Technical Operator(Shrink Wrapper) at Highlands Drinks Limited

About the Job

Detailed Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for autonomous, preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance of assigned machines in collaboration with Maintenance Technicians.
• Monitor and record critical process parameters as specified in the BMR and take the appropriate course of action to make necessary adjustments to ensure that intermediate and finished products meet prescribed quality specifications.
• Conduct pre-processing staging of equipment and/or raw materials for the batch start up as outlined in the BMR and ensure no cross contamination takes place.
• Appropriately operate processing equipment as defined in respective machine operations manuals ta avoid breakdowns and maloperations that lead to waste of inputs and defective products.
• Properly label all rejected or unused packaging material in liaison with the QC in charge and the production supervisor for return to the warehouse.
• Observe safe work procedures always while operating manufacturing equipment. Remove materials not in use/waste generated during manufacturing and ensure a hazard free working area.
• Ensure that before production is scheduled, all equipment /machines are in good operational state, all required packaging material are in number equivalent to the scheduled batch and the line is cleared off the previous batch.
• Monitor running of manufacturing equipment/machines regularly, make minor adjustments to ensure continuous line operations and to avert preventable breakdowns.
• Ensure perfect operation of manufacturing equipment/machines and that products manufactured are of high quality and/or adjust improve the quality when possible.

Education & Experience Level

Minimum qualifications of Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics engineering or related discipline plus 5 years of experience operating and maintaining a similar equipment.

• Organizational and team work abilities
• Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
• Problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of OSHA, lean manufacturing, machine monitoring, process control, and good manufacturing practices.