The main responsibility of this position is to take control of the silo equipment and plant on a daily basis. This position will be responsible for the movement and storage of all incoming seed (canola and maize germ).
Skills :
- Control and operate all machinery related to the silos during the shift
- Stop and start all equipment within silo complexes and ensure all equipment and machinery are operated efficiently and safe. This will be in conjunction with all downstream production units
- All breakdowns deviation and defects regarding equipment must be reported to the maintenance supervisor on a continuous basis
- Must assist maintenance personnel with their task during breakdowns to ensure efficient plant operations
- Weigh grade and offload all incoming seed to the allocated silo
- Temperature monitoring of the silos
- Continuously monitor silo levels and the product structure and formation within silo
- Ensure continuous quality monitoring is performed
- Report all quality deviations to relevant Manager
- Ensure good storage practices are upheld
- Ensure good housekeeping practices and compliance
- Supervision of team
- Ensure his team are efficiently performing their tasks
- Ensure all the policies and procedures of SOILL are always applied
- Attend relevant training as required and scheduled by management
- Compliance to safety food safety and environmental procedures as per SOILL policy
- Any other reasonable relevant task allocated by Agricultural Resource Manager as required by plant operations
Health and Safety
- Participate in safety forums created by Soill for example safety meetings and safety talks
- Follow-up on any activities assigned through safety meetings / committees / representatives / management
- Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
- Attend safety education and refresher programmes
- Comply with safety policies and procedures at Soill
- Distribute safety information as and when required
- Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times
Employee management and development
- Ensure overall compliance to relevant procedures and policies.
- Ensure that all team members have clearly defined job profiles
- Regular goal review completed to assess achievement of results
- Support coaching and mentoring is continuously provided to ensure that objectives are met
- Ensure that development plans are in place for each employee
- Appropriate allocation of resources to meet operational demands
- Ensure that events/activities taking place in the team are effectively communicated within team
- Ensure adequate succession planning in order to meet ongoing and anticipated business requirements