Buchery Machine Operator

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Pre-operational Checking: Inspecting machinery (e.g., industrial band-saws, automatic slicers, grinders, mincers, and sausage-filling equipment) before production to ensure proper calibration, alignment, and blade sharpness.
• Programming & Controls: Selecting and configuring the correct slicing or processing programs based on product specifications, target weights, thickness, and portion rules.
• Processing Raw Materials: Feeding meat carcasses or primal cuts into machines to slice, grind, tenderise, dice, or mix them into finished products.
• Product Specification Adherence: Monitoring the output to guarantee consistent product quality, strict weight control, and uniform presentation according to customer orders.
• Defect Inspection: Checking meats for quality, blemishes, or bone fragments before and during the machining process, and removing subpar elements.
• Yield & Waste Management: Maximizing product yield from meat blocks while carefully minimizing product waste during machine cycles.
• Packaging Operations: Managing automated wrapping, vacuum-packing, or tray-sealing lines.
• Labeling Compliance: Ensuring all items are weighed correctly and stamped with precise product traceability, allergen information, expiration dates, Halal and batch barcodes.
• Inventory Handling: Utilizing the First-In, First-Out (FIFO) methodology to rotate stock, move meat products to cold storage, and document production weights.
• Sanitation Practices: Performing thorough deep-cleans, sanitizing equipment, and washing down processing areas at the end of shifts to eliminate bacteria and cross-contamination risks.
• Regulatory Compliance: Adhering strictly to local food safety legislation, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) rules, and workplace health and safety protocols.

Requirement :

• SPM or Similar certification
• Min experience of three (2) years  in similar field
• Attended Food Handling and Food Safety management System training.
• Able to have solution when problems arise.
• Willing to work odd hour (if required)