Technician

Industrious are recruiting for an experinced Techninican who is keen to progress.

Shifts:

4 days on, 4 days off

4 nights on, 4 nights off

Rotating 6am - 6pm/6pm - 6am

Purpose of job

To ensure that machines run to the specification required by the production/technical department, to ensure every effort is made to minimise machine downtime and scrap levels. To produce good quality, safe, hygienic containers to customer specification.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• To ensure that machines and ancillary equipment are in good running order:
  • To report any defects to supervision and carry out any remedial work as instructed by supervision, which is within the technician s level of competence, so as to minimise loss of production and maximise machine efficiency.
• To ensure that products arriving at the packing station or direct to customer is to an acceptable quality standard:
  • Carry out regular checks on the quality of production, both for visual faults and weight; o Completing all relevant paperwork correctly and studying measurement reports prepared by quality control;
  • Report any variations from standard to supervision and carry out any machine adjustments as instructed by supervision which are within the technician s level of competence.
• To remove, clean, refit, realign or carry out other necessary adjustments to parts of moulding machines, which are within the level of competence of the technicians. This is to include work on heads, tooling, blowpins, screws, barrels, moulds and ancillary equipment.
• If machine is adjusted to run with any significant deviation from the technical department specification, to ensure that this is reported to supervision.

To ensure that raw material supplies are constant:

To report to supervision if material is not available by the machine, before a problem is created on the machine - every effort must be made to prevent machines running empty, grinders blocking up, material spillage, etc

• To make any adjustments which is within the level of competence of the technician necessitated by changing of material mix.
• To ensure that the machines, ancillary equipment and the immediate work area are maintained to a high standard of housekeeping and cleanliness at all times.
• To ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with quality, hygiene and food and safety policy.
• To perform any other duties in connection with the job that may from time to time be reasonably required by supervision and which are consistent with the Purpose of job/mission , ie absence cover for other technicians or other key staff within the technician s level of competence.