Skilled Production Operator
Core
Operate, monitor, and adjust kettle chips production equipment across potato preparation, frying, seasoning, and packaging processes to ensure high-quality food products are produced to specification.
Role type
Skilled Production Operator (Food Manufacturing)
Builds
Kettle chips and private label snack products for major retailers and households
Domain
Food manufacturing / FMCG / Snack production
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Operating food production machinery, setting up machinery and completing product changeovers, carrying out routine quality checks, monitoring critical control points and complying with food safety/HACCP procedures, completing production records and traceability checks, identifying and reporting equipment faults, performing basic machine maintenance and cleaning, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, maintaining housekeeping standards per GMP requirements
Preferred skills
Previous experience in food manufacturing or FMCG production, understanding of food safety standards (HACCP, GMP, quality control), ability to work in a fast-paced environment, problem-solving skills, basic IT skills for data recording, flexibility to work shifts including weekends and overtime
Technologies
Production equipment (potato preparation, frying, seasoning, packaging machinery), IT systems for production data recording
Responsibilities
Operate and adjust production equipment, set up machinery and complete changeovers, perform quality checks and monitor critical control points, complete production records and documentation, report equipment faults, perform basic maintenance and cleaning, support continuous improvement initiatives, maintain housekeeping and safety standards
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC