Alfa Operator at Nestle

• In this role you will be responsible to supply the spray drier with liquid mix/concentrate through a process of blending and batching continuously, in a culture of performance monitoring, review and action, open communication, continuous improvement in support of achieving organization vision, mission and objectives.

A day in the life of an Alfa Operator:
Offloading of glucose and oil into silos

• Check tanker bottom and top seals before offloading.
• Ensure offloading start up and shut down procedures are followed and record any deviations.
• Report abnormalities to your team leader and assist or make corrective action where possible.
• Take a sample for testing according to SOP and ensure compliance with all recording procedures.
• Check invoices for tonnage to match with bridge feeding before and after offloading and the empty space in the silos.
• Clean the offloading area and the hosepipe after use.

Blending of raw materials

• Operation should be automatic using PLC.
• Ensure plant start up and shut down procedures are followed.
• Check that all screens in the computer are in order: process water; glucose/oil silos; liquiverter and pasteurser.
• Select correct recipe on the PLC system and transfer process water into liquiverter by pressing START on the PLC.
• Weigh dry raw materials according to the recipe and pours them manually into liquiverter. Also add Rework powder.
• Record quantity and batch codes of used material for each batch
• Ensure the proper mixing of glucose and oil with the mixture of raw materials.
• Check the total solid of the complete batch.
• Record the parameters of each batch and accurate completion of all process documents.
• Do a daily stock count at beginning and attend of the shifts.
• Monitor daily any deviations from supplied material and record it on your stock count.

What will make you successful?

• Matriculation certificate
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in food manufacturing environment
• Computer Literate
• Understanding of factory operations
• Willingness to achieve agreed targets.
• Employee Relations
• Communication