JOB SUMMARY:
1. To perform/do diversified duties, installation of new machines, troubleshooting, repair and maintenance production and facility of plant equipments according to safety and predictive planned maintenance.
2. Assist the Assistant Engineering Manager in the day-to-day planning and executing of tasks.
3. To carry out all sectional personnel supervisory duties daily, ensuring that all the maintenance activities conform to the various certification standards adopted by the company (e.g. ISO 22000 and Rain Forest Alliance).
4. To train Maintenance personnel on health and safety, safe work procedures, and other relevant trainings.
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MAIN RESPONSIBILITY
To ensure that machines are in good working condition and production time is ensure of full availability and reliability of the production facility. Ensure that the spares for the machines are available, hence reduced times and number of breakdowns.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Daily meetings for work allocations, planning and operation briefings with the Maintenance team
2. Preparing weekly maintenance schedules and allocating work to section mechanics, and ensuring all planned PPM & CMM tasks are executed perfectly and reports generated every week
3. Inspecting facilities periodically to determine problems and necessary maintenance requirements.
4. Ensuring all mechanical equipment and machinery is always performing optimally by offering continuous shop floor support and ensuring planned plant maintenance is done in time and request for machinery stoppages for maintenance whenever required
5. Monitoring inventory of materials and equipment especially critical spares. Carrying out quarterly planned tools, equipment and portable machinery inventory stock checks as per the planned schedule.
6. Maintaining all maintenance records of all machinery
7. Ensuring internal and external calibration plans are implemented for all gauges and measuring equipment, and that all calibration certificates are up to date, filed out and tagged
8. Direct supervision of all floor activities, both maintenance and project works
9. Handling of shop floor disciplinary issues among other matters regarding the team, that may not need to be escalated to management level
10. Daily Job planning and scheduling to the mechanics.
11. Assist in Recruiting, supervision and training of new maintenance technicians and attachees
12. Co-ordination and supervision of contractors to ensure the assigned jobs are done to the required standards and deadlines are met, and that resources are properly managed
13. To order/ raise sectional materials requisitions and inspect the quality of supplied materials as may be required for daily jobs as directed by the Assistant Engineering Manager.
14. To Raise BOQ’s for new projects and raise of sage requisitions for orders.
15. Contribute to the development of the Maintenance budget and BOQs for projects
16. Assist in compliance excercises.eg ISO, RA, Energy Audits, Boiler inspection etc
17. Overtime management for the sectional staff.
18. To Sign muster roll books and job evaluation for the maintenance employees.
19. To communicate and enforce health and safety policies by ensuring employees operate in as safe environment and adhere to safe work procedures (SOP) through toolbox talks training, awareness creation and proper use of provided PPE’s
20. To Identify and correct any hazardous conditions in the working environments.
21. To ensure good coordination between the maintenance section and the other sections in the factory.
22. Ensure that maintenance artisans are motivated and productive.
23. Ensuring that machine shop operations are carried out properly to meet the set targets. This is both in the Machine shop and in the CTC sharpening shop.
24. Ensuring that company utilities under the Engineering Department such as the Water Treatment Plant, Water lines, firefighting equipment etc. are well maintained and operate optimally.
25. Administer disciplinary action to department staff members in accordance to company policy.
26. Ensure that all relevant company policies are adhered to, and that there is full compliance in the department.
27. Perform any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.