Shift Artisan at Unilever

Main Job Purpose

• To provide multidisciplinary engineering and operations skills to ensure general maintenance within specific unit of responsibility within prescribed guidelines.

Key Skills And Responsibilities

• Undertakes all non-specialised maintenance within specific unit of responsibility within definition. Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff.
• Makes recommendation for continuous improvement within specific unit of responsibility guidelines.
• Participates in strategic engineering plans to deliver maintenance benefits
• Operates key machinery in unit when required
• Responsible for focus improvements and breakdowns within unit of responsibility
• Involved in WCM activities. Works within defined Engineering and SHE Policies and Standards
• Will be required to work in factory shift structure

Engineering

• Diagnoses and interprets multi-disciplinary problems (fault finding) to optimise production output and with own team carries out the plant repairs.
• Ensures that service levels are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance effectively.
• Is responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in his area of responsibility by analysing breakdowns, complying with the PPM requirement and implementing Continuous improvements.
• Participates in strategic engineering plans to deliver maintenance and breakdown reduction benefits (RCM).

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Responsible for fault finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in his area by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken.
• Identifies the major engineering losses in his area and investigates using Kaizan problem solving methodology. (Fishbone, 5 Why etc.)

Administration

• Completes all required documentation to standard and captures SAP, maintenance and stores information on relevant data system.
• Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOP’s.
• Completes tags in his area of responsibility to the completion ratio required

SHE

• Ensures that Company safety rules and regulations are adhered to within the sphere of his responsibility. Implementation and assists with maintaining Unilever safety and 5S standards in the area on responsibility.

Other Requirements

• Must be flexible within pattern of shift work to accommodate factory shutdowns, training courses etc.

Professional Qualifications

• Minimum N4 Qualification and Trade Tested as Electrician / Millwright

Experience Required

• 3-5 years Electrical experience in FMCG and manufacturing industry will be advantageous.