PRODUCTION OPERATOR SHIFT in Buckie

Join our production team and play a key role in delivering high-quality malt to customers around the world. As a Shift Operator, you will help ensure our malt consistently exceeds customer quality expectations while supporting efficient, cost-effective operations from barley intake through to malt dispatch. You will contribute to a safe, sustainable, and high-performing workplace by actively promoting a zero-harm culture, prioritising the health and safety of everyone on site, and helping to minimise our environmental impact.

In this hands-on role, you will monitor and control the day-to-day operation of the barley intake, drying, and malt production processes, as well as the dispatch of malt and co-products, ensuring smooth and efficient production across the site.

• Barley intake, barley drying and screening.
• Barley to steep as per process instruction and control via PLC.
• Steeping as per process instruction and control via PLC.
• Germination per process instruction and control via PLC.
• Kilning per process instruction and control via PLC.
• Conduct & record confirmation of checks on process batch cards.
• Malt/Pellets/Screenings out loading.
• Monitoring of process control and reaction to any adverse conditions associated with the malt process.
• Alerting management of any deviations in process control.
• Preparation of samples.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by management.
• Weighbridge operation.
• Barley dressing.
• Reporting of breakdowns/faults and initial inspections.
• Complete detailed end of shift handover & communicate to oncoming Shift Operator.
• Hygiene/Cleaning Completion & confirmation of completion (or justification of non-completion) of jobs as detailed on cleaning sheets.
• Working on own initiative, prioritise accordingly any other hygiene requirements not specifically scheduled on the issued cleaning sheet.

• Barley dressing sheet, screenings analysis, barley drying sheet.
• All sections of the batch record sheets.
• Cleaning sheet.
• Magnet record sheets.
• Shift Change Sheets.
• Shift Check Sheets.
• Lab analysis sheets.

Ensure compliance with all current legal & statutory obligations including health & safety, HACCP/food safety, environmental and employment legislation.

• Understanding of the full malting process (barley intake, drying & storage through to malt dispatch) to allow the role holder to operate the site during a single person 12hr shift.
• The ability to attain MAGB Fundamentals in Malting qualification within 3 years of starting employment.
• Conduct barley quality analysis on incoming loads and malt quality checks pre-dispatch.
• Operation of weighbridge system & loading of lorries with malt & co-products as required.
• Understanding the electrical and mechanical operation of the site & ability to undertake basic fault finding & report process deviations or machinery faults which cannot be corrected.
• Provide direct assistance to shift engineer partner and other engineers.
• Understanding the importance of health & safety, food & feed safety, site hygiene, environmental issues and accurate record keeping.
• Basic to intermediate level IT skills.
• Ability to follow process instructions and a common sense thinking and approach to allow working on own initiative to a level of authority.
• Practical hands-on attitude with good situational awareness and the ability to complete documented risk assessments where necessary and work safely at all times.
• Able to actively participate in daily operations meetings.
• Able to successfully complete training including safety related courses, telehandler and shovel loader driver training, and any other training required to carry out normal operator duties.

We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and, as part of a global organization, can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing.