Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Job Purpose
The job holder will be responsible for maintaining all equipment, optimize availability and reliability of equipment and give assistance with the co-ordination of line activities to meet the production plan.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Area 1: Undertake preventive maintenance
• Perform all mechanical repairs as required to ensure the plant is operating optimally.
• Record and provide feedback on the causes and corrective action for all breakdown including analysing and interpreting the breakdown trends and history.
• Ensure that all specified preventive maintenance tasks are performed, including cleaning, inspections, lubrication and scheduled maintenance.
• Give feedback regarding the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance program in order to improve the effectiveness.
• Conduct regular (scheduled and un-scheduled) inspection of all equipment and initiate work orders if necessary.
• Participate in maintenance planning and provide feedback on maintenance performed in order to drive the development of effective Maintenance systems.
• Assist with upgrading of plant by mechanical parts, drawing machine parts and preparing reference files and documentation of machine manuals.
• Co-ordinate and perform repairs within level of competencies and assist with complex repairs in adherence to the trigger system regarding breakdown maintenance.
• Monitor equipment / process quality performance, availability, reliability and document downtime events, in detailed engineering reports
• Adhere to all relevant policies, procedures, work instruction and SOPs at all times including risk, health and safety procedures and statutory requirements.

Area 2: Health & Safety
• Identify, communicate all risks and implement measures to prevent injuries and ensure the health and safety of employees by conducting hazard analysis on an on-going basis.

Area 3: Job cards Reports
• Responsible for correct completion of job cards and daily shift report
• Machine condition and audit report
• Maintenance reports

Area 4: Inspection of equipment’s
• Conduct regular (scheduled and un-scheduled) inspection of all equipment and initiate work orders if necessary.

Minimum Requirements
• A qualified Technician with Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
• At least two (2) year experience in equipment maintenance within a manufacturing organisation (Bottling preferable).

Competencies/Attributes
• Technical knowledge of equipment maintenance.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience in carrying out routine fixes and maintenance.
• Ability to do manual work over a long period of time.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• High level of Integrity.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) on myhr.kwal.co.ke to apply


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