Maintenance Technician at Mars

Job Overview

Ensure the continuity of the manufacturing process by reducing downtime through preventive, corrective and reactive maintenance. The Technicians must also ensure efficiency, operational conformance, product quality, safety and continuous improvement.

What are we looking for?

• N4 + Electrical or Millwright section 13 or section 26D trade test
• A minimum of 5 years working experience post In-service training or apprenticeship
• Excellent knowledge of Electrical and mechanical as well as basic Instrumentation knowledge
• PLC, SCADA, and HMI Systems knowledge
• Understanding of machine drive systems
• Ability to work with hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical fault finding, electrical and electronic fault finding.
• Familiarity with 5WHY methodology and other problem-solving techniques.
• Able to operate a computer and utilize the basic standard desktop systems (Computerized Maintenance Management System, Microsoft Office programs).     

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Ensure 5S in the workshop, areas of work and in the store.

Preventive Maintenance:

• Execute the assigned preventive maintenance activities.
• Produce reports, enter the hours of intervention and close Work Orders timeously under the CMMS.
• Contribute to the correct adjustment of equipment, as part of the SRC (Standard Running Condition) approach.
• Report timeously to the Maintenance Planner any further work required should it not be completed.

Reactive Maintenance:

• Carry out troubleshooting and write the corresponding intervention reports.
• Determine the order of priority of interventions in collaboration with the Operations Team Leader.
• Ensure upward and downward communication over the shift (FMOS):
  • Respect the escalation process in place.
  • Participate in the daily reliability meeting.
  • Carry out the passing of instructions with colleagues.
  • Inform line operators of the progress of the ongoing repairs.
  • Alert in the event of a shortage of spare parts or consumables.

Corrective Maintenance:

• Perform routine electrical and mechanical problem-solving on process & packaging equipment.
• Takes corrective actions in solving problems to root cause level.
• Contribute to the improvement of Work Orders.

Spare parts management:

• Take parts out of the store in accordance with the procedure in place (scanning of the PDRs under CMMS);
• Carry out inventories and contribute to the respect of the good housekeeping and access control.
• Support Operations in equipment setup, changeover and training of operators in Autonomous Maintenance (AM) activities.
• Adheres to all Mars safety & quality policies: GMP/GHP, Hygiene, SiG, LOTO, Working at Heights, Confined Spaces, Electrical Worker Safety, Work Place Transport.

General:

• Be involved in the continuous improvement process during the BDA (Breakdown Analysis) working group.
• As part of a project, may be required to be seconded over a defined period. In this case, a mission letter will be given to the technician in order to specify the subject, the duration, the objectives and the deliverables expected at the end of this mission.
• Monitor the proper functioning of the site's safety devices, utilities, energies and their networks via the CMMS.
• External contracted works: Operatively control and report contracted works done on equipment or assets of the company by external companies.