Job Requisition ID: 30088987

Summary

• The key purpose of this role is to provide engineering support to the maintenance function through the repairing, replacing or manufacturing of parts for plant, machines and equipment in manufacturing.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Operating and Process Control
• Operating the process area according to the work instructions and adhering to usage as per the VPO Standards
• Carrying out the required quality checks as described in the quality control and analysis work practice
• Recording waste on the appropriate documentation or information systems, and reviewing waste trends to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target, and completing all short interval control documentation
• Responding rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that result in stoppages
• Appropriate problem-solving approaches, as detailed in the problem-solving work practice must be followed
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5S principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected. Assisting fellow team members in the execution of their tasks.

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment:

• Carry out in depth cleaning, lubrication and inspection of machines according to the work instructions, and following the schedules supplied by the maintenance planner
• Carrying out routine maintenance activities according to the maintenance schedule
• Where routine maintenance reveals larger problems, and the process artisan is unable to resolve these, it must be escalated to the team leader
• Taking part in maintenance activities, support team and in accordance with the schedule issued by the maintenance planner
• Taking part in maintenance postmortems
• This must be done in support of maintenance specialist support
• Monitoring trends when conducting routine maintenance
• Where trends indicate the existence of underlying problems, corrective action must be Quality Control and Analyses taken
• This corrective action may involve the SBU, the maintenance controller or maintenance support
• When operating, the process artisan must carry out the non-destructive quality checks and analyses
• The list of checks to be carried out are contained in the work instructions
• Recording the results of quality checks on the relevant documentation or information system
• Where production does not meet quality standards the process artisan must try to identify and resolve problems using the appropriate technique.

Problem Solving:

• When problems occur, applying the appropriate techniques the identify and correct the problem
• Where the process artisan is unable to resolve the problem, involve fellow team members or escalate to the team leader if necessary
• Where problems have been resolved, verify that the problems have been eliminated.

Continuous Improvement:

• Using run/control charts and trend analysis, to identify sources of waste and variation in the process
• Using short stop analysis, Pareto charts and other tools seek to identify opportunities to simplify activities
• Where improvement opportunities have been identified, these must be recorded on the team gap list
• The process artisan should involve other team members in evaluating opportunities and call-in specialist resources to assist if required.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum qualification of a Diploma in Electrical Engineering
• Bachelor`s Degree in Electrical Engineering is an added advantage
• Trade Test in Electrical
• Work experience as an artisan
• Basic computer knowledge (excel, MS word etc).

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Management skills. 
• People handling ability. 
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Conceptual skills. 
• Subject matter expert.
• Problem Solving.

Additional Information:

• Band: X.