Position: PRODUCTION OPERATOR SHIFT
Location: Brighton and Hove

# PRODUCTION OPERATOR SHIFT
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PRODUCTION OPERATOR SHIFT## Main tasks

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 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.
• * Key responsibilities:.

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• * Production Process.

• * 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 2.
• * Hygiene/Cleaning.

• ** 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.

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• * Documentation and Records.

• * All the following documents to be completed (non-exhaustive list):.

• 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.

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• * Statutory/Legal Obligations.

• ** Ensure compliance with all current legal & statutory obligations including, but not limited to, Health & Safety, HACCP/food safety, environmental and employment legislation.## Master we are looking for ?
• * Qualifications/skills:.

• ** 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….