Shift Mechanical Technician at Kimberly-Clark

Responsibilities
Safety:

• Ensures compliance to all departmental and plant safety rules and regulations.  All non-conformances should be dealt with immediately all unresolved issues must be raised with Asset Leader. Follow the correct WI and Process Instruction for all tasks performed.
• Carries out continual development of process optimization to ensure safety.
• Support and trigger change management when required

Quality:

• Support and maintain quality inspection systems on the assets.
• Comply with GMP and product safety requirements.

Productivity:

• Supports production within the diaper operation by providing mechanical support to the production teams.
• Carries out action plans as directed in order to solve problems thereby minimizing mechanical delay.
• Analyses mechanical delay and together with the Day Mechanical Technician resolve problems of a mechanical nature to ensure minimum delay.
• Carries out mechanical changes during product and tier changes on the asset in order to minimise change over delay
• Works on continuous improvement plans to upgrade/improve the asset performance and capability.
• Ensure all documentation are recorded properly and systematically to provide optimum reliability of the asset.
• Reproduce machine parts safely and accurately using mechanical workshop machine tools such as Lathe, Milling, Grinding machines. Proficient on the use of electric arc welding machine is added advantage.

Maintenance:

• Carry out condition monitoring inspection on equipment and replacing of all wearing parts in accordance with the relevant PM schedules.
• To carry out preventive maintenance activities on all mechanical equipment and installation.
• To ensure equipment standardisation, recommendation of changes in maintenance policies, fault finding and problem solving.
• Recommend spares requirements to the Mechanical Engineer and Asset Leader to ensure that mechanical spares are available and ready for use when required.
• Provide technical information to maintenance teams detailing work requests for planned and reactive maintenance.
• Responsible for completing handover documentation to the incoming shift.

Projects:

• Assists in plant project formulation safely
• Provides mechanical support during projects in the plant.

Housekeeping:

• Maintain 5S housekeeping principles in the department at all times, including all equipment and surrounds.  Ensure all unused items are removed from the operating area and stored correctly.