Mixing and Ingredients Technician
- Location:
-
Leeds (LS10) jobs
- Salary:
- £competitive
- Company:
- ARLA FOODS
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 18:03
- Job id:
- 45833834
- Contact:
- The Recruitment Team
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/ST/MIXP3
At Arla Foods, our natural passion for new technology plays a vital part in how we strive to grow our business and bring our consumers closer to nature. As the energy of our business, you combine a technical, engineering mindset with quality orientation and a desire to head our continuous evolution. Be a force of nature. Join us at arlafoods.co.uk/career
We are currently looking for a number of Mixing and Ingredients Technicians to join our new team in Stourton.
Duties include:
- Daily operation of pre-mixing and weighing of ingredients for dairy products including fermented creams.
- To carry out batch control pre processing and to control fermented products prior to filling.
- Input of information into SAP, with some exposure to Plant Master.
- To carry out product testing and act upon results.
- To support and develop into a stand in for Process Technician in their absence.
- To carry out complete investigations when quality standards are not met, and report solutions in a timely fashion.
- To provide continuous flow of product to achieve daily production requirements and when appropriate involve other departmental team members and the departmental team leader.
- Carry out minor maintenance duties such as seal changes and changing of airlines as well as fostering a strong relationship with engineers who work within the Process team.
- To contribute fully and show will of ownership of the departments high involvement in reducing cost of waste of both raw material and utilities.
- To operate within the environment in a safe manner, contribute to safety improvements and facilitate awareness on site. Demonstrate continuous improvement measured through weekly performance indicators.
- To continuously improve standards of both hygiene and systems that is in place like HACCP, SAP etc. Training will be given in areas where needed.
- To play an active role in a dynamic team, be flexible and cooperative, not only within the team, but also with the whole factory.
Previous experience within a process environment, experience of Lean Awareness,
Awareness of Quality Assurance and Health and Safety along with a minimum of 2 years experience of working in an Food /FMCG and operation of Pallet trucks.
You’ll need Strong IT skills – including computer based maintenance systems, PC operated fillers, and SAP R3, you’ll need to be familiar with the principles and use of the Management Operating System.
Ideally you’ll have process and product understanding, have experience of critical process and product parameters, control systems and instrumentation, continuous improvement methods – planned preventative maintenance, statistical process control, changeover reduction, problem solving tools, waste management etc.
Knowledge of Hygiene, Health & Safety– legal and regulatory requirements is essential, along with a general understanding of HACCP, COSHH, Quality, Hygiene and Health & Safety assurance/management procedures. You’ll need effective communication skills across all levels, good numeracy and literacy skills for effective reporting, organisational and time management skills, the ability to prioritise and to contribute effectively to team performance.
To apply please attached your covering letter and CV to the link below.
