Seed Technician X2 at Bayer Tanzania

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Seed Technician X2

Job Purpose:

• Operate the machinery (including forklift) to execute the seed cleaning, grading, treating and bagging operations in line with legal requirements and BAYER best practices.
• Organize production materials and consumables on the production floor to ensure flawless execution of the daily and weekly processing plans.
• To maintain production shift data and information documentation and thereby enable accurate mass balancing, product costing and inventory control at every shift end.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for operating the equipment safely and optimally in the shift.
• Ensure strict adherence to statutory and domestic regulations particularly those relating to safe working practices to avoid injury to personnel and damage to company property.
• In liaison with the Maintenance Supervisor, perform maintenance and repairs on plant equipment to ensure equipment is available, reliable, and safe to operate.
• Lead ESH efforts, provide assistance, and arrange for resources to promote safety at sites.
• Maintain operational records as required by management systems.
• Active participation and compliance to all ESH policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Prepare processing report after the shift
• Perform in-processing checks (defects testing, weights, stitching, labelling) to ensure defective seed/bags are reworked
• Print DK Labels and make it available timely to tollers
• Adhere to the implementation and upkeep of the Quality Management System in the all-tolling plants.
• Continuously monitor plant seed production processes from receiving to final product to ensure that a high standard of quality and integrity of batches is maintained at all stages.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Degree/ Diploma in Production Management, Electrical, Agriculture Engineering or Mechanical engineering.
• At least 3 years Hands on plant operations.
• Excellent verbal and writing communication skills.
• Excellent Numeracy and analytical skills.
• Forklift operation.
• Computer literate

Location:

Tanzania : Tanzania : Mbeya

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

861459

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status and pregnancy. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.