Production Operator Malton, England
Job description
The company
BOORTMALT is the world leader malting company with 3 million tones production capacity. The group is present on 5 continents with 27 malting plants. Boortmalt's expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers and distillers who rely on the supply of top quality barley malt. The Boortmalt Group is a fully owned subsidiary of the agricultural and agribusiness cooperative Axereal. Our relationship with Axereal, Europe's largest grain cooperative, ensures us access to high quality barley year round.
The job
Boortmalt promotes a positive health and safety culture and as such it is a requirement that the post holder prioritises health and safety and ensures that our standards in terms of product safety, quality and environment are followed.
Operating the plant and monitoring the production process to ensure the production of malt in accordance with product specifications, cycle-times and efficiency criteria. Ensuring that all actions are undertaken safely and in compliance with quality and food safety requirements.
Safety - Ensure that all activities are undertaken in accordance with Health and Safety procedure and where required ensuring that the appropriate PPE is worn.
Hygiene - Ensuring that work areas are kept tidy and free of debris. This involves sweeping and bagging of grain. Manual handling of waste product, shovelling and sweeping. Use of hoses and water under pressure for cleaning. Cleaning/ hosing of machinery on completion of a process.
Production - Responsible for the processing of barley into malt. This includes operating the plant to instigate each of the processes associated with the production of malt. – Steeping, Germination and Kilning. Undertake process checks and samples throughout the production process – this activity requires mobility throughout the plant and requires climbing numerous flights of stairs throughout the shift
Quality - Ensure that the appropriates steps and processes are undertake to maximise First Time Right (FTR)output. Ensure that any issues that impact FTR are highlighted and addressed
Communications - Ensure that there is a comprehensive handover to other operators are shift change times. Work closely with other departments , eg hygiene and engineering to ensure that the plant is running efficiently and good standards of hygiene are maintained.
Who you are
· Experience in equipment maintenance and safety management
· Experience in malting, grain processing, brewing or food manufacturing activities is desired
· Willing to work in 12 hour shift pattern that rotates through days, nights and weekends
· Fluently English
· Proactive and willing to learn the malting process
· Physically in shape, you will have to walk through stairs a lot and have to lift (heavy) objects occasionally
· Accurate and precise
What we offer
We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing. We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.
“Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.
“Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.
“Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.
“Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £31,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Malton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Production Operator Knapton
