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.

USE THE LINK BELOW TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION :

Mechanical Fitter at Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL)

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