Senior Technical Operator CRM Blue 3012

Princes Group; Long Sutton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Pension

Flexible Holidays

Family Friendly Policies

Critical Illness Cover

Learning & Development

Job summary

Princes Group in Long Sutton, United Kingdom, seeks a Senior Technical Operator to drive performance across a defined production area on a three-shift pattern. You will optimise line performance, lead safety and quality initiatives, and deliver operator training to uphold high standards.

Key responsibilities include maintaining OEE and RFT performance, ensuring CCP compliance, and supporting continuous improvement across the line.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food-processing environment is essential.
• Competent numeracy and literacy skills.
• Demonstrable experience in driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to deliver high-quality training to other operators and support SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Optimises equipment performance to meet safety, quality and KPI targets including OEE and RFT.
• Monitors CCP compliance and waste disposal.
• Audits area processes, policies and compliance requirements.
• Coordinates shift handovers, hygiene walks and KPI audits.
• Leads training and competency assessments for line operators.
• Maintains SAP and MES transactions and reports.
• Supports maintenance scheduling and PMS standardisation.

Job description

Role Description

• Operates as a Senior Technical Operator with responsibility for all aspects of performance of a clearly defined area.
• Proactively drives best practices and improvements aligned to the Princes Operating System.
• Will be part of the team operating on a 3-shift system; responsible for the delivery of planned production through production/packing line.
• The key challenges faced will be to ensure guidelines are adhered to for product & process safety, the materials supply, changeovers, and organization of labour on the line; do not impact on overall line performance. (OEE) or (RFT) and the utilisation of the lines.
• To analyse potential problems and to take appropriate action to remedy any shortfall in performance, seeing actions through to completion/implementation through SIC.
• Consistently achieves agreed targets and KPIs i.e. safety, product safety & waste, quality, labour productivity, OEE and RFT.
• Consistently organises and plans for production & Ops maintenance.
• Builds positive relationships with good morale and cooperation within their team and other areas of the business.
• Understand and carry out multiple functional areas of job operations and be able to flexibly move across operations as required.

Drives, leads, and offers technical support to lines, for the manufacture, processing or packing of food in cans. Optimising all aspects of their lines to achieve KPIs for health and safety, quality & food safety, OEE and continuous improvement. Will be the key role in delivering on the job training & competency assessment.

In Summary Principal Accountabilities Are As Set Out Below.

• Optimises equipment performance to meet and exceed key performance indicators in the areas of Safety, Food, Product & Process Safety, Quality, Yield, OEE, Cost, Right First Time and Service. Initiates corrective actions where required standards are not being met.
• Monitors compliance with CCPs always.
• Monitors and ensures correct disposal of waste.
• Audits and verifies area of responsibility ensuring we are doing what we say we are doing against our processes, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Ensuring the cleaning of lines to a set standard is achieved. Hygiene audits to be carried out on time.
• Records information on shift reports and performs effective detailed shift hand over/hygiene walk round – following a structured format.
• Daily tours of area – auditing all KPIs.
• Liaise with internal suppliers over material problems and reports on quality issues (e.g., raise a QNC)
• Checks, fault finds, and problem solves, seeing any actions through to completion. Raise work requesters, if required.
• Demonstrates understanding of complex problems and can identify and implement solutions to resolve using basic problem-solving tools.
• Always obtains required standards for area of responsibility – taking positive actions to correct if sub standard.
• Communicates effectively with key stakeholders, including team members, peers, line managers etc.
• Understands effects, takes appropriate actions of their area’s performance internally, and externally.
• Continuously and constructively challenges current ways of working.
• Identifies and acts upon opportunities for improvement.
• Shares with peer group best practice and key learning’s to ensure optimum performance across a shift system.
• Will be self-motivated, committed to all aspects of their role and require little supervision; teamwork is therefore essential for success within a fully integrated manufacturing team.
• Identifies teams training needs and address with peers.
• Enthuses and encourages others to work towards common goals and delivery of departmental objectives and KPI’s.
• Recognises own successes and areas for development.
• Prepares for own EDR and involved and supports delivery of operators EDR, giving constructive feedback.
• Ensures all SAP and MES transactions and reports are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensures operations engineering PMs are completed to the required frequency and standard.
• Leads, implements, and sustains new PMS standardisation methods, changing the way we operate in the department/site.
• Ensuring that training tasks are up to date from reviewing the training matrices, identifying, and putting in place training plans to cover any gaps in skills. Reviews and completes sign off for training documentation i.e., SOPs as required.
• Deputises for the Shift Coordinator due to holidays / sickness / training courses etc. and fulfil their duties and responsibilities of that role.
• Flexibility to be moved/trained across the site and to utilise skills in other departments.
• These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the jobholder.
• Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual’s line manager
• To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

Role Requirements

• Experience within a food-processing environment and understanding of hygiene standards is essential.
• Competent numeracy/literacy skills.
• Demonstrable experience in driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to deliver high quality training to other operators, in their areas of expertise & to support the ongoing development of training materials & SOPs.

Benefits

• 22 Shifts Annual Leave / 25 days Annual Leave if Mon- Fri role
• 14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Long Sutton

Business Area: Operations

Workplace Type: Onsite

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.