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Join our production team and play a key role in delivering high-quality malt to customers around the world. As a Shift Operator, you will help ensure our malt consistently exceeds customer quality expectations while supporting efficient, cost-effective operations from barley intake through to malt dispatch. You will contribute to a safe, sustainable, and high-performing workplace by actively promoting a zero-harm culture, prioritizing the health and safety of everyone on site, and helping to minimize our environmental impact. In this hands-on role, you will monitor and control the day-to-day operation of the barley intake, drying, and malt production processes, as well as the dispatch of malt and co-products, ensuring smooth and efficient production across the site.
Job Responsibility
Control of the malting production process from barley to malt as follows: Barley intake barley drying and screening. Barley to steep as per process instruction and control via PLC. Steeping as per process instruction and control via PLC. Germination per process instruction and control via PLC. Kilning as per process instruction and control via PLC. Conduct & record confirmation of checks on process batch cards Malt/Pellets/Screenings out loading. Monitoring of process control and reaction to and progress of any adverse conditions associated with the malt process. Alerting management of any deviations in process control. Preparation of samples. Any other reasonable duties as requested by management. Weighbridge operation. Barley dressing. Checks before dispatch (Lab checks). Reporting of breakdowns/faults and initial inspections. Complete detailed end of shift handover & communicate to oncoming Shift Operator
Completion & confirmation of completion (or justification of non-completion) of jobs as detailed on cleaning sheets. Working on own initiative, prioritise accordingly any other hygiene requirements which is not specifically scheduled on the issued cleaning sheet
All the following documents to be completed: Barley dressing sheet, screenings analysis, barley drying sheet. All sections of the batch record sheets. Cleaning sheet. Magnet record sheets. Checks before dispatch. Shift Change Sheets, Shift Check Sheets, Fault Log / Maximo (as required), Lab analysis sheets
Ensure compliance with all current legal & statutory obligations including, but not limited to, Health & Safety, HACCP/food safety, environmental and employment legislation
Requirements
Understanding of the full malting process (barley intake, drying & storage through to malt despatch) to allow the role holder to operate the site during a single person 12hr shift
The ability to attain MAGB Fundamentals in Malting qualification within 3 years of starting employment
Conduct barley quality analysis on incoming loads and malt quality checks pre-despatch
Operation of weighbridge system & loading of lorries with malt & co-products as required
Understanding the electrical and mechanical operation of the site & ability to undertake basic fault finding & report process deviations or machinery faults which cannot be corrected
Provide direct assistance to shift engineer partner and other engineers
Understanding the importance of health & safety, food & feed safety, site hygiene, environmental issues and accurate record keeping
Basic to intermediate level IT skills
Ability to follow process instructions and a common sense thinking and approach to allow working on own initiative to a level of authority
Practical hands-on attitude with good situational awareness and the ability to complete documented risk assessments where necessary and work safely at all times
Able to actively participate in daily operations meetings
Able to successfully complete training inc misc safety related courses, telehandler and shovel loader driver training, and any other training required to carry out normal operator duties
Actively participate in continual improvement initiatives
What we offer
Attractive salary and benefits package
career opportunities internationally
focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing