Multiskilled Operator- 3 Positions

Responsibilities

• Follow site safety best practices to ensure safe working for self, others and the factory.
• Contribute to safety and environmental risk assessments.
• Ensure personal hygiene meets requirements.
• Know the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the role, raise questions and concerns when faced with an ethical or compliance issue, and always do the right thing.
• Operate all production equipment within the layout at the set speeds and outputs according to SHERQ and SOP standards.
• Prepare packing materials in the packing station at the beginning of the shift.
• Perform fine-tuning settings on all the equipment within the packing line to maintain optimal throughput and quality.
• Perform regular calibration of weighing systems in the packing line.
• Perform fault-finding on electrical and mechanical faults and carry out repairs such as the replacement of motors, belts, shafts, pulleys, etc.
• Carry out regular quality control processes and checks in the packing line.
• Inspect equipment, according to procedures, in order to identify current and potential future faults.
• Isolate and de-isolate specific production equipment according to procedures.
• Carry out adjustments and corrections to operating equipment to maintain equipment performance settings. Restoring equipment to standard conditions is a key part of the role.
• Conduct safe and effective handovers covering all necessary safety, quality and operational issues.
• Take samples and complete associated documentation.
• Perform basic care activities and assigned autonomous maintenance, e.g. lubrication, adjustment and minor replacement tasks.
• Assist the Reliability Foreman with supervised work, where the tasks are categorised as 'owned' by the Reliability Foreman.
• Identify the key losses on the line, e.g. waste, downtime, safety issues, quality problems and energy, and propose improvements to processes and standards to reduce or prevent future losses.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical, Mechanical or other similar technical qualification.
• Three years' experience in packing in a quality-focused and performance-driven factory environment, ideally operating large-scale automated machinery (preferred).
• Experience in Siemens PLC is an advantage.
• Ability to work well in a team, with great fault-finding and problem-solving skills in a fast-moving production environment.
• Experience in technical and Continuous Improvement (CI) processes, e.g. changeovers, handovers, improvement activities and others (preferred).
• Ability to communicate in English.

Skills