Production Officer

Job Description Form

Position Vacant Production Officer

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Operate equipment/site services/plants (load, off-load and pack materials, on plant or in

warehouses) to agreed standards by following site procedures and instructions.

Key Job Responsibilities 1. To routinely follow written and verbal instructions in order to

operate the equipment, site services & vehicle

loading/unloading safely and efficiently. The detailed scope of

role may vary between sites.

2. To identify and explain ideas for safety and efficiency

improvements in area of work and to be members of multi-

disciplinary teams to prioritise & implement improvements.

3. To effectively and accurately communicate with people in the

production team and other functions on site (e.g. maintenance,

planning & logistics). This will be mainly verbal, e-mail and

written.

4. To be accountable for own health and safety and for those

around them who could be affected by their actions. To ensure

that safe methods of work are maintained and site specific SHE

standards are adhered to, this will include the relevant risk

identification and assessment, permitry compliance and

incident reporting etc. on each site. To understand the

consequences of not paying attention to detail and not following

instructions fully.

5. To make routine decisions on plant and site service operations

following procedures. Non routine decisions are usually made

with referral to their superior.

6. To effectively plan and organise work and materials on own

shift and prepare for oncoming shift in area of responsibility to

achieve the site logistics and production plans. This includes

the safe and effective handovers between shift teams.

7. To train and coach new recruits in their roles.

8. To carry out limited maintenance tasks (the level of

maintenance activity is site specific) OR follow written and

verbal instructions from Shift Team, to prepare the plant(s) or

the equipment for mainteneance activity.

9. To carry out limited analytical testing (the level of analytical

activity is site specific).

Desired profile of the candidate Diploma Chemical or ITI with 5 to 8 years of experience in Batch Manufacturing process

Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities

Required

• To understand the equipment (systems etc) used to carry out activities.

• To understand the importance of working to instructions and propose

improvements to them.

• To work well in a team and interact effectively with others.

• To record and communicate data accurately in paper & computer systems (e.g.

SAP). (site specific).

• To identify & solve problems that arise from plant operations.

• To have appropriate knowledge of maintenance/analysis/sampling (site

specific).

• Keep good housekeeping in work area.

• Be owner of Plant/Equipment and keep in healthy condition.

• Identify and deal with emergency situations and follow emergency