Packaging Specialist

Overall Responsibility: The key purpose of this role is to execute the relevant Maintenance activities, spares management, execution of routine and planned maintenance schedules, provide support to maintenance teams in the execution of maintenance and ensuring relevant safety measures are in place.

Focus Area 1

Maintenance Execution

Execute maintenance activities and co-ordination of maintenance activities including annual shutdown and daily adhoc work

Analyse machinery and component life cycles by identifying failure trends

Verifying integrity of data captured by artisans daily

Updating job cards and maintenance schedules based on OEM manuals and historical performance

Develop cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work

Plan all required work on the planned maintenance schedule

Perform stores walkabout and review store bin holdings min and max

Carryout autonomous operations as per requirements

Interaction with departmental heads to obtain resources necessary for task completion

Carryout out work during the planned, routine, and opportunity maintenance windows by the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner

Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams

Training of operators and shift artisans to close skills gaps

Focus Area 2                              

Plant Reliability and Problem Solving

Where problems have occurred during routine or planned maintenance activities, apply structured problem-solving approach to resolve

Where required calls in additional resources to assist in problems solving or escalate to Maintenance Manager for direction

Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request

Take part, as a functional expert, in FFA’s on request

Ensure maintenance and cleaning day and annual shutdown programs are completed

Ensure all required asset care work is carried out and complies with asset care standards

Ensure spares needed to support asset care program are available on time and within costs

Identify asset care training needs in the technicians as well as in the shift teams and make recommendations

Analyse Pragma maintenance system to identify recurring problems and make recommendations to enhance the asset care schedules

Co-ordinates resource allocation of process artisans and machine specialist on maintenance and cleaning day and annual shutdown

Participate as a subject matter expert in asset care problem solving sessions

Focus Area 3

Plant Optimisation

Manage preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, which will include condition monitoring and other practices

Monitor job completion rates and report trends to the Engineering management team

CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) – implementation, optimization and management of the Shopware Asset Care system

Planning and optimising the most appropriate maintenance tasks for relevant equipment

Analysis and interpretation of maintenance history and feedback report preparation

Ensure ongoing communication with Engineering team, Production team and Production Planner

Work closely with engineering stores personnel to control spares and stock levels.

Projects – work closely with the project team to ensure efficient delivery of tasks involving engineering input

Manufacturing Excellence - support all manufacturing excellence pillar initiatives and routines

Requirements of the Role

Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) or equivalent

Minimum of 3 to 5 years production Engineering experience

Solid Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) experience

Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages

Understanding of Maintenance Processes and Practices

In depth knowledge of Packaging plant equipment and processes

Assertive leadership, good people management

Strong diagnostic ability

Preferred Skills/Competencies

Knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) e.g. SAP, Shopware and/or Pragma experience

Experience with CMMS preferably Pragma ‘On Key”, will be a distinct advantage Knowledge of TPM and RCM concepts and principles

Knowledge of MS Projects and MS Excel                                                     

NB: Specific duties/responsibilities will vary from time to time: the above list is intended to indicate the general nature of the post and is not exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to be flexible in supporting the business by undertaking any other responsibilities which are aligned with this job level.