CHEESEMAKER – DAIRY PROCESSING (1) CHISAMBA

The Required Skills for this Role Include:

• Responsible for planning daily production in keeping with finished product stock levels and raw material intake.
• To work hands on with milk from milk intake to cheese making, maturation and packaging for sale.
• With maximum attention to detail, implement all cheese-making stages (pH, temperature, time and other flow process steps) specific to a cheese variety in a high care environment.
• Assist in maintaining a clean and safe cheese-making environment.
• While cheese matures, test samples for moisture content, acidity levels, saltiness, bitterness and all other qualities that defines a good cheese so as to effect positive adjustments in future batches to be processed.
• Responsible for the implementation of product development for new cheese varieties.
• Ensure that raw materials are laboratory tested in order to meet set product specification.
• Ensure set process parameters are monitored and maintained.
• Responsible for stock control management and ensuring that loses are within ZAMMILK acceptable levels.
• Responsible for ordering of consumables and packaging materials while monitoring stock levels.
• Responsible for ensuring that raw materials and finished products are transported as per standing instruction.
• Ensure that packed product batch details and weights are conforming to the final Product specification.
• Ensure that product integrity in terms of seals and labelling are as per specification.
• Ensure and maintain Good manufacturing Practices according to current Food safety Management systems.
• Responsible for repair and maintenance of the Cheese Plant
• Ensure that Waste is disposed of as per waste disposal procedure, ensuring no product residuals on materials to be disposed and segregation of waste according to type (paper and plastic).
• Conduct daily and monthly stock take

The Required Qualifications are:

• Grade 12 certificate
• University Degree or Diploma in the related field
• Two years of experience

The Required Attributes Include:

• Ability to operate various plant equipment
• Able to communicate and delegate work to subordinates
• Able to generate daily production figures, statistics.
• Problem Solving ability (able to respond to unanticipated problems during the process with plan B solutions)
• Creative Mind-Cheese making is an art and requires a creative mind in order to develop new cheese recipes and varieties.
• Team work – team player
• Food Safety- implement a culture of Food Safety in all Process steps of the Cheese plant