Night Shift Line Technician

Rowse Honey Ltd is one of the divisions of Valeo Foods UK. Based in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, we pack our entire Rowse brand products, and also sell and distribute Balconi, Bolands and other Irish brands.

Working as part of our Production team on the Night Shift, the core purpose of this role is to carry out line changes required to facilitate the production plan being achieved.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Undertake the changing over and setting up of all equipment that forms the line - these are to be completed in the time allocated on the production plan and the schedule.
• Ensure that all equipment is safe to use, by following the SOPs when carrying out the changeover.
• Liaise with engineering team on issues that require attention and support them in working on your line.
• Fill out the Team Leader’s KPI downtime record sheet with details of equipment faults/component defects.
• Carry out basic PPM, following successful training and support the Engineers during planned PPM slots.
• Be part of the operational shift handover to ensure issues or updates on the line change overs is communicated to the opposite shift.
• Understand the causes of all production losses, support initial investigation and subsequent problem solving, proposal and implementation of solutions.
• Carry out changeovers on the above equipment in line with the daily production plan using setting sheets and SOPs.

Normal hours of work will be Sunday-Thursday, 10pm-6am.

• Previous experience working within a Production environment (essential)
• Good problem solver who is proactive in recommending and implementing actions to solve issues or improve ways of working, with CI being part of that process.
• Experience of following policies and procedures relating to food preparation and packing.
• Good organisational skills and able to prioritise own workload.

Valeo Foods UK are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.