Description
The main responsibility of this position is to ensure the seed is stored correctly and to service bulk sales.
Responsibilities
- Responsible to take control of all machinery and its operation in the department.
- Responsible to oversee the stop and start of all equipment within silo complexes.
- All breakdowns, deviations and defects must be reported to the Maintenance Supervisor.
- Assist maintenance personnel with tasks during breakdowns to ensure efficient plant availability.
- Responsible for weigh-in and record keeping of all incoming seed.
- Responsible for grading all incoming seed and supervising the offloading of seed.
- Responsible for the allocation of the seed to the relevant silos.
- Responsible for the drying of the seed and monitoring of the seed and cake silos.
- Ensure continuous aeration and temperature control of all silos.
- Responsible for continuously monitoring silo levels and the product structure and formation within the silo.
- Monitor and report fill levels of all product levels within silos and report to the Plant Manager.
- Responsible for supervising silo cleaning and inspections.
- Responsible to recycle oilcake within cake silos continuously according to the program.
- Responsible to ensure the filling of the holding bin for bagging units according to the planning schedule.
- Responsible and take control of the cake bagging unit.
- Ensure all bagged product is stored according to good storage practices.
- Take responsibility to load bulk oil meal loads from meal storage silos.
- Responsible to ensure good housekeeping practices and compliance to master cleaning schedules.
- Ensure his subordinates are controlled and will ensure at all times that they are efficiently performing.
- Responsible for all employees under control regarding timekeeping, discipline, and performance issues.
- Ensure the policy and procedure of SOILL will be applied at all times.
- Available for all training as required and scheduled by management.
- Comply with Safety, Food safety and environmental procedure as per SOILL policy.
- Any other reasonable relevant task allocated by the Plant Manager.
Requirements
- Grade 12 or NQF Level 4
- 2 to 4 years of experience as a Silo Operator, preferred
- In-depth knowledge and management of grain silos
