Recent Job Openings at Astral Foods Ltd

The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Managing staff, Production, Maintenance and Health & Safety.
• Controlling own budget.
• Maintaining the Company’s assets and constantly striving to improve results.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• A Matric Qualification.
• Relevant Degree / Diploma in Agriculture will be an advantage.
• 5 years relevant Breeding and Laying experience or experience in managing a large  Poultry Production complex.
• Computer knowledge will be an added advantage.
• The ideal Candidate must have high standards towards housekeeping and Attention to detail.
• It is essential that the Candidate should have the passion for implementing 20 Keys.
• The successful applicant must be self-motivated and have excellent people skills

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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Electrical maintenance and project work within the Farms Division.
• Attending to breakdowns.
• Must have the ability to manage a maintenance team.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum N3 qualification.
• Be in possession of a trade certificate as an Electrician or Millwright.
• Have at least 3 to 5 years relevant experience as an Artisan.
• Must be prepared to work standby and overtime.
• Experience on a Poultry Farm will be an added advantage.
• Must have valid wire man license.

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The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

FACILITATE PROBLEM SOLVING

• Identify problems or potential problems
• Facilitate problem solving 
• Administer a gap list
• Identify equipment eligible for design out maintenance

PLAN MAINTENANCE & PROJECTS

• Plan scheduled maintenance
• Plan shutdowns and projects and feedback on progress
• Review shutdowns / projects
• Participate in job observations
• Identify the required follow-on work and raise the relevant work orders

DEVELOP ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN

• Capture data, analyze and generate asset management reports
• Analyze the equipment to identify failure causes
• Identify the maintenance tasks
• Optimize schedules

MAINTAIN SYSTEM INTEGRITY

• Ensure correct system usage by team – auditing and coaching
• Publish plant standard reports, Thermal inspection, Repairs & Maintenance cost, Maintenance resource planning report, formal failure analysis, downtime, and asset care reports.
• Analyze all service orders/planned maintenance service orders and give feedback of abnormalities of relevant foreman and maintenance manager for action
• Generating service orders for planned maintenance and projects
• Costing of all planned maintenance and project job cards
• Create, schedule and issue service orders for planned maintenance
• Analyze history and proposals regarding expenditure and life of equipment
• Logging of SGA Plant Modifications and filing
• Capturing of purchase requisitions for the Maintenance Manager
• Capturing of purchase requisitions for planned maintenance and contractors
• Reviewing of maintenance documentation
• Filing updating of all engineering checklists
• Writing of CAPEX’s for maintenance or projects.
• Generating “Management of change” documents when required
• Developing maintenance documents
• Weekly and monthly reporting on maintenance activities

OPERATIONAL/FUNCTIONAL

• Generating reports on monthly basis regarding the status of various maintenance activities and projects to Engineering Manager
• Establish and implement the necessary management information systems (PC)
• Oversee and file all the startup inspection forms registers and log them for 20 keys and report all outstanding forms
• Establish and implement necessary management systems
• Liaising with contractors and suppliers regarding quotations, consultations and parts
• Liaising with production and management regarding machine shutdowns
• Liaising with internal and external auditors regarding maintenance documentation
• Contacting suppliers for parts and stock deliveries
• Issuing work permits for contractors and maintenance staff
• Verification of maintenance jobs
• Verification of contractor jobs
• Regular machine and plant inspections and generating reports when required
• Assisting with maintenance tasks and projects over weekends (when required)
• Assisting maintenance staff and foremen with technical problems

The requirements for the position are:

• Grade 12
• N6/National Diploma/BTech Electrical/Mechanical
• Qualified Artisan (Electrical or Mechanical)
• 5 years post-trade experience and minimum 3 years planning experience
• Have knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering practices
• Have sound knowledge of computers and MS Office (MS Projects, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Explorer & Ms Outlook)
• Have knowledge in Planned maintenance programs 
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• To keep abreast of trends and new developments of HACCP, 20 keys and od computer programs
• Able to solve problems related to Microsoft systems, HACCP and 20 keys
• Highly aware and cognizant of safety, health and hygiene stipulations and vigilant to reduce errors
• Due to the nature of the job, extra hours will be required from time to time, which may necessitate working into the evening, public holidays or on weekends.
• If the Line Manager has an operational requirement on a specific task outside the scope of position, it is reasonably expected of the Planner to comply and action such requests for the company.

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The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Establishing strong relationships with retail customers
• Professionally responding to all inbound sales enquiries
• Interaction with Liaison Manager for new business opportunities
• Sales administration duties
• Promoting and growing our brands
• Interacting and negotiating our products and prices with our existing and new clients
• Ensuring that our full range of products are displayed on shelf and that we
• work towards a healthy on -shelf display of our products 
• Maintaining a specified customer base and ensuring excellent after sales service
• Attending trade shows and exhibitions as required and must have the ability
• to plan and manage territory through ethical sales methods
• An external merchandising agency for your existing customer base
• Gathering Market Intelligence to improve our competitive advantage
• Engaging our merchandising partners (Vector,Daymon and CPG)
• Total On Shelf Availability control
• Ordering of Stock to ensure correct product mix at store level
• Shelf Management (Layouts , flashers etc)
• Quality Control on shelf
• Maintaining good customer service working relationship
• Ensuring maximum service levels into stores and on shelf
• Servicing our internal and external customers effectively
• Communicating out of stocks daily with Sales department
• Recording of fridge breakdowns in stores
• Returns management according to the Company’s return policy
• Accountable to drive daily targets set out by the business, either to meet or exceed targets
• Ensure daily KPI’s are met

The successful candidate will met the following requirements:

• Grade 12 is essential
• A marketing-related tertiary qualification will be an added advantage
• Must be familiar with the Poultry Industry
• Sales experience in the FMCG sector a great advantage
• Must have a reliable vehicle with a valid code 8 driver’s license       
• Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint)
• Must be able to do reporting in pivot tables
• The incumbent will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent administration and problem-solving skills;
• Basic understanding of the 20 Keys concept is essential;
• Must be able to work independently, as well as in a team environment and cope well under pressure;
• It is essential that the successful candidate be self-motivated with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
• The incumbent will assist with various other duties and responsibilities within the sales department as required from time to time
• Must be bilingual (two South African languages) in order to converse with our diverse customer base

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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• The planning, organising, leading and control of all aspects and duties assigned to you in order to achieve production standards.
• Managing all labour related issues to ensure that all staff members are contributing to the objectives of the company.
• The maintaining of product quality, hygiene and biosecurity standards.
• Managing all resources to the maximum benefit of the company.
• Implementing and managing the continual improvement 20 Keys principles, risk and safety.
• Must be pro-active and be able to work accurately and independently.
• Working hours are irregular and include weekend duties.
• You will be required to live in accommodation provided on farm.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum of a grade 12 education but a tertiary education in Agriculture would be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years breeder experience.
• Passionate, self-motivated and performance driven.
• A team player with the strong people skills and the ability to manage staff.
• Must have good administrative skills and ability to control documents.