Production Supervisor

SUMMARY:
Eskort, South Africa’s leading pork manufacturer with a processing plant in Heidelberg Gauteng and Estcourt KZN. We are currently looking for a Production Supervisor for Vienna department in Estcourt KZN. The position will be reporting to Production Manager.

The purpose of the job is to ensure that production process deliver products of maximum quality in a profitable manner.

POSITION INFO:
QUALIFICATIONS
Grade 12  - Diploma or Degree in Production Management
EXPERIENCE
Atleast 2-3 years experience, preferably in Food manufacturing industry
KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Basic Knowledge of HACCP
• Experience in bacon production and preparation will be an advantage
• Knowledge of quality assurance
• Knowledge of production planning
• Food safety and good manufacturing practices
• Ability to report on agreed KPA’s

• Fully literate with good communication skills and be a team player
• Numeric skills and accuracy is essential.

• Ensure proper time keeping.
• Ensure personal hygiene checks are done on all staff before production begins.
• Ensure your staff follow Eskort Ltd SOP’s and policies.
• Discipline your staff, when necessary, in line with company guidelines.
• Communicate to staff in morning meetings regarding issues brought to your attention during your meetings (for example customer complaints, production focus areas).
• To make use of a roster to ensure that the correct number of staff needed for overtime are used – not more and not less.
• To ensure that all staff are productive at all times.

• To perform the hygiene inspection of your department yourself before production begins and sign off the Ecowize Cleaning Hand over register yourself.
• To ensure the quality of the raw material used in your department.
• To start production on time.
• To follow all SOP’s applicable to your department.
• To identify bottle necks in your process and address the root cause of the bottle neck. Should you be unsure how to determine the bottle neck, the foreman must be consulted for assistance.
• Bottle necks must then be actioned and reduced.

• To plan the order of production for your department for each day.
• To plan production for the week considering outstanding orders.

• Feedback must be given to the foreman and production manager on an hourly basis on whether targets are being met for your department.
• All equipment deviations are to be reported immediately to maintenance as well as the foreman. This includes reporting inconsistent performance of the machines.

• Ensure the consistency of your product, in terms of texture, temperature, appearance, quality of the raw material used.
• Ensure all quality checks are performed accurately, and that correct revisions of paperwork are in use.
• Perform proper root cause analysis on all deviations found.
• Make sure that every batch is verified and signed off as per recipe.

• Communication on what is still outstanding, difficulties experienced, new orders, etc.

• To be discussed in morning meetings.
• Ensure all your boards are updated.
• Ensure suggestions are submitted.
• Hold fishbowl meetings and small group activities, etc.

• All raw materials / in process emulsions put into appropriate cold rooms/ freezers.
• All equipment put away / disassembled, and still in good working order.

• On all quality, production, maintenance, staff, etc. issues within your department.
• Should there be no progress found on the above issues, this must be reported to the foreman.

• Arrive prepared and on time.
• In the case of customer complaints meetings, have the feedback from your staff ready for discussion.
• Should attendance not be possible, excuse yourself before the time? Reasons given must be valid.

• You need to stop production if any food contamination with a Physical, Microbiological, Chemical or Allergen risk occurred or is expected. Inform Quality department so that they can restrict affected product.
• Report any contamination to QCQA coordinator and in her absence to the General Manager.
• Manage your departments in such a manner to prevent any risks to enter product by making sure area and equipment is maintained (Open Job cards and make sure that they are completed).
• If you are the Supervisor where a CCP is controlled, you must make sure that product that do not reach the Critical limit is restricted or is immediately processed further until the critical limit is reached. Report any CCP failure where product is restricted immediately to QCQA coordinator and in her absence to the General Manager.
• Make sure all your staff, especially those responsible for CCP, is trained on relevant SOP’s applicable for food safety.
• Communicate to superiors and your employees all issues regarding food safety they need to be aware of.