Mechanical Engineer at Rite Foods Limited

Job Purpose

• The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and optimal performance of manufacturing equipment and mechanical systems through effective maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• The role involves overseeing preventive and corrective maintenance activities, minimizing equipment downtime, improving asset utilization, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and supporting production operations to achieve operational excellence and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the entire plant in machine repairs during shift and minimize losses from machine breakdown.
• Extract and analyze mechanical data for production process.
• Support corrective maintenance and ensure proper troubleshooting and knowledge transfer.
• Manage repair activities and modification process.
• Evaluate the performance of shift technicians and maintenance technicians with regards to solving machine issues.
• Assess and train technicians and operators in basic machine repairs.
• Support and maintain inventory requirements for mechanical component.
• Collaborate and manage external resources as regards to machine repairs.
• Prepare, execute and evaluate required machine breakdown history to minimize repair time
• Carry out machine performance breakdown analysis.
• Develop and implement machine maintenance and repair policy.

Qualification

• First degree or its equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechanical Control System Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years relevant work experience in a well-structured FMCG (botting) company, with specific expertise in Krones Machines.

Required Skills & Competencies:

• Knowledge of Mechanical Control System
• Bottling Equipment Overhauling and Troubleshooting Skills
• Mechanical Equipment Maintenance Skills
• HACCP, GHK and GMP Compliance Monitoring Skills.