The Manufacturing Operative role carries out a number of tasks within the manufacturing area including: Dispensing, Collation and Blending of the powdered raw materials.

Key areas of accountability & responsibility:

Safety:

• Operation of production equipment in adherence to Company safety policy, rules and procedures, working within WISE (Working In a Safe Environment) framework, ensuring Safe Behaviour at all times
• Identify and report health or safety hazards & dangerous situations and put appropriate control measures in place, raising safety contacts where unsafe acts or practices are identified.
• Carry out risk assessment as appropriate
• Coordinate audits for good housekeeping/5S and complete follow-up actions / proactive approach to ‘Clean as you go’

Quality:

• Operation of production equipment, in compliance with GMP and HACCP guidelines and procedures.
• Ensure full adherence to quality procedures such as Critical Control Points, processes and standards in line with Quality Management System (QMS) & Danone Quality Food Standards
• To perform and record in-process checks to verify that all products produced meet product standards, maintain a clean workstation by employing a clean and you go mentality and maintain the highest standard of right first time.
• Responsible for maximizing production quality and output in their area
• Perform product visual quality checks
• Fully accountable for completion of documentation standards (inputs / scanning into MES system)

Cost:

• Ensure the manufacture of product to specification at right time & cost ensuring Right First Time approach.
• Responsible for ensuring the maximized output is achieved in area, through performing AM checks, employing SMED principles, 5S and prioritising workload
• Responsible for driving direct and indirect KPI’s
• Anticipate problems in order to avoid impact to customer service.

Delivery:

• Proactive and flexible approach to routine Continuous Improvement though delivery of Kaizans and employing the “100 year fix” approach
• Pro-actively problem solve
• Responsible for the output in their area

Motivation:

• Empowered to drive continuous improvement activities within area, challenging processes and procedures to drive improvement to ‘World Class’.
• Communicate and be an effective team player
• Responsible for the operation of production equipment, in compliance with health and safety, GMP and best-practice guidelines and procedures
• Completing line product changeovers
• Ability to rotate between different areas within Manufacturing eg Dispensing, Collation, Blending, Packing Lines

Environmental:

• Drive hygiene standards and to comply with the business procedures for waste disposal

Functional competencies & previous experience

Essential:

• Industrial experience, particularly within a FMCG, food or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Proven experience of working in a fast paced manufacturing environment whilst also maintaining high quality product/quality standards
• High level of mechanical and technical knowledge with the capability to operate and maintain manufacturing and packing equipment
• Proven highly technical, logical approach to work in a manufacturing setting
• Experience of working in FDA and ISO regulated environments
• Good knowledge of GMP, HACCP and 5S
• Experience in continuous improvement projects.
• Familiar with working in highly regulated, change controlled environments
• Experience in working in a high care environment and gowning procedures

Preferred:

• Experience of working in dry powder environments
• Ideally familiar with CIP processes.
• Technical qualifications preferable but not essential
• Experience in using hoists.
• Experience in MES systems.

Person Specification

• Good team-working and communication skills
• Able to work independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to solve complex, technical problems
• Problem solving skills and a logical mindset
• Excellent written English and Maths
• Basic IT skills (interaction with MES system, LIMs)
• Ability to follow documented procedures
• Ability to make decisions based on data and information received
• Ability to question and improve current working practices while following change control procedures
• Ability to think ahead to maintain operational efficiency
• Ability to prioritise between tasks

Company information

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition (Neocate, Fortisip).

You’ve probably never heard of Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition but read on and you’ll be glad you did. We are Danone’s Medical Division and are Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.

When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.

Here at Danone we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.

What about Nutricia?

Nutricia is enjoying double digit growth in production volumes as the medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.