Mec. Technician

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Job Purpose

Responsible for maintenance and repair of all production equipment and installations to ensure proper upkeep of production installations.

Job Details

Job Title: Mechanical Technician
Reports to: Mechanical Section Head
Sector: Supply Chain
Business Unit: Frozen Solution

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that all safety, environmental, and quality instructions set by company management are respected.
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as per description sheet and according to master schedule.
• Perform troubleshooting and breakdown repairs to production machines.
• Fully follow up and monitor production equipment throughout production time.
• Care with work quality as per company standard.
• Fully respect and carefully record all daily, weekly, monthly checklists set by section head.
• Ensure that all safety and protection devices of all equipment are in place and operational.
• Record daily shift condition in the logbook.
• Ensure proper usage and arrangement of all documents (manuals, diagrams, datasheets) as well as mechanical tools and measurement and calibration tools.
• Follow up cleaning and arrangement of the mechanical maintenance workshop.
• Take responsibility for and ownership of problems until they are solved.
• Report to supervisor any unusual issues that might affect performance of the operation.
• Coordinate with various departments for proper scheduling of maintenance activities to support efficient factory operation.
• Actively support all management programs in Continuous Improvement, regular audits and improvement team formation.
• Render other duties as may be required by superiors.

Communications & Working Relationships

Internal Communications: Production, Quality, Safety, Site Administration, Site Human Resources.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Advanced intermediate or intermediate diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in the field of mechanical maintenance in a manufacturing facility.
• Process industry maintenance, line and non line management.

Performance Measures

• Health and safety regulations: Ensure following all health and safety regulations.
• Mechanical maintenance workshop: Ensure daily cleaning and maintenance for mechanical workshop.
• Reports: Ensure preparation of daily reports to the section head.

Core Competencies

• Observational skills.
• Capable of working independently.
• High professional standards, imagination and originality.
• Motivation.
• Proactive and dynamic.

Behavioral Attributes

• Flexible and receptive to new ideas, down to earth and pragmatic.
• Analytical and attentive to detail.
• Adherence to regulations.
• Be able to demonstrate an enquiring mind and well developed observational skills.
• Motivation and sense of involvement.
• Objectivity and an ability to see the bigger picture.

Technical Skills

• Basic mechanics installations.
• Fluid pumping.
• Process Control Systems.
• Pneumatic Control Systems.
• Food processing operations and technology.
• Food safety, regulatory requirements for food safety, hygienic engineering and Quality Management System.
• Analytical skills in problem solving.

Seniority level

Mid Senior level.

Employment type

Full time.

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology.

Industries

Food and Beverage Services.