start up and shutdown the plant.
• To ensure adherence to all Health and Safety policies adopted by Cafea UK.
• To maintain excellent GMP standards at all times in the Packing Area, delivering quality standards required of customers and external audits, for example BRC.
• To ensure 100% compliance with the product specification to deliver product within agreed quality parameters
• To manage and control the data collection systems and monitoring processes, ensuring that all documentation and communication is processed and delivered to the cross functional departments, as required on a timely and regular basis.
• Assist the Process Supervisor to motivate, manage, train and develop team workers. To help identify training and development needs and to ensure the business has an effective, multi-skilled and engaged workforce.
• To ensure the Process area runs at optimal output in accordance to production plans, whilst spotting opportunities for continuous improvement.
• To ensure set KPI’s are met with the resources at your disposal and report reasons when not met.
• To help manage and control costs, yields and giveaway within the Packing Department. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

Essential

• Computer literate
• Planning and problem solving
• Excellent communication skills 

Desirable 

• Counterbalance and / or Bendi Fork Lift Truck Licence
• Experience of BRC and customer audit requirements
• Experience of SAP software
• Experience of Lean manufacturing techniques
• Experience in stock control systems
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Key Working Relationships

• Line Manager
• Packing/Warehouse/Engineering
• Technical/QA
• Suppliers
• HR
• Sales
• Purchasing/Planning 

Who are Cafea UK 

Part of the Hamburg based Cafea Group GmbH established in 1955. The largest private label instant coffee manufacturer in the UK & EU. Multinational family-owned company with UK division in Bedfordshire. Produce +60,000 tonnes of coffee per year. 8 factories and expertise in all areas of coffee production. Customers in every channel; retail, foodservice, wholesale, vending and B2B. www.cafeauk.com www.cafea.com 

Cafea UK Values 

Vision –    To be the most passionate coffee company, helping to build a better tomorrow.

Mission – Using our expertise, innovation and insight to delight our customers, consumers and colleagues.

Values –   We do the right thing. We act with Passion, Integrity, Innovation and Care.