Niven Narayan

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Foster a safe and healthy work environment.

· Manage disciplined operations to optimize safety, customer service, staff morale, and efficiency.

· Oversee production planning using Ostendo to ensure timely and accurate manufacturing in line with business requirements.

· Ensure products are manufactured to quality specifications, maintaining low product return rates.

· Implement and manage cleaning programs to ensure product quality and prevent contamination.

· Build and maintain a strong, motivated team, ensuring all staff are trained.

· Promote a culture of open communication, attention to detail, and teamwork.

· Maintain Compliance with company policies, safety standards, and food safety audits, minimizing product damage.

· Review operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimise unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.

· Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance review of employees (KPI’S).

• Ensure adherences to all OHSE legislative and company policies
• Ensure all aspects of the manufacturing process for the various production facilities are managed, planned and executed within acceptable tolerances and to site targets
• Investigate and rectify production & quality Issues where possible prior to product leaving site
• Monitor operation of plant equipment and systems
• (OEE% Overall Equipment Efficiency & TPH) accurately recording unplanned and planned downtime, tonnes of mash and finished feed produced
• Participate in ensuring an accurate inventory stocktake is performed and discrepancies followed up
• Establish and maintain a computerized maintenance management system and ensure Plant & Equipment is maintained to a safe operational standard that optimises production throughout
• Take active responsibility and authority for all site operations in daily operations, and in absence of the site manager
• Delegate duties to competent staff during planned work and shutdowns (in accordance with skills and training)
• Ensure that employees are adequately trained and signed off as competent in their roles, driving the training agenda for the site & ensuring effective succession planning
• Audits the SOP/Work instructions while checking employee competency
• Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance review of employees
• (KPI’s)
• Ensure confined space, JSA, safety permits and procedures are followed and completed
• Prepare reports, analyses data, promotes problem solving and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and efficiencies
• Participate in all site audits including internal/external HSE, HACCP and Feed Safe audits
• Complete and close out actions as required through site manager
• Reviews the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement
• Supervise mill workers ensuring all SOP’s and operational documentation is complied, ensure worker compliance to mandatory PPE
• Plant & Equipment is maintained to a safe operational standard that optimizes production throughput

• Train and mentor all staff to ensure that all documented procedures and work instructions are carried out in effective and consistent manner
• Set Daily Production plans
• Control mill process and performance
• Manage mill logistics and support services
• Produce daily production reports
• Check all staff paperwork to ensure compliance with documented procedures
• Compile statistical data and write narrative reports regarding mill performance
• Establish and supervise dust control procedures
• Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
• Provide technical support and project management during capital expansion projects
• Maintain and comply with all OH&S procedures and regulations
• Ensure staff adhere to safe work practices and OHS guidelines
• Facilitate the implementation of SQF
• Ensure cleaning and hygiene procedures are followed
• Comply with any reasonable request by the company in order to ensure the health and safety of the products produced
• Ensure that all policies and procedures of the company are met in order to achieve following accreditations: HACCP & SQF, DAFF, Kashrut, Halal, NASAA

• Oversee the daily running and management of Flour and Speciality Milling
• Management of Grain Intake
• Experienced and proficient at performing milling to meet targets and set KIP’s
• Update and advice on the development plan for these area
• Interpret data and provide recommendations for optimal output
• Experienced with the Health and Safety Regulations and Standards
• Manage staff and participate on shift work as required while maintaining a high quality end product
• Experienced in operating all computer systems and production of time targets
• Roster and Leave management, direct staff and organise temporary staff for short falls
• Trained in Fork Lift driving, First Aider on site, Fire Warden, Manual Handling, and Confined space (entrant and permit issuer)
• Permit Issuer- Height Safety, Confined Space, Fire and Hot works, Contractor on site permits
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team to provide optimal production outcomes while also delivering a high standard
• Training and Mentoring of staff

• Oversee the daily running and management of Flour and Speciality Milling
• Management of Grain Intake
• Experienced and proficient at performing milling to meet targets and set KIP’s
• Update and advice on the development plan for these area
• Interpret data and provide recommendations for optimal output
• Experienced with the Health and Safety Regulations and Standards
• Manage staff and participate on shift work as required while maintaining a high quality end product
• Experienced in operating all computer systems and production of time targets
• Roster and Leave management, direct staff and organise temporary staff for short falls
• Trained in Fork Lift driving, First Aider on site, Fire Warden, Manual Handling, and Confined space (entrant and permit issuer)
• Permit Issuer- Height Safety, Confined Space, Fire and Hot works, Contractor on site permits
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team to provide optimal production outcomes while also delivering a high standard
• Training and Mentoring of staff

• 2004- Employed as Mill operative
• 2008- Promoted as shift Miller
• 2010- Acting Mill Supervisor
• Shift work and On Call duties
• Milling and achieving quality finished products with focus of achieving high extraction rates
• Ability to mill multi grist wheat to meet customer requirements
• Trained in Fork lift driving, First Aider on site, Fire Warden
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team to provide optimal production outcomes while also delivering a high quality standard
• Proficient in running all milling PCL systems
• Responsible for staff management during shift work

• Shift work and On Call duties
• Milling and achieving quality finished products with focus of achieving high extraction rates
• Ability to mill multi grist wheat to meet customer requirements
• Able to rectify and problem solve mill breakdowns
• Trained in Fork lift driving, First Aider on site, Fire Warden
• Able to work both independently and as a member of a team to provide optimal production outcomes while also delivering a high quality standard
• Proficient in running all milling PCL systems
• Responsible for staff management during shift work
• Training and Mentoring of staff