Posted time 5th March 2025 Location Johannesburg Job type Full-time
  • Experience: 5 years production experience in food related manufacturing
  • Salary: R negotiable

SHIFT ARTISAN TEAM LEADER (Food packaging)

A well known food packaging manufacturing company based in JHB is looking for 2 Production Team Leaders is Reporting to the Production Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Controlling and supervising the team to ensure production efficiencies of 85%
  • Ensuring accurate completion of Production tally sheets
  • Monitoring raw material usage and ensuring that machines are filled continuously with correct materials
  • Monitoring machine and mould performance
  • Reporting any faults on machines or moulds to the Production Manager
  • Correcting machine and processing problems, and fault finding for machine breakdowns
  • Ensuring all relevant documentation is completely accurately and timeously
  • Ensuring packing and labeling is efficiently and correctly done as per customer requirements
  • Controlling safety aspects for your team – ensuring adherence to all safety standards
  • Monitoring and maintaining Food Safety system
  • Ensuring correct paperwork is displayed at machines and completed correctly
  • Liaising with Quality inspectors continuously to ensure product standards are correct
  • Coordinating all ‘on-hold’ products
  • Allocating staff to relevant machine(s) as needed per staffing schedule
  • Assisting staff at machines as needed
  • Ensure that operators perform tasks correctly for the team.
  • Assisting staff with problems and issues as required
  • Provide on the job training and instruction as required
  • Ensuring that the production floor as a whole is clean and tidy.  Ultimately the state of the department and its housekeeping is the Team Leader’s responsibility
  • Ensure that everyone in the department, including guests and visitors, are wearing the proper PPE
  • Checking operator hourly checklist every hour

Minimum qualifications and experience required:

  • Be in possession of an engineering qualification as a Fitter or Millwright or Electrician trade or equivalent qualification
  • Have hydraulic and pneumatic experience ( Basic fault finding ability)
  • Have at least  3-5 years’ experience in a production environment
  • Good conflict handling and management skills
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Have a strong mechanical aptitude
  • An ability to interact with employees at different levels
  • Good communication skills
  • Identify and solve problems effectively (Analyse and fault finding ability)
  • Logical and systematic approach
  • A passion for Quality
  • An ability to handle conflict and to diffuse it constructively
  • Self motivated, proactive and a willingness to work overtime when necessary
  • Basic computer skills (Excel)
  • Must be willing to work shifts

Applications to be submitted to recruitment@boikagogroup.co.za

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