Technical Officer - Plant Automation
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Technical Officer - Plant Automation
Job Description:
Being a state-of-the-art technology frontier in the Food Industry, our quest for revolutionizing the industry with innovative, sustainable, and high-quality food products is exceptional. In line with this drive and mindset, we are seeking high caliber, collaborative team members who share same passion for food technology and strive for excellence with accountability. The successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the plant uptime and smooth process flow in highly demanding situations.
Responsibilities:
- Network Operations and Management Center: Manage the operations of the end-to-end production system, ensuring all control systems are operating within the constraints defined and are operating at their optimum performance envelope.
- Manage Plant Breakdowns and Function Restoration: Conduct and manage platform audits, ensuring the health of systems, and where necessary carry out preventive maintenance activities. Attend to system failures and restore to sustain the production demands.
- Product Development Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the product development team to ensure food safety and quality in new products and deployments.
- Food Safety Management: Manage all aspects of food safety, including developing and enforcing safety protocols and handling any safety incidents.
- Regulatory and Sanitary Compliance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations ensure the company's compliance and enforce safety standards. Keep the entire facility in compliance with sanitary and hygienic guidelines.
Qualifications:
- NVQ Level 5 qualification or above preferable but not essential
- Recognized apprenticeship in a related technical discipline (Food Science, Engineering, or a related field). Experience in the food processing industry, particularly in technical or quality assurance roles.
- Familiarity with food processing and testing techniques.
- Strong analytical skills with an acute attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for coordinating activities with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proficient in IT skills including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for data management, report writing, and presentations.
- A proactive learner, open to acquiring new skills and methods relevant to the food processing industry.
If you are passionate about food technology and quality, and you are looking for an opportunity to excel and innovate in a dynamic environment, this may be the best opportunity for you.
Please apply via e-mail by sending an updated CV to [email protected] with the post applied for in the subject by 8th May 2024.
Curry King (Private) Limited, 55/72, Vauxhall Lane, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka. Post Code 00200
