Mechanical TechnicianKellogg Company

• Ensures that preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs, and construction are accomplished according to schedule by:
• Planning, assembling, installing, testing, and maintaining Mechanical, equipment, appliances, fixtures, etc.
• Maintenance of Cookers, Dryers, Flaking mills, and toasting ovens
• Maintenance of utility equipment (Boilers, Compressors, Chillers, and Dust plant) experience
• Effluent plant maintenance
• Steam and condensate system experience.
• Conditional monitoring experience
• Diagnosing malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and systems by using the correct tools.
• Inspecting Mechanical systems and continuity of drawings, equipment, and fixtures, using relevant testing devices.
• Using correct tools.
• Identifies opportunities for equipment improvement.
• Develops and modifies planned maintenance tasks to ensure maximum equipment reliability
• Technical report writing of failures occurred, projects, and investigations.
• Ensure all assigned preventative maintenance tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Perform standby duties and attend odd hours breakdowns.
• Project planning, execution, and commissioning.
• Compiles / completes all relevant documentation, such as purchasing requisitions, job cards, drawings, and forms.
• Reports all breakdowns timeously.
• Analyses problems, provide relevant advice and suggests solutions based on engineering and factory information.
• Participates in CAPAs and Root cause analysis
• Orders spare by using SAP.
• Continuously performs repairs effectively, through physical observation of function upon completion.
• Coaches’ operators, apprentices, interns, and artisans.
• Maintains the ISO 9002 system related to calibration.

EDUCATION & RELEVANT YEARS JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE

• National Diploma or BTech or Trade Test (10 years experience) coupled with at least +5 years of FMCG working experience.
• Minimum 5+ years in a senior artisan leadership role for a team of artisans.

DIMENSIONS, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE

The ability to:

• Focus on results through manual dexterity, attention to detail, customer focus, quality and safety awareness, managing work, planning and organizing, decision-making, and building partnerships.
• Express potential through adaptability, initiating action, applied / continuous learning, stress tolerance, and work standards.
• Interact effectively through effective communication and building working relationships.
• Achieve goals by contributing to team success, inspiring others to action, following up, developing others by sharing knowledge and expertise, and meeting participation.
• Read and interpret technical diagrams, schematics, drawings, and blueprints.
• Lead and mentor fellow teammates
• Manage a team as required in the execution of work as per the agreed schedule
• Training of fellow teammates
• Perform any other duties relating to mechanical maintenance as required.
• Good Housekeeping: Ensuring the workplace is kept and left clean at all times

Sufficient / in-depth,  knowledge of:

• Kellogg’s quality and health and safety procedures.
• Operational procedures.
• Relevant statutory regulations.
• Mills, pressure vessels, cookers, dryers, and ovens
• Boilers, condensate systems, Compressors, and chillers
• Pumps (Centrifugal, screw or mono, Diaphragm, Peristaltic, gear).
• Gearboxes (Types: concentric, parallel, right angle, shaft mount).
• Fans: (Types: Blower, Extraction, ID & FD)
• Conveyor belt systems (Types: Belt & Screw)
• Piping systems associated with equipment such as valves, flanges, and gaskets. (Steam and Water)
• Boilers (Gas fired)
• Receivers (Air)
• Roller ironers: Rollers, chains, bearings, piping, heating systems
• Dryers: Piping systems, Radiators