AddressAbout the Company
They are an International third-party ingredients maker who have been in the industry for over 50 years. Creating taste sensations for several global partners, consisting of Wet and Dry goods.
About the Role:
The role of the Maintenance Fitter is to support operations team in delivering the highest quality product, on time in full while ensuring the equipment is safe in its operation for both personal and the product it produces. The Maintenance Fitter is the custodian of the equipment and systems within the plant, to this end the person performing this role will be required to perform emergency response support to operations for all equipment issues, minimizing downtime and waste. Carry out planned maintenance tasks to prevent failures of equipment during operation and bring forward improved maintenance suggestions and/or improvement initiatives to increase reliability of equipment and where possible to increase availability, improve quality and/or efficiency while at all-times ensuring safety systems is maintained or improved.
Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety. Ensures all works undertaken during maintenance activities performed does not breach the appropriate health and safety standards and where necessary will assist others and/or report safety breaches.
- Responsible for ensuring an up-to-date knowledge of policies, regional, national and local legislative requirements necessary in performing the tasks.
- Participates in process and equipment risk assessments and HACCP studies as necessary
- Troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance of electro-mechanical food manufacturing equipment or processes containing pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation, PLC and/or scada-control systems
- Troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance of facilities plant and services, including but not limited to compressed air, refrigeration and steam.
- To be observant & work off your own initiative when a fault is detected & to take decisive action to effect immediate repair or seek further assistance or support.
- Participates in cross functional teams to implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs.
- Provides recommendations for improvement to the maintenance plans and/or equipment to eliminate downtime and waste, improving overall plant efficiency.
- Work with equipment suppliers or contractors on new equipment and installations and modifications as requested.
- Machining, welding, fault finding, machine/motor or drive rebuilds when required to do so.
- Provide mentoring and coaching to other trades and/or apprentices.
- Update the maintenance management system (MEX/SAP PM), record all works performed, stores transactions made, and all changes/modifications made to equipment/systems.
- Carry out the work schedule issued each week, completing the work as prioritized to confirmation within the CMMS system.
- Where necessary supports the planner/scheduler in specifying job plans for efficient execution.
- Maintains and reports updates and changes to process control and /or documentation including drawings, programs, and databases. All changes to be logs such changes in the CMMS.
Please apply now, interviews will commence as soon as possible.
