Duties and Responsibilities
Safety and Quality
- Following all the Nando’s Feitoria safety rules and policies.
- Wearing safety equipment and PPE.
- Reporting all dangerous or unsafe behaviour to the supervisor or the manager.
- Never to engage in any unsafe act.
- Ensure full compliance with Company Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.
- Responsible for ensuring all factory hygiene activities are conducted in full compliance with Company Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety, and environmental requirements.
- Ensure all electrical plant and equipment is in safe condition before commencing any work on them.
- Carry out electrical inspections and safety checks as per OHS Act.
- Adhere to all Standard Operating Procedures, carrying out duties following Good Manufacturing Practices, 5S practices, and assuming responsibility for hygiene and housekeeping in a specified work area.
Plant Maintenance & Operational Excellence
- Maintenance of machinery and plant as a whole and specific designated individual responsible areas to ensure continued mechanical operation.
- To report to the Maintenance Manager any problems or faults and breakdowns occurring within the plant.
- To plan and discuss preventative maintenance with the Maintenance Manager.
- To comply with the standby schedule, safety requirements as prescribed by
- Nando’s Feitoria and any requirements of the OHS Act that are indicated as your responsibilities by the Maintenance Manager.
- Has the authority to stop any machine or practice that is unsafe, or not producing quality products – in consultation with either the maintenance manager or engineering manager.
- To develop and improve all aspects of the production lines technically.
- To correctly complete work orders issued or generated by the individual, and to return them to the Maintenance Manager. (E.g. the fabrication of machinery / safety guards according to drawings, refurbishing machinery and moving parts,attending to breakdowns.
Operational Planning and Projects
- Perform routine and breakdown maintenance on various electrical equipment, plant or buildings to minimize downtime.
- Ensure that relevant defects and work requests are attended to promptly to minimize downtime.
- Use electrical testing equipment and mechanical measuring equipment for the performance of daily tasks.
- Provide an electrical / mechanical service for the maintenance and operation of the production plant.
- Draft sketches and electrical drawings if necessary (wiring panel).
- Decide on the most appropriate method sequence to carry out electrical repairs as per requirements.
- Maintain high- and low-tension gear as prescribed in the maintenance schedules.
- Determine which spares and equipment are necessary for all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, considering lead times and delivery times to minimize outage duration.
Continuous Improvement
- Assist maintenance manager in scheduling work and determining needs for equipment and supplies.
- Provide feedback to the maintenance manager regarding work completed, referring unusual technical or personnel issues to the maintenance manager.
- Perform a variety of skilled work in the maintenance and repair of production equipment and conduct preventative maintenance.
- Perform skilled maintenance and repair on electrical equipment, test and replace circuits, coordinate emergency repairs and complete large, complex projects.
- Perform routine electrical maintenance.
- Maintain various records related to labour, materials and work orders.
- Adhere to planned maintenance schedule.
- Optimise equipment according to standard procedure, enhancing performance and product quality, ensuring the achievement of all Key Performance Indicators
- (KPIs).
- Trouble shoot and analyse electrical or design problems using knowledge and experience of equipment.
- Train operators on how best to run the machines to minimise downtime.
- Perform plant and system upgrades on plant equipment, as required.
- Plan upgrade machine run duration in conjunction with production team.