Blending Technician at Diageo

Purpose of Role

To efficiently operate process machines to produce high quality UDV products/services to meet both local and international standards in a safe environment and at the lowest cost. The Blending Technician at Diageo reports into the Shift Manager.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

Offload Neutral Spirit supplied from the various sources through the intake process into the bulk holding tanks at 96% ABV.
Offload the necessary concentrate and flavours into the relevant holding tanks and Project Trigger Requirements
Schedule destination tanks for the neutral spirit being offloaded to ensure trucks are offloaded at the shortest time possible
Schedule tanks for blending of products required guided by the packaging plan to meet the targeted finished goods volume by shift, day and week.
Blend the required brands as guided by the (BTMs) Brand Technical Manuals and Recipes to meet the necessary quality and brand attributes to service the packaging plan.
Operate the Charcoal filtration plant for Smirnoff Vodka and Kenyan vodkas to meet the BTM specification.
Run the associated blending plant activities and operations to ensure plant objectives are met.
Maintain the required documentation for the offloading and blending processes, materials consumed and residual materials to be used as entries into SAP by the Materials Team
Prepare operations reports in offloading, blending, and materials handling for the period on duty to be circulated to relevant stakeholders for decision making.
Operate the demineralized water plant and maintain the records in place for the plant in compliance with Food Safety requirements, given that it’s an OPRP.
Liaise with the RTD blenders in service of the RTD production plan that’s packed in the Beer Packaging Plant
Run stock counts and reconciliation for the materials issued/in blending operation to ensure all established controls are adhered to.
Work in liaison with Materials Team to compute process losses and take action to eliminate the losses.
Participate in team continuous improvement activities to achieve set outcomes for targeted KPIs.
Participate in problem solving with focus on corrective and preventative action for Quality issues and Non-conformances.
Ensure Implementation of Food safety, Quality, Environment and Safety Management Systems according to FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, ISO14001 and BS 18001 requirements respectively
Maintain the plant hygiene standards for a food production facility in liaison with the cleaning service provider.
Participate in CAPEX project implementation in the blending plant.
Participate in trouble shooting product/equipment non-conformance/ breakdowns.
Operate and maintain the sugar dissolving plant 4.
Operate and maintain Kenya cane syrup plant
Receive raw materials (flavours and sugar) from the Main stores.
Participate in product release (tasting) of blends and finished goods.