Job Summary
A highly skilled and experienced maintenance professional is sought after to join our organization. The ideal candidate will possess advanced technical knowledge in asset management and maintenance procedures, as well as excellent leadership and mentoring skills.
The Senior Maintenance Technician role involves leading a team of maintenance technicians and apprentices in maintaining equipment uptime, supporting the maintenance manager and supervisors in various areas, including responding to breakdowns, monitoring machine reliability, identifying and executing machine line improvement projects, and participating in health and safety compliance programs.
Key Responsibilities:
* Respond to breakdowns and provide support to technicians where necessary
* Assist supervisors and managers in monitoring machine reliability
* Identify and execute machine line improvement projects
* Liaise with production on line improvement projects
* Assist with commissioning of new machinery
* Assist with training of technicians and operators
* Participate and input into PM programmes and spare parts projects
* Engage with H&S Compliance programme
Requirements:
* Minimum two years' experience as a maintenance technician
* Demonstrated ability in fault-finding and downtime issue resolution
* Machine knowledge in core processing equipment – thermoformers, bagging machines, multi-headed weighers, and cooking & freezing assets
* Experience in mentoring junior staff and having the ability to transfer technical knowledge
* Experience in managing contractor staff
Additional Information:
* Production support on shift as required
* Support the maintenance leaders with regards to projects, improvement plans, audit preparation, and the maintenance works plans
* Provide support and assist in evaluating existing PM's and setting up new PM's
* Work with the maintenance team in the planning of shutdown works and machine overhauls
* Train and support technicians and operators on existing and new machines
* Coordinate with engineering stores ensuring the stocking of machine spare parts
* Assist engineering stores in the evaluation of existing spare parts stocks and play an active part in reducing redundant stock
* Assist the health and safety team in carrying out risk assessments of new and existing machines and ensuring training is rolled out to the Maintenance Team regarding same
* Assist/co-ordinate the execution of health and safety machine/line upgrades and machine compliance in line with guarding and safety regulations
* Involvement in lean projects and process improvements
* Create/update best practice methods for specific task on equipment in the plant, document and train same
* Planned preventative maintenance and breakdown support is part of this role, transferring skills to other team members
* Record daily tasks on CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)