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Senior Executive – Malt and Distillation
Aditi Consulting is recruiting, on contract, a senior executive to run malt production and distillation at a plant in Ponda, Goa. The role manages steeping, germination and kilning of malt plus fermentation and distillation against yield, quality and safety targets.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 3–6 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Contract
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- Production / operations
Who can apply
B.E./B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, Biotechnology or Distillery Technology
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Manage malt production: raw material handling, cleaning, steeping, germination, kilning and storage
- Keep process parameters within limits for consistent malt quality
- Coordinate with QC and lab teams for malt testing and release
- Monitor and control fermentation, distillation and spirit recovery as per SOPs
- Track alcohol yield, recovery, energy use and process losses
- Execute daily production plans and track KPIs such as yield, OEE and energy
- Maintain production records, logbooks and MIS reports
- Investigate deviations and complaints and drive root-cause analysis and CAPA
- Ensure EHS, excise, environmental and statutory compliance
- Guide operators and support lean and continuous-improvement projects
What the employer asks for
- B.E./B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, Biotechnology, Distillery Technology or equivalent
- About 3 to 6 years in malt, distillation, brewery, distillery or alcohol manufacturing
- Hands-on fermentation and distillation experience preferred
- Understanding of yield and mass balance and process troubleshooting
- Knowledge of quality management systems and EHS compliance
- Basic SAP/ERP and MS Office skills
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in Production / Operations / Plant roles. named in this notice
- Malting (steeping
- germination
- kilning)
- Fermentation
- Distillation
- Yield and mass balance
- OEE
- Root-cause analysis / CAPA
- Lean manufacturing
- SAP/ERP
- Production Executive
- Production Supervisor
- Shift In-charge
- Plant Operations
- SMED
- TPM
Pay on similar vacancies
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Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for Production / Operations / Plant roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- How do you balance OEE, yield and food safety when the line is behind the daily plan?
- Explain how you would reduce changeover time on a filling or packing line (SMED).
- What records do you maintain in a shift, and why do they matter for traceability?
- A metal detector rejects three packs in an hour. What steps do you take?
- How do you plan raw-material consumption and control wastage in a batch process?
- Describe a time you improved a process parameter and what the measurable result was.
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Write a short cover noteTwo or three lines on your most relevant plant, lab or project result, with a number.
- Be ready to talk numbersCurrent CTC, expected CTC and notice period are usually asked in the first call.
Source & editorial check
Contract role posted by a staffing firm (Aditi Consulting, ref. 26-07034); the plant operator is not named.
Original posting: 2026-11-06
Checked 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07
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