Plant Operator

• Loading and unloading packaged and bulk products safely
• Accurately picking orders
• Checking picked orders on completion
• Ensuring accurate stock placement within the warehouse
• Conducting Pick Face replenishment in a timely manner
• Maintaining Warehouse equipment daily
• Ensuring package damage is minimised.
• Ensures the safe operation of all forklift and associated equipment.
• Ensures that on site inventory is properly and safely stored.
• Decanting and repacking product

Provide incident free Filling Operations (where applicable):

• Accurately interpreting filling instructions
• Safely opening finished product tanks and drums to be filled
• Taking samples of product to be filled in a safe manner.
• Accurately select empty packs, caps, labels, spouts etc.
• Perform Machine set-up of Filling Head, Capper, Labeller, Batch Coder, Carton Receiver and Carton Coder.
• Seek approval to commence filling (authorisation from Chemist)
• Perform regular quality/quantity checks.
• Palletise product safely.
• Ensuring filling details, filling instruction and productivity records are completed in a timely manner.
• Close own work area at the end of the day

Handling of Dangerous Goods:

• Handle dangerous goods products in a safe manner.
• Management of Change for Dangerous Goods Products into JDE and other systems, as required.
• Ensure dangerous goods labels for products are displayed correctly.
• Assist/support Carriers Transporting Dangerous Goods
• Support and monitor 3PL/BP warehousing and dispatching dangerous goods.
• Recognise and report potential quality problems that may lead to product contamination.

Essential Criteria

• LF forklift licence
• Should have worked in a production environment and demonstrated personal commitment and process improvements for performance improvement.
• Sound technical aptitude
• Computer literate
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and continually prioritise and plan work activity.
• WH&S awareness applicable to plant/ warehouse operations

Desirable Criteria

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing/ production environment and should have experience of Autonomous maintenance.
• Training in 5S and Continuous improvement
• Training in safety systems such as LOTO/Control of Work/ TPM advantageous
• Understanding of pumps/valves

Education

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum Tafe / Industrial Training Certificate and/or equivalent
• Certificate 3 in Manufacturing, a Trade or Engineering
• First aid certificate and training in safety systems like LOTO/control of work/TPM would be added advantage.