Facility Plant Manager

Organises, controls, and coordinates the strategic and operational management of horticulture facilities to ensure the proper and efficient operation of all physical aspects of a facility, to create and sustain safe and productive environments for occupants.

Core Tasks:

Manage the shed floor on a day-to-day basis.
Ensure all cool rooms are operating correctly.
Ensure all produce is packed to specifications, efficiently, without compromising on quality.
Ensure that the logistics supervisor has the product in a timely fashion.
Lead a team of staff who manage the packing shed floor efficiently.
Always maintain a high standard of work practices.
Liaise with the post-harvest operations manager to predetermine daily and weekly objectives.
Assist the post-harvest operations manager in supervising the staff engaged in quality control, residue limit monitoring, and protocol requirements for all markets, and especially export markets.
Assist in liaising with our grower services teams and farm managers to ensure the smooth delivery of fresh produce for packing.
Ensure that the protocol and maximum residue limits (MRL) advised by Technical Services and customer requirements set by marketing are implemented in the packing and logistics process, especially traceability, labelling and other documentation
Assist to oversee the procurement of temporary labour, consumables, freight, and other services required to take the produce from the farms through the supply chain to our customers.
Operate the traceability management systems and processes provided by management to ensure the shed floor is being run at cost effectively as possible without compromising on the quality output that we provide to our customer base and suggest improvements to the system.
Assist in the development of plans for the refurbishment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the assets.
Assist in the management of relationships (personal and contractual) with external service providers, growers, and other stakeholders.
Follow Occupation Health & Safety Policies/Procedures and help ensure all packing shed staff comply with occupational health and safety, and quality assurance requirements.