Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Maintenance Technician
DEPARTMENT:
Engineering
COMPANY:
Vernacare Ltd
REPORTING TO:
Engineering Team Leader
Scope of Appointment:
To be responsible for the mechanical and electrical maintenance of plant
and equipment at Vernacare Limited.
To assist in conjunction with others, the optimisation of the manufacturing
process of pulp moulded products to the standards of service and quality
required by Vernacare and its customers.
Principal Accountabilities:
To be responsible for both mechanical and electrical engineering
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maintenance issues around the factory.
Undertake planned maintenance, breakdown repair and condition
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monitoring activities of plant and equipment.
Report to Operations staff on status of machine breakdowns.
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To manage and deliver departmental based projects.
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Attend and contribute to regular team meetings (some of which will
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occasionally be outside of your normal working hours)
Produce Excel and Word based production reports as required.
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Proactively identify and implement improvements to operational machine
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and resource efficiencies whilst giving consideration to the impact on
other departments. Promoting a continuous improvement culture within
the department
Work in conjunction with Operations staff on daily operational engineering
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related issues and continuous improvement teams.
Manage sub contractors as required.
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Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and
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systems
Responsible for individual performance measures i.e. annual savings per
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engineer, open planned maintenance requests etc.
Responsible for ensuring that a clean, tidy and hazard free working
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environment is maintained to defined standards
To contribute to Six Sigma activities as they relate to own area of
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responsibility
Perform general administration tasks as necessary
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This is a summary of the key tasks and responsibilities of the Maintenance
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Technician and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The job may
change over time to reflect the changing needs of the organisation, as
well as the personal development of the post holder.