Mechanical Artisan

SUMMARY:
Accountable for specialist outputs, as well as initiating quality standards within defined work.

POSITION INFO:

Job Purpose
To ensure that the plant is available for production by carrying preventative maintenance, by attending to
breakdowns and malfunctions, communicating effectively with the maintenance manager, production
management and quality control personnel
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Mechanical Maintenance
 Repair mechanical breakdowns on production line equipment
 Assessment and replacement of suspect components as a measure to prevent future stoppages
 Attend to general electrical and mechanical problems in the production area, warehouse, office block
and outside premises
 Preventative maintenance program: on a daily basis attend to checks, maintenance and lubrication
instructions on KHS line, Vermercati line, Cordial line, sugar/syrup room, compressed air supply, as
detailed in the weekly maintenance schedule.
 Cooling: control and keep log of performance of compressors, levels of oil, condensers, as well as
monitoring of glycol supply to plant
 Municipal water supply: monitoring of filtration i.e. sand filters, activated carbon filters, cartridge
filters, and UV installation as well as water pumps and valves
 Compressed air supply: monitoring of compressor performances and keeping records of operating
temperatures, running hours etc.- air driers and air filtration equipment
 Assist with daily start-up and shut down of essential production machinery, pre-production trial run
 Assist with size changes on production lines
 Implement and oversee preventative maintenance programme
 Emergency breakdown repairs on dayshift and nightshift
 Inform maintenance manager of any equipment abuse
 Control maintenance store and company tools
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
 Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and
Environmental policies and standards.
 Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times
to guarantee a secure work environment.
 Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization's code of conduct.
 Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and
implement control measures to prevent it.

Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards.
Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
 Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes,
and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP's
(Good Manufacturing Practices).
 Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to
Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
 Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
General
 Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are
stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green
red and yellow areas)
 Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
 Maintains expected performance standards
 While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and
responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from
time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description
Qualifications and Experience
 Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4
 Relevant Trade Test (Essential)
 Upto 3 years' experience (Operational Execution) Maintenance; FMCG; Bottling Equipment
 Basic MS Excel; MS Word; E Mail
Key Qualities
Communication
 Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks
Problem Solving
 Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, troubleshoot and apply
solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more complex problems to superiors, providing
information required to solve problems.
Relationships Maintained
 Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation

Behavioural Competencies
Verbal Communication
 Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
 Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.
 Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication.
 Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments.
 Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication.
 Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication.
 Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts
Decision Making
 Organises information to make it easier to analyse or see trends.
 Anticipates consequences and formulates alternatives.
 Establishes clear decision criteria for making informed choices.
 Seeks relevant information to better understand situations and problems.