Coordinator (Production)

Fair Cape Dairy's; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy production company in Cape Town is seeking a Production Manager to oversee the production facility. The ideal candidate will have substantial management experience, knowledge of food technology, and a proven track record in leading high-performance teams. Responsibilities include ensuring the efficient use of equipment, managing resources, and maintaining quality standards in production.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience from Matric level, or 1-2 years from diploma level is ideal.
• Team leading / Management experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead team members to utilize production facilities efficiently.
• Ensure quality products at the lowest possible cost.

Skills

Managing and leading teams towards high performance

Implementation of World Class and Lean Manufacturing processes

Controlling equipment and processes

Monitoring processes

Fault finding

Leadership ability

Training skills

Education

Matric

National Diploma: Food Technology / Production Certificate

National Certificate in Food and Beverage Packaging Operation

Technical Qualification

Job description

Overview

Main purpose of the job :

To manage and lead team members in order to ensure maximum utilisation of production facility all equipment, raw and packs / materials and labour to produce quality products at the lowest possible cost.

Preferred Requirements

• Matric
• National Diploma : Food Technology / Production Certificate or Diploma
• National Certificate in Food and Beverage Packaging Operation
• Technical Qualification
• Team Leader / Management / Supervisory Training essential
• Full competence within this role would typically be developed over a period of 5 years from a Matric level or 1 -2 years from a diploma level
• Team leading / Management experience essential

Knowledge

• Engineering / Mechanical, Material requirement planning, Plant capacity and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), Product and process specific knowledge
• Knowledge and interpretation of advance process control, Principles of microbiology, biochemistry, understanding of processing equipment, Clean in Place (CIP) procedures, HACCP, waste management, GMP quality control and quality assurance, raw material functions, intermediate knowledge instrumentation, system fault finding, health and safety practices, food legislation

Skills

• Managing and leading teams towards high performance
• Implementation of World Class and Lean Manufacturing processes and structures
• Controlling equipment and processes
• Monitoring processes
• Materials and surroundings
• Fault finding
• Communicating with supervisors and team members
• Assessing the resources required to perform a work activity
• Scheduling work activities, testing, Leadership ability, Training skills