Britannia Industries Limited Looking for Production Officer at Ranjangaon, India

Britannia Industries Limited; Ranjangaon; On-site; INR 4,00,000 - 8,00,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Shift Officer specializing in dairy processing. This role involves overseeing the production of butter and ghee, ensuring compliance with food safety standards, and leading a team to achieve operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in dairy technology and experience in managing production processes. This position offers the opportunity to work with a market leader in the dairy sector and contribute to innovative product development while ensuring high-quality standards are met. If you are passionate about dairy manufacturing and looking to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-7 years in dairy product manufacturing.
• Deep understanding of dairy process flow and equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead production team to achieve operational objectives.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Dairy Process Knowledge

Food Safety Regulations

Analytical Problem Solving

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Financial Analysis Understanding

Process Excellence Tools

Education

B.Tech in Dairy Technology

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Position Title: Shift officer- RMRD, Process, Butter & Ghee
Function: Dairy

Organization Overview

Britannia is a 100 YEAR Organization based in Bangalore with presence in Biscuits, Breads, Cake, Rusk, Dairy and now also in Snacking. The company celebrated its 100th year in 2018 and has emerged as a Market Leader in the Biscuit space while also launching a host of new products and entering new categories, inching closer to the vision of being a Global Total Foods Company. We are also one of the 15 best employers in India as per the Aon Best Employers Study, 2019.

Role Purpose

To handle Dairy Process & products for Dairy plant from commissioning stage to project closeout and look after operation of same facility post completion of project.

A Shift officer-RMRD, Process, Butter & Ghee is a specialist in their function and in a specific Dairy product category and therefore must have a deep understanding of the Process flow, P & ID, product properties, Food safety, Equipment maintenance, quality aspects and must understand that they are part of a team made up of the various manufacturing functions especially Projects, Production and Quality Management. He has to provide direction to team for design and operation of dairy plant.

Key Stakeholders

Internal

• Production team
• Maintenance Team
• Safety team
• Quality Team
• Planning team
• R & D Team
• Logistics
• Purchase
• HR & Admin

External

• Equipment vendors
• RM PM vendors
• Government authorities
• Contractors

Qualifications

Education: B.Tech in Dairy Technology

Experience:

• Minimum 2 – 7 years’ experience in multiple products manufacturing –like Liquid milk reception, processing, Yoghurt, Butter & Ghee in reputed /large organization.
• Must have exposure to lead a sizable team

Core Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of Dairy products manufacturing plants, process technology and product development.
• Knowledge of food safety, regulatory requirements for food safety and hygienic engineering (OSH&R).
• Analytical skills in problem solving.
• Communication and networking.
• General understanding of financial analysis and relevant business drivers.
• An understanding of the competitor’s products, how the product is distributed and the consumer’s preferences.

Support Tools

• MS Office
• SAP

Key Responsibilities

Management Responsibilities

• Define, propose and monitor the Production team plans and objectives in accordance with Key Principles and the Plant Management Activity.
• Lead and coordinate production team and maintain competencies, motivation and performance to achieve the team’s mission and objectives.
• Propose and control the cost relating to the production as well as FG.
• Propose and implement work processes, procedures and technical resources in accordance with Key Principles and the Electricity & Automation.
• Coordinate personnel (e.g. technicians, instrument fitters, contractors etc.) to ensure Electrical objectives are satisfied.

Functional Responsibilities

• Coordinate personnel (e.g. other shift officers, technicians, contractors etc.) to ensure the production objectives are satisfied.
• Propose and control the cost of the production in accordance with the Guidelines for Capital Investment.
• Propose and monitor the production in accordance with the key performance indicators.
• Ensure work place safety and effective communication of Safety, Health and Environment to all team members.
• Understanding of certain process excellence tools like Lean six sigma, TPM, etc.
• Responsible for minimization of spares consumption by effectively planning and implementing maintenance schedules.
• Responsible for preserving the used spares and deposit in stores.
• To plan for minimum number of personnel to carryout production activities without causing any hindrance to the production.
• Monitor quality of incoming raw materials and finished goods by reviewing lab data.
• Responsible to identify and submit manpower requisitions to HOD.
• To plan and use minimum number of casual labour wages.
• Responsible to ensure that the full cooperation is given to conduct internal and statutory audit.
• To go through the audit queries, analyze and initiate compliance action immediately.
• To ensure that the issues raised in Audit are not repeated again.
• Responsible to ensure that all MIS reports, SAP entry, production data including finance data are sent to reporting manager before targeted date of every month.

Operation And Maintenance Of Plant

• Follow the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice, HACCP, Quality System, Hygienic engineering, Ergonomic engineering etc.
• Liaise with Packaging, New Product Development, Production, Quality Management and Marketing to resolve technical issues.
• Specify any maintenance requirements, procedures and checks which relate to the process lines.
• Manage/control a database relating to process engineering.
• To plan and prepare preventive maintenance schedules for process and packing station at different intervals like daily, monthly, etc.
• To monitor with Eng. Supervisor of each section and ensure to carry out the preventive maintenance schedules as per plan.
• To monitor with Eng. Supervisor of each plant and ensure to carry out the Lubrication schedules as per plan.
• To review the records of the findings of preventive maintenance schedules, after implementation during the visits to all section.
• Initiate and drive Continuous Improvement. This must not be limited to machinery and assets but must also include systems, processes, methods, organization, staffing and employee skill levels.
• Drive the correction of process related product quality and/or operational performance deviations.
• Hands on experience in Man Management, statutory and legal compliance.
• Ensure that both operators and trades have sufficient process and plant function knowledge to optimize the operation of the plant and the manufacture of quality product.
• Continuously challenge the way things are done and be always looking for opportunities.

Key Performance Indicators

• Actual production cost as a percentage of the originally approved credit.
• Recovery of total solid in the prescribed range & improvement opportunities on the same.
• Reconciliation of RM, PM time to time to keep it in the prescribed range.
• Keep the plant up to date & Audit ready always.
• Continuous, efficient and reliable operation of the plant measured using selected KPIs.
• Continuous improvement of operations.
• Operation meets regulatory requirements.
• Assist in the development of a competent and effective workforce.