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)

• 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

• 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

• 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)