JOB DETAILS:

The key purpose of this role is to operate the packaging process to achieve minimal variability in product quality and maximum throughout whilst minimising waste.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Maintain a safe and healthy working environment

• Ensure safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation complied with
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Uphold Territorial safety by identifying and reporting environment and safety opportunities timely
• Ensure correct handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals in your working area

Maintain, calibrate, repair and optimize plant and associated equipment

• • Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation/ systems
  • Plan, and prepare the job
  • Carry out ATO activities on the equipment
  • Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
  • Operate plant and process equipment
  • Optimize spare usage
  • Participate in planning and execution of normal maintenance and overhauls

Provide specialist technical support and enhance machines, system and process capabilities

• Monitor machine performance
• Resolve and eliminate problems
• Support in breakdown maintenances and call outs
• Support in quality and hygiene improvement
• Develop initiatives for improving machine capability (efficiency, reliability, quality, usages and safety)
• Conduct machine audit s and feedback to the team

Manage inventory

• Optimize engineering spare and consumables usage
• Manage satellite spare availability and usage
• Ensure the routable spares are available for use

Work in teams

• Communicate effectively in teams
• Contribute to self and team development

Apply the VPO principles and practices

• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace
• Operate and control the process according to the SOPs
• Support in situational problem-solving Problem identification, Problem definition, QFR development, 5why, Loop closure & Escalation Adherence to triggers
• Support systematic problem-solving initiatives using the proven tools and applications
• Participate in maintenance and quality-based maintenance
• Improve personal competence and skills flexibility using SKAP
• Support set up time reduction initiatives

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• • Analytical ability and attention to detail
  • Display initiative and ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organisation, within a team environment and with suppliers
  • Motivated self-starter with high energy levels
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Team player

Minimum requirements:

• Higher/Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
• BSc in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is an added advantage
• At least 1 year working experience preferably in FMCG Industry
• Should have basic computer knowledge (MS word, Excel, Power point e.t.c)