Vacancy title:
Maintenance Technician
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Jobs at:
CargillDeadline of this Job:
10 May 2020 Â
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 27, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Cargill in Kenya Cargill has been active in Kenya since 1984 and now has around 300 employees based in Mombasa, Nairobi and Nakuru. Activities in the country include trading in wheat, maize, barley, fertilizers, cotton and engaging in financial markets. In 2014 Cargill acquired Lesiolo Grain Handlers Limited (LGHL), a bulk grain handling company based in the Nakuru region of Kenya, strengthening our ability to offer products and services to commercial farmers and smallholders in Kenya, as providing a reliable, sustainable source of grain for customers and end-users in the region. We are also active in tea sourcing, handling storage and related services. In 2015 our animal nutrition business expanded its operations to include Kenya, where, in close collaboration with our grain and oilseeds businesses we supply key inputs such as grains, oilseeds, macro minerals, amino acids and premixes to Kenya’s growing feed and animal industry.
Responsible for reliability excellence and plant asset management through readily identifying routine maintenance and/or work coordination. Activities include development, alignment & implementation of reliability excellence practices/programs; prevention, maintenance and repair; project planning, contractor/vendor management; best practice application, training and support. .
Responsibilities
Principal Accountabilities
45% Accountability Category #1: operational effectiveness/continuous improvement (prevent, maintain & repair)
• Using established guidelines and protocols, plans and assists with preventative maintenance and reliability activities.
• In accordance with Business/plant maintenance and reliability strategies, standards and practices, follows routine work steps to prioritize plans and scope maintenance activities and work orders.
• Provide detailed work plans as required on electrical maintenance activities.
• Assists in readily identifiable routine electrical maintenance activities.
• Scopes work orders to estimate cost, labor, materials, equipment and special tool requirements to complete the job in a safe and cost-effective manner.
• Supports maintenance and reliability coordinator(s) and other staff to assist in the scheduling of required maintenance/reliability work activities.
• Incorporates the utilization of consistent maintenance and reliability best practices into work plans e.g. safety programs, routine safety audits, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to determine optimum defect elimination strategies.
• Developing knowledge of and is responsible for gaining an awareness of the latest innovations, technology, and trends for maintenance & reliability purposes.
• Supports operations by proactively planning and scheduling downtime and partners with more senior team members to identify opportunities to improve reliability and reduce lost production.
30% Accountability Category #2: project planning, contract/vendor management
• Provides planning support and work coordination for ongoing maintenance/ reliability related projects (i.e. asset reliability/defect elimination).
• Participates in planning specific work activities for a project and maintenance work deliverables.
• Creates and receives requisitions for parts and third party electrical maintenance services as required.
• Assess vendor capability, provide required safety training including pre-job hazard training, and conduct on-going safety and work quality assessments and authorize job completion certificates.
25% Accountability Category #3: safety and risk management
• Implement EHS programs to ensure strict compliance with policies and procedures.
• Periodically conduct site internal audits and walk-about to assess level of compliance, develop corrective and preventive action plans, and address identified safety gaps.
• Conduct electrical safety trainings.
Job Skills: Not Specified
Required Qualifications
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering or similar qualification
• Four years relevant experience
Other requirements
• EPRA Certified Electrical Worker registration
Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Education Experience: Not Specified
Work Hours: 8
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