Description:
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 Millwright at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Rosslyn, Snacks . 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:
Health and Safety:
- Consistently follow and promote safe working practices.
- Comply with all company health and safety policies and procedures.
Maintenance:
- Set up machinery in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot packaging and food-processing equipment, including conveyors, Ishida multi-head weighers, Bosch and Betapack form-fill-seal machines, and FastBack feeding systems.
- Configure timing, cams, and limit settings on equipment.
- Ensure machinery is available and running efficiently to meet production targets.
- Perform maintenance, repairs, and fault-finding activities.
- Service and maintain pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems.
- Conduct planned electrical and mechanical maintenance.
- Install, upgrade, and repair machinery as required.
Problem Solving & Projects
- Investigate root causes of equipment or plant failures.
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives within the factory.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of engineering projects.
- Execute machine modifications and project-related tasks.
Customer Service
- Provide responsive engineering support to ensure the production department receives excellent service.
Downtime & Reporting
- Accurately report engineering downtime data to the Engineering Foreman.
- Ensure downtime reduction targets are achieved
Minimum Requirements:
Experience:
- At least 3 years’ experience as a Millwright in high-speed packaging machines and plant equipment maintenance and repairs required within a FMCG environment.
- Experience on one of the following: cartoning and case packing machines, Cermex, Bosch, Multi-head weighers or Robotic palletising equipment will be advantageous
Qualifications:
- Matric / Grade 12
- Trade tested as a 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
Requirements:
- Consistently follow and promote safe working practices.
- Comply with all company health and safety policies and procedures.
- Set up machinery in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot packaging and food-processing equipment, including conveyors, Ishida multi-head weighers, Bosch and Betapack form-fill-seal machines, and FastBack feeding systems.
- Configure timing, cams, and limit settings on equipment.
- Ensure machinery is available and running efficiently to meet production targets.
- Perform maintenance, repairs, and fault-finding activities.
- Service and maintain pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems.
- Conduct planned electrical and mechanical maintenance.
- Install, upgrade, and repair machinery as required.
- Investigate root causes of equipment or plant failures.
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives within the factory.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of engineering projects.
- Execute machine modifications and project-related tasks.
- Provide responsive engineering support to ensure the production department receives excellent service.
- Accurately report engineering downtime data to the Engineering Foreman.
- Ensure downtime reduction targets are achieved
- At least 3 years’ experience as a Millwright in high-speed packaging machines and plant equipment maintenance and repairs required within a FMCG environment.
- Experience on one of the following: cartoning and case packing machines, Cermex, Bosch, Multi-head weighers or Robotic palletising equipment will be advantageous
- Matric / Grade 12
- Trade tested as a Millwright at an accredited training facility
- Completed Mechanical / Electrical Engineering qualification or minimum N4 qualification
- 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