Shift Maintenance Technician (Electrical) at Upfield

Main Purpose Of The Role

• As Shift Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for overall maintenance of plant, machinery, facilities and utilities.
• You will attend to machinery breakdowns, implement the maintenance schedule, troubleshoot electrical and basic mechanical failures, hence contribute towards the reduction of maintenance costs. You will also assist the stores clerk to order and keep stock of the right spares. This role reports to the Production and Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all Upfield safety, health and environment procedures and standards.
• Maintaining GMP standards in ensuring product quality is not compromised.
• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance on all plant and equipment as allocated by the engineering and production manager/ engineering leadership to guarantee plant safety, people safety, product quality and plant uptime.
• Carry out troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolution of mechanical and electrical breakdowns that may occur in the plant and ensure losses due to plant downtime are within target.
• Carry out root cause/breakdown analysis using problem solving tools such as 5 why’s, fishbone diagrams to prevent recurrence of equipment breakdowns.
• Drive implementation of autonomous maintenance in the production floor by coaching the machine operators on CILT activities on each machine.
• Carry out inspections and record keeping on all electrical systems e.g. UPS and generator.
• Adhere to the upfield engineering stores inventory procedures i.e. issuance and spare parts management.

About you!

• You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.
• You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.
• At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Key Skills

• Working knowledge and skills in installing and maintenance of electrical/electronic system components such as Programable Logic Controllers (PLCs), sensors, relays, variable speed drives (VSDs), induction motors, servo motors etc.
• Working knowledge in installation and maintenance of safety circuit systems such as interlock switches, emergency stops and safety relays
• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams
• Working knowledge and skills in installing and maintenance of production and processing equipment such as conveyors, geared motors, filling equipment etc
• Working knowledge and skills in installing and maintenance of utility equipment such as HVAC, compressed air systems
• Experience with control systems e.g. Siemens plc, temperature controllers, level controllers etc.

Experience

• Higher diploma or diploma in mechatronic engineering or electrical and electronics engineering
• 3 years minimum plant maintenance experience in a FMCG manufacturing environment.