Abattoir Chargehand

at  Kepak Group

JOB TITLE: Abattoir Chargehand
JOB PURPOSE: To assist the Abattoir Supervisor

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and coach line workers, organise job rotation and assist on daily training.
• Ensure safe use of equipment in line with safe systems of work.
• Liaise with quality to investigate customer issues regarding quality.
• Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements.
• To ensure that Health & Safety and other relevant guidelines are duly adhered to including the operation of safe systems of work, i.e. PPE, knife control, machine safety controls.
• To assist the supervisors and management at all times on a daily basis.
• To maintain a clean and efficient work environment.
• To carry out duties such as cleaning to get the site audit ready.
• To help supervisors organise possible overtime on a daily basis and Saturday work.
• To assist HR and the supervisors on HR duties such as failure to present and RTW on a daily basis.
• To assist Technical on a daily basis and to get a good understanding of the quality of the product, specification and labelling of products.
• To cover for Supervisors when needs be, especially at break times and when the supervisor is carrying out other daily duties.
• Ensure adherence to all company Policies.
• Ensure all KPI’s are met and are accurate.

Core KPIs:

• KPI’s will be set out and reviewed by the Site Manager for each period defined (month / quarter / year) reflecting achievement of agreed objectives and initiatives.
• Meeting Reporting Deadlines.
• Adherence to Group Policies and Procedures.
• Audit Results (Internal and External).

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate a team, to be energetic and self-motivated
• Organisation and leadership abilities.
• Must have a can do attitude and be flexible at all times
• Ability to learn quickly
• Demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative.
• Ability to identify continuous improvement initiatives and ability to challenge status quo. Problem solving skills.
• Strong IT skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point and other common software tools.
• A high level of analytical, methodology and time management skills required.
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy.

• Oversee and coach line workers, organise job rotation and assist on daily training.
• Ensure safe use of equipment in line with safe systems of work.
• Liaise with quality to investigate customer issues regarding quality.
• Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements.
• To ensure that Health & Safety and other relevant guidelines are duly adhered to including the operation of safe systems of work, i.e. PPE, knife control, machine safety controls.
• To assist the supervisors and management at all times on a daily basis.
• To maintain a clean and efficient work environment.
• To carry out duties such as cleaning to get the site audit ready.
• To help supervisors organise possible overtime on a daily basis and Saturday work.
• To assist HR and the supervisors on HR duties such as failure to present and RTW on a daily basis.
• To assist Technical on a daily basis and to get a good understanding of the quality of the product, specification and labelling of products.
• To cover for Supervisors when needs be, especially at break times and when the supervisor is carrying out other daily duties.
• Ensure adherence to all company Policies.
• Ensure all KPI’s are met and are accurate