Plant Operations Supervisor

Permanent contract in a stable project with attractive professional development.

Schedule: full-time.

Development: Joining a powerful project with a direct impact on the company's results and operations.

Demonstrable previous experience in plants within the pomace and oil treatment sector.

Demonstrable previous experience managing production teams (it is valued to have managed workforces of around 40 people on shifts) and supervising operations in industrial plants.

Familiarity with production processes (dryers, extraction, temperature/moisture control) and solid notions for maintenance reporting.

Skills such as strong leadership // incident resolution capacity // quality orientation and high commitment to safety // dynamic profile, with a global vision of the plant and team management capacity.

1. Team Coordination (HR):

• Comprehensive management and coordination of a workforce of approximately 35 people working organized by shifts.
• Performance supervision, team motivation, and maintenance of discipline.
• Efficient management and coordination of shift handovers.
• Capacity and authority to reorganize human resources according to plant needs.

1. Supervision of Operations, Production, and Quality:

• Staying on top of all plant operations to ensure everything runs properly and holistically.
• Guaranteeing compliance with the daily production plan (monitoring processed tonnage) and coordinating startups, shutdowns, and operational changes.
• Ensuring the correct operation of the dryer and coordinating deboning, extraction, and shipping processes.
• Ensuring strict compliance with quality specifications, supervising input/output moisture, temperatures, and VTI.
• Detecting possible deviations in the process and coordinating appropriate corrective measures.

1. Coordination of Maintenance and Incidents

• Supervising the daily functioning of the facilities and detecting any anomalies or incidents.
• Reporting deviations to the industrial manager, and coordinating necessary maintenance interventions together with the maintenance manager.
• Monitoring breakdowns, with authority to prioritize maintenance tasks.
• Total authority to stop equipment and facilities in the event of detected risks and to escalate major incidents.

1. Procurement, Stock, and Safety (OSH)

• Coordination and control of material procurement and stock management to ensure the continuity of operations.
• Guaranteeing compliance with Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) regulations.
• Detecting and intervening in the face of unsafe acts, maintaining at all times the highest standards of order and cleanliness in the plant.