Under supervision of the Mechanical Manager, undertakes mechanical maintenance of plant machinery and equipment, carries out inspection of machinery and equipment; directs, supervises and other mechanics; submits reports on maintenance activities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.1. Operational

• Directs supervises, and coordinates, as necessary, maintenance tasks assigned to subordinate mechanics;

• Undertakes preventive and corrective maintenance activities as per repair /service manual;

• Interprets drawings and catalogues to carry out maintenances;

• Determines spare parts requirements and initiates store requisitions;

• Carries out inspection of machinery and equipment to determine maintenances required;

• Examines machinery and equipment to determine the nature and location of defects;

• Disassembles machinery and equipment to fix defects; assembles parts;

• Fills out work performed, time spent, and spars and materials used;

• Prepares the specifications for machinery and equipment to be purchased

• Prepares specifications for procurement of machinery and equipment; participates in the evaluation and selection process;

• Initiates and implements maintenance cost reduction schemes;

• Ensures that safe keeping of maintenance facilities and tools;

• Participates in worker’s skill upgrading programs;

• Prepares and submits periodic performance reports;

• Execute RCA for major machine breakdowns.

• Performs other related duties as required.

1.2. Sustainable development

• Follow up and reports Machinery and Equipment status

• Execute and Recommend Autonomous Maintenance and Asset Care carried out

• Initiate and implement Energy Savings Techniques

• Engineering Standards complied

• Application of 5S (sorting, set in order, systematic cleaning, standardizing and sustaining).

1.3. Product Quality

• Ensure maintenance quality and machine

• Ensure the machines are working without loss.

• Ensure Machine availability

1.4 Cost Management

• Properly use and follow spare part consumption

1.5. Safety and Housekeeping

• Using PPE properly

• Follow Safe working procedures

• Maintain Safe, Healthy and Risk-Free Working Environment on Shift basis

• Follow and implement lock out tag out (LOTO) system and Permits

1.6. Manufacturing Excellence system implementation towards world class manufacturing.

• Follow Visual management board

• Participate in 5S team activities

• Team work

1.7. Food Safety Management System

• Aware of all Food safety Procedures and policy.

• Implement, document, maintain and continually improve the food safety  Management System (ISO 220001:2015)

1.8. Environmental Management System 

• Do maintenance activities ensuring the compliance with the relevant requirements of local, national and international laws related to environmental standards and end client’s environmental requirements.

• Recognize and aim for continuous improvement on protection and preservation of the environment with a focus on reducing resource consumption, recycling, and reducing green house gas emissions, no net deforestations)  as well as innovation to reduce environmental impact.

• Retain list of chemicals used and control them as per their material safety data sheet, legal and client requirements. Also properly handle and manage hazardous materials and wastes.

• Use R rules (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink, etc) to avoid or minimize discharges to water, emissions to air and disposal to land.

• Ensure sustainably use the natural resources such as water and energy. And also accurately measure and record consumptions.

• Record, document and maintain the records as per the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2015) requirements.

1.9. OH and S Management system

• Maintaining a safe work environment in accordance with company Occupational Health

• and Safety Policies and Procedures.

• Maintain Safe, Healthy and Risk-Free Working Environment on shifts basis.

• Assisting in the on-going maintenance of a safe work place through involvement in the implementation of safe systems of work in accordance with company Occupational Health Safety Policies and Procedures

• Participating in mandatory Health and Safety training sessions

• Identifying and reporting hazards in the workplace

• Record, document and maintain the records as per the OH&S Management System (ISO 45001:2018) requirements.

Job Requirements

COMPETENCIES: -  

(i) Knowledge and Experience Required

• B.Sc /Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical engineering/ TVET Level III certificates or related fields

• At least 2/6 years of relevant work experience,

• Familiarity with maintenance systems

• Familiarity and Experience on TPM

(ii)  Roles, Skills and Attributes Required

Team work Achieve the desired level of performance. Problem Solving and Analysis Coaching other trainee technicians Diagnostic ability Result and Execution Driven

How to Apply

Application instruction

Submit your CV via email: careers@samanu.com 

NOTE: Please title your application with subject line: -"Senior Mechanic"

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for an interview.

Application deadline: November 29, 2023