We are recruiting on behalf of a prestigious and global leader of frozen potato products located in Wisbech, due to their successful growth and development they are seeking to employ a Fryer Operator on a permanent basis.

Shift pattern - rotating days and nights, 6am – 6pm & 6pm – 6am.

Working on a 2-3-2 shift pattern

Salary: £30620 per annum

Reports to: Process Supervisor

Purpose of the role

The purpose of the role is to ensure that the frying quality meets customer specifications. To protect the brand, maintain trust and deliver our legal obligation by ensuring customers food is sourced and manufactured to the food integrity requirements of each customer.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Operate the fryer area including all aspects of frying and freezing operation.

Perform quality checks to ensure that the oil quality, frying temperature and dwell time produces products that meet customer specifications.

Complete hourly process paperwork as required.

Adjust frying temperature and/or time if frying quality deviates from customer specifications.

Ensure that the freezer is operating at the correct speed and temperature.

Conduct basic asset care of the fryer machine and maintains the cleanliness of own working area.

Raise M2 items where appropriate.

Oversee oil deliveries.

MPC optimization.

Attend and contribute to MCS meetings.

Lead fryer cleaning and boil out during sanitation.

Escalate any issues affecting performance of area in a timely way to supervisor or manager.

Complete a thorough handover at the end of each shift to counterpart on following shift.

Ensure own work and own team’s work is compliant with relevant health and safety, environmental and GMP practices.

BBS (Behavioral Based Safety) – responsible for your own safety and for those around you

Carry out sanitation duties as required, including shutdown.

Remain at your work station until relieved at shift handover.

Carry out “on the job” guidance, training, support for colleagues as required.

Report and escalate production problems, issues with a supervisor, manager in a timely manner.

Support shift engineers with process advice on breakdown and repair.

Any other reasonable task as requested by your supervisor/manager.

KPI’S influenced by the role.

Operational downtime

BBS

Ensure all paperwork is completed correctly.

Quality complaints

Reporting oil waste / issues

Area GMP score

Managing fire risk

Contributing to MCS audit score

Qualifications

Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent).

Lamb Weston chemical training, H+S,GMP

MPC Training, Emergency Response team training

RPPT

PPT – to be completed

Experience

2-3 years’ food manufacturing experience.

SAP/SCADA experience..

CSS

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