Job Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to maintain, repair, and optimize machines and associated devices to ensure machine availability and product quality at minimum cost whilst maintaining standards.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations.
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving.
• This must be undertaken in support of the Process Artisan. This role can also be the Process Artisan on shift
• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions, and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance outage in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Main Planner
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities, and learnings from maintenance activities
• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate PS techniques.
• Partake in cleaning, lubrication, and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate PS techniques

Requirements

• Minimum of B.Sc / HND in Mechanical Engineering.
• 1-3 Years on the job training
• Manage Machines according to VPO principles and standards
• A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment.
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist).
• Initiative and energy.
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best).
• Key Function is to Carry out repairs / maintenance
• Plan and prepare the job.