Nakuru Bakery - Mechanical Artisan - Jobs in Kenya
Nakuru Bakery - Mechanical Artisan - Jobs in Kenya
Position Title: Mechanical Artisan
Reports to:
Maintenance Supervisor
Summary of Role
The Mechanical Artisan for the Bakery is involved in equipment repair and preventive maintenance services on sophisticated mechanical components of bakery equipment to ensure continuous operation of machinery and production processes..
Key Job Responsibilities
Ad Hoc Repairs
The Mechanical Artisan responds immediately to equipment-related problems and installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs across all equipment in the business area to ensure minimal downtime.
Scheduled Servicing
The Mechanical Artisan manages and schedules repairs on operating equipment in the processing and/or packaging operations, whenever possible, and remains cognizant of quality standards as product quality can be easily compromised.
Observes and tests operation of sophisticated hydraulic, pneumatic and/or mechanical as well as basic electrical devices to evaluate, identify and resolve operating problems.
The Mechanical Artisan dismantles equipment and machinery to identify, remove, repair and/or replace damaged or deteriorated components and reassembles appropriately.
Monitors equipment meters and makes adjustments as needed.
Continuous Improvement
The Mechanical Artisan recommends continuous improvement ideas to the Team Leader or the Shift Coordinator and provides information related to technical issues and equipment problems.
Maintains an organized, clean and safe work area Observes all safety guidelines, company rules and regulations, and good manufacturing practices in the performance across outputs and deliverables.
Maintain Repair and Maintenance Logs and Records
The Mechanical Artisan performs preventive maintenance on equipment and machinery to include repair/replacement of bearings, valves, actuators, sensors, gearboxes, conveyors, lubrication of parts, cleaning of filters, recalibration of controls, changing line gaskets, adjusting components and/or cleaning of equipment.
Maintains maintenance logs and work order documentation on equipment repairs.
General Qualifications
The Mechanical Artisan should have at least 5-7 years’ experience working with manufacturing and production equipment mechanical components. Demonstrating participation in on-the-job training or apprenticeship programs are an added advantage.
Preference will be given to individuals who have Mechanical Artisan experience
in one or more of the following:
Milling and Baking plant equipment
Fast Moving Consumer Goods production equipment
Food and Beverage manufacturing equipment
A candidate possessing a technical diploma or associate’s degree in mechanical technology is an added advantage.
Competency Requirements
Deductive Reasoning
Mechanical Artisans need to be able to look for problems in complicated mechanical settings, isolate the issue and solve it.
Logic
Mechanical Artisans need to be able to look at operating blueprints and scan them for issues, making sure that they work before installed.
Manual Dexterity
Working with heavy equipment, using hand tools and handling small components requires manual dexterity for the Mechanical Artisan.
Mathematical Knowledge
Mechanical Artisans must have a good command of mathematics. Math is needed to analyze and create mechanical schematics.
Observation
Mechanical Artisans need to be able to look at mechanical components and evaluate them for any problems, to make sure they are being installed correctly
Problem-Solving
Mechanical Artisans need to be able to identify issues and make corrective measures to fix problems with all mechanical components
How to Apply
Candidates who meet the above qualification should send their application attaching their CV, cover letter and send them via email to the human.resources@united.co.ke by 21st March 2019 indicating the position applied for as the subject matter.
Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For more information and job application details, see; Nakuru Bakery - Mechanical Artisan - Jobs in Kenya
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