Packaging Maintenance Technician - AVI Limited

AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Packaging Maintenance Technician at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Coffee and Creamer. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the high-speed packaging machinery and will be reporting directly to the Maintenance Foreman.

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

• Maintain and support plant high-speed packaging line(s).
• Safely complete all emergency work, routine checks, and preventative maintenance.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical equipment problems.

• Partner with operations, engineering, safety and quality to ensure compatibility of equipment with production needs.
• Evaluate production line processes and help identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs, and changeovers.
• Improve process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards.
• Optimize overall equipment effectiveness by improving reliability and availability while minimizing quality defects of the production processes.
• Maintain and optimize critical spare parts inventory.
• Work with contractors to perform required calibrations and validations as assigned.
• Ensure structure is secure and maintained per quality standards
• Work with the broader maintenance team to complete more complicated tasks.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• At least 8 years experience as a technician in high-speed packaging machines and plant equipment maintenance and repairs required within an FMCG environment.

Qualifications:

• Matric / Grade 12
• Trade tested as an artisan (Fitter or Millwright) at an accredited training facility
• Completed Mechanical / Electrical Engineering qualification or minimum N4 qualification

Additional Requirements:

• Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
• Pneumatic and Electro-Pneumatic systems
• PLC programming and VSD set-up knowledge is advantageous Knowledge of QMS, HACCP and GMP’s is an advantage

Competencies:

• Working Together
• Thinking Analytically
• Maintaining Productivity
• Minimising Risk
• Staying Composed
• Articulating Information
• Embracing Change
• Attention to detail