Joined Heal Farms as operations manager during the installation of a new liquid egg processing plant and manufacturing plant. Tasked with commissioning the plant, setting a structure, training a team and becoming a fully operational plant which recently achieved the highest double A standard award in our first BRC audit.• Assisted and managed contractors during the installation of the 2 plants, ensuring work was completed safely and on time.• Commissioning of the process plant… Show more Joined Heal Farms as operations manager during the installation of a new liquid egg processing plant and manufacturing plant. Tasked with commissioning the plant, setting a structure, training a team and becoming a fully operational plant which recently achieved the highest double A standard award in our first BRC audit.• Assisted and managed contractors during the installation of the 2 plants, ensuring work was completed safely and on time.• Commissioning of the process plant involved setting up of the plant, setting primes/purges, calibration of instruments, shelf-life trials, CIP validation, liaising with plant supplier to make alterations to software.• Created all SOPs required for the processing plant and trained out to new team members.• Recruited teams for both processing and manufacturing plants. Mainly full-time staff but have also sourced and developed a positive working relationship with an agency who provide temporary staff when required.• Gained experience of sourcing and setting up contracts with various suppliers, always negotiating the best deal possible for the company.• Worked closely with our interim technical team to help create our quality management system by writing and training out procedures and policies.• Created all documents and reporting systems within the processing plant. Ensuring we are fully compliant throughout the process and can fully trace back all finished products through our processes back to raw material/supplier.• Plant was designed to produce 200 tons of product a week over 2 shifts. I have created an efficient structure which now sees us regularly exceeding 100 tons of product per week over 1 shift.• Created the production schedule for Process and currently do all the production planning each week.• Data Analysis. Created weekly mass balance sheet and analyzed data on performance and efficiency weekly to report back to the senior management.• Completed HACCP level 3 training and Food Safety level 3. Show less

• Manage a shift of 9 employees. Lead and influence my team positively to ensure we achieve plan attainment on time and in full.• Ensure full compliance to all reporting systems and ensure work standards by my team are achieved as aligned with company policies and procedures.• Monitor progress of new employees and complete training records. Perform quarterly one to one meeting with employees to discuss performance, achievements and identify areas which each individual can develop and… Show more • Manage a shift of 9 employees. Lead and influence my team positively to ensure we achieve plan attainment on time and in full.• Ensure full compliance to all reporting systems and ensure work standards by my team are achieved as aligned with company policies and procedures.• Monitor progress of new employees and complete training records. Perform quarterly one to one meeting with employees to discuss performance, achievements and identify areas which each individual can develop and improve on.• Attend site meetings daily to report on any issues within my department. • Complete incident investigations and gather data for any failed batches/material losses to help problem solve and find route cause. Gather and record data each day to monitor whether the department is hitting its daily/monthly/yearly targets. Report all information back to my team in weekly team briefs. • Good knowledge of quality control ensuring my team produce product to the highest standard possible and maintain high GMP standards to keep the department audit ready at all times.• Have regular involvement in audits and give tours to visitors and auditors around the department when required.• Complete in-house health and safety audits.• On my pathway towards becoming a team leader/manager I completed various courses. IOSH managing health and safety, level 3 food safety, fit for leadership course, auditing courses and RCA training which have enabled me to gain a lot more knowledge on my pathway into management.• Involved in various improvement projects. Last one being the installation of a new product line from storage tanks direct to a filling line. Involved in the planning, testing, commissioning, validating and shelf life trials. Project cost £250,000, annual saving from the project was £135,000 which gave us full payback in under 2 years. Show less

• Over 10 years since 2009 operating 2 CPS 4 tonne plants as part of a team and the S+W process plant on my own.• The CPS 4 tonne is a continuous sauce plant capable of continually making 4 tonne of product per hour. The 2 plants produce the majority of product needed on site everyday which means the job is fast paced, having to work well under pressure to complete the daily plans.• Gained knowledge in pasteurization, homogenization, and the standardization of 35% and 40% stabilized… Show more • Over 10 years since 2009 operating 2 CPS 4 tonne plants as part of a team and the S+W process plant on my own.• The CPS 4 tonne is a continuous sauce plant capable of continually making 4 tonne of product per hour. The 2 plants produce the majority of product needed on site everyday which means the job is fast paced, having to work well under pressure to complete the daily plans.• Gained knowledge in pasteurization, homogenization, and the standardization of 35% and 40% stabilized cream.• Able to accurately perform viscosity, Ph, solids and fat checking tests.• Unloading of bulk liquid ingredients into silos and trained to unload bulk delivery of chemicals into silos.• Made products for customers including Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Asda, Morrison’s and Aldi who adhere to strict standards. Therefore I have a good understanding and know the importance of food quality, CIP requirements, critical control points and have gained a level 3 city and guilds award in food safety for manufacturing. Show less

• Attended appointments at potential customer’s homes in and around Shropshire where I would give a demonstration on the company and product, then measure and price up products for the customer.