Key outputs and responsibilities:

Operating and Process Control

• Comply with safe, health and environmental procedures and legislation.
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Identification of unsafe practices through SIO’s.
• Safety inspections conducted.
• Safe maintenance practices audited.
• Adherence to PPE policies.
• Maintenance tools are in good working order
• Operate machine and equipment
• Optimize production performance and process
• Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises
• Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment
• Work in teams
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied
• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems, and improvement opportunities
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute to achieving it
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated
• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas
• Identify defective plant, and report these through to the Team Leader or Maintenance Controller to assist with resolution
• Assisting the Machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift
• Actively participate in team meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems, and improvement opportunities
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute to achieving it
• Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment

• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas.
• Identify defective plant, and report these through to the Team Leader to assist with resolution.
• Assisting the Artisan/Machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift.

Quality Control and Analysis

• Carrying out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system.
• The list of quality checks to be executed is contained in the work instructions.
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied

Communication

• Actively participate in team meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute in achieving it.
• Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues.
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated.

Problem Solving

• Where problems occur, use the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Technical Qualification / Diploma
• 9 months on the job training, SKAP completed
• Experience within FMCG industry
• Manage Machines according to VPO principles and standards