Description
At Richardson International, being truly invested is at the heart of everything we do. For over 165 years, Richardson has been dedicated to agriculture. Recognized as a global leader in agriculture and food processing, Richardson has over 3500 employees across the UK, Europe, the US and Canada. At Richardson, we are committed to enhancing our facilities and services, and investing in our people and our communities.
Richardson's UK operations encompass oat milling, malting, animal feed and ingredient processing. Operating under Richardson Oat Milling, Crisp Malt, EDME, and Micronized Food Products (MFP), Richardson supplies the domestic and international food, brewing, and distilling industries.
We currently have an opportunity for a Maltings Manager at our Crisp Malt, Portgordon location.
Job Purpose
The Maltings Manager is the responsible duty holder for all operations that take place on their individual site. Purpose is to produce the volume and quality of malt as required to the customer schedule, while ensuring the safe operations of the site personnel and equipment.
Responsible for
All site staff, visitors and contractors.
Key Duties and responsibilities
Manage the site to comply with Health and Safety legislation, company policies, Food safety requirements, and environmental regulations.
Ensure assets are maintained to safe operating conditions, are capable of producing the product quality and quantities required.
Ensure all products are produced to the quality and cost required.
Overall management of the production and engineering staff to ensure, safety, production and maintenance requirements are achieved. Accountable for the site financial performance.
Implementation and maintenance of a production and demand plan, ensuring that group plan objectives are achieved. Plan production budget with required maintenance outages.
Conformance to safe working practices by ensuring that all tasks have adequate procedures and risk assessments.
Develop safe working practices for all maintenance activities.
Conformance to any permit/regulations requirements, completion of reports and documentation required to submit to authorities.
Ensure all site operations work to the required standards, staff are sufficiently trained, documentation is fit for requirement and maintained.
Audit site processes and procedures to ensure compliance to company and legal standards.
Ensure a PPM schedule is in place and carried out to minimise breakdown times.
Maintain a plant condition overview highlighting at risk assets.
Manage maintenance of equipment using appropriate tools and systems.
Liaise with Group Engineering team when technical and project assistance is required.
Monitor and report issues with impact on quality.
Monitor and maintain an overview of quality performance and make appropriate process changes to ensure quality requirements.
Communicate and motivate the site staff achieve site KPI's.
Ensure staff are adequately trained, development plans and succession potentials are maintained and developed.
Manage HR issues as they arise and ensure processes such as return to work interviews are conducted.
Create and monitor site productivity performance, ensure teams are effective, trained and work to required output.
Ensure accurate controls of stocks and timely reporting.
Monitoring and control of budget spending.
Participate in regular operational and planning meetings.
Ensure shutdowns required for maintenance and or projects are fully planned and communicated with the relevant parties.
Ensure any potential quality impacts are elevated to the senior management and planning team to limit impact to delivery schedules.
Weekend and weekly on call coverage.
General Responsibilities:
To demonstrate and support a commitment to Equal Opportunities, diversity, and customer care in accordance with established good practice and guidelines.
To ensure that own personal performance and knowledge are continuously assessed for improvement.
To have up to date knowledge of H&S working directives and good practice. Awareness of own health and safety and how it may affect others in the workplace. Report any health and safety concerns to your line manager or Group Health and Safety Manager.
Take responsibility for ensuring you are fully trained and aware of all company policies and procedures.
To promote the company, its values, and the work of the team in a positive manner at all times.
Person Specification
Commitment to help shape our company.
Passionate about our brand, purpose and values and have a keen interest in Maltings.
Lots of enthusiasm, curiosity to ask questions and learn.
Be resilient, adaptable to change and have the grit to learn from mistakes
Values
Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our workplace values. These are embedded in all roles and that applicants must evidence their values as part of the
application process and during their employment journey with the company.
Take Pride
Be Supportive
Be Curious
Trust and Be Trusted
Pass it on Better
Qualifications, skills, and experience
Essential
Experience of managing a site in the food manufacturing industry
Strong communication skills to develop working relationships
Experience with managing maintenance engineers
Have a flexible approach to working hours
Desirable
Malting site management experience
Leadership or Management qualification
Malting Diploma qualification
What we can offer you
33 days holiday, inclusive of bank holiday. (22 days for shift workers, inclusive of bank holidays)
Pension Scheme
Death in service benefit
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
Shared parental leave
Company sick pay
Volunteer day off per year
Long service awards
Access to comprehensive Employee Assistance programme
Access to a number of Mental Health First Aiders
Learning & Development opportunities
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