Multi Skilled Flexi Operative

Overview : Come and join the award winning team that make the best crisps in Lincolnshire. The site in Brigg is the newest member of the PepsiCo family that has been making delicious Pipers Crisps for over 18 years. We are looking for individuals who would like to join our team to learn various roles/skills such as frying, flavouring, wrapping and palletising the crisps. We are currently looking for individuals who will start the training by learning how we operate our machinery to fry the crisps first with a view on learning further roles in the future. There is opportunity for progression within the site for the right individuals for roles within operations
Main Purpose of the job: The role of the multi skilled flexi op is to carry out responsibilities to ensure all areas from frying, flavouring, packing machines, palletising and case packing are to specification as laid out in company standards.
Responsibilities:

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  Working as part of the team to keep the relevant zone (process/flavour/packaging/palletising) in control and at a green standard against all metrics (Safety, Quality, Costs and Production Plan Delivery)

• Operating equipment to the required operating standards safely and cost effectively

• Completing the required food safety and quality testing throughout the shift to ensure total compliance against standards

• Taking ownership of the relevant area by keeping it clean, safe to operate and audit ready at all times

• Taking ownership and action of tests and checks that fall outside of standards

• Escalating issues around safety, quality, costs or production plan delivery issues to team leader or shift engineer

• Completion of relevant paperwork to the right standards on time in full

• Completion of changeovers and clean downs to expected standards on time in full

• Pro – active approach to safety, quality, costs and production plan delivery by escalation of issues and ideas

• Previous experience in the manufacturing environment is preferable

• An acceptable level of English understanding to be able to comply with and understand all verbal and written communication

• Numerically literate, being able to use calculator and understand percentages.

• Being able to identify non-conformances in the working area.

• Being able to articulate and communicate all performance issues and opportunities.

• Good understanding of KPIs, and understanding how a factory works