Reports to

Factory Manager

Responsibilities

Behavior

• Live the company Values, exhibit excellence in behaviors, and act as a role model for colleagues and subordinates
  Driving efficiency, performance and delivery and meeting set objectives, in compliance with company Policies, Procedures & Standards

Production

• Manage production.
• Ensure quality of the production.
• Implement strategies that ensure safe and efficient job execution in terms of Planning, Design and Execution for orders, extrusion, printing, cutting, rewinding, molding, crushing activities.
• Manage the production in a safe manner
• Set priorities for optimal resource allocation for production as per Job Cards.
• Efficiently utilize materials to prevent overuse.
• Ensure full utilization of equipment and non-stop production.
• Keep abreast of developments (new processes, practices, technologies, methods, ways of working,) related to production equipment.

Personnel

• Motivate, coach, mentor, and develop direct and indirect subordinates.
• Manage subordinates to keep equipment in good working order, maintaining valid certification at all times.

Maintenance

• Through the development, implementation, and assurance of an adequate Preventive Maintenance Program for mechanical and electrical equipment, ensure a safe and efficient operation, in compliance with the relevant standards;
• Provide advice on necessary resources to enable preventive maintenance.
• Assist with asset tagging and subsequent tracking of assets and associated certifications in company databases;
• Allocate necessary resources (time, people, tools, spares) to enable Preventive Maintenance
• Timely react to equipment breakdown to facilitate the earliest return of the equipment to service.
• Encompasses the overall maintenance management;
• Promote the reporting of equipment breakdowns, performs a detailed investigation on relevant equipment/material deficiencies and associated problems.
• Follow the maintenance reports and review them regularly, highlights major issues to the attention of General Manager.
• Manage the distribution of Alerts, Guidelines.
• Build & secure records, PM status, etc.
• Ensures that OEM spare is used for critical equipment.
• Owns the Maintenance Procedures update process.
• Participates in the site audits where necessary.
• Prepare machinery major upgrade plans.
• Keeps track of all equipment under repair in workshops;

Materials & Procurement

• Assists the Materials Department in determining proper levels of stock based on current deliveries and average use.
• Closely coordinate with the Business Support Manager with regards to procurement of spare parts.
• Have an overview of inventories of spare assets, and inventory of equipment stored in the yard.
• Uses his expertise and qualification to recommend equipment specification for purchase, transfer, retirement, spare asset.

Continuous Improvement

• Monitor non-productive time for each machine;
  Lead the implementation of new maintenance strategies in order to improve uptime and longevity of company-owned equipment;

Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Machine knowledge related to troubleshooting and material behavior
• Good math and mechanical skills
• Working knowledge of basic hydraulic/electric/pneumatic/vision systems
• Ability to lift 35 pounds unassisted and work standing for 12 hours
• Effective time management skills

Experience

• At least 4 years of experience with relevant machines and secondary equipment.
• Formal plastic process training such as scientific molding, Paulson, or equivalent preferred.
• ISO or similar quality & safety system.

Reports & Records

• Job Cards/ Work Order
• Non-Conformance Reports
• Maintenance Records
• Monthly NPT report
• Monthly Maintenance Report

Reports to

Production Manager

Responsibilities

Administrative / Management

• Assist in the organization and use of the Preventive Maintenance System with particular emphasis on safety.
• Maintain logs and records.
• Submit reports.
• Control inventory.
• Coordinate with other departments.
• Advise operators of current and/or changing conditions.
• Quality Control semi & finished goods
• Eliminate waste in production to increase efficiency.
• Plan work.
• Communicate issues to management immediately
• Operate, maintain and repair equipment.

Production

• Prioritize jobs as per Job Card delivery dates

Printing

• Operate, maintain and repair equipment.
• Check Semi-Finished Goods quality
• Maintain printing blocks in good order

Cutting

• Maintain machines in working order
• Ensure Preventive Maintenance schedules are observed
• Quality control FGs

Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Machine knowledge related to troubleshooting and material behavior
• Good math and mechanical skills
• Working knowledge of basic hydraulic/electric/pneumatic/vision systems
• Ability to lift 35 pounds unassisted and work standing for 12 hours
• Effective time management skills

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience with processing Extrusion, Printing, Cutting machines, and secondary equipment.
• Formal plastic process training such as scientific molding, Paulson, or equivalent preferred.
• ISO or similar quality & safety system awareness.

Reports & Records

• Job Cards/ Work Order
• Non-Conformance Reports
• Maintenance Records

Reports to

Production Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all work undertaken or supervised is carried out safely and without injury
• Ensuring that all food safety issues are reported to the appropriate manager or supervisor
• Initiating corrective action, such as issuing work orders for non-conformances related to injection and vision system processes.
• Operating: injection molding machines, vision systems, down-stream equipment, and material feed equipment
• Monitoring critical process parameters on the injection machines, vision systems, color feeders, color blenders, and secondary systems
• Establishing optimum calculated alarm parameters around the baseline process
• Packaging and tagging product
• Troubleshooting of process and auxiliary equipment
• Auditing box counts and vision system to verify that the equipment is working correctly.

Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Molding knowledge related to troubleshooting and resin behavior
• Good math and mechanical skills
• Working knowledge of basic hydraulic/electric/pneumatic/vision systems
• Ability to lift 35 pounds unassisted and work standing for 12 hours
• Effective time management skills

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience with processing injection mold machines and secondary equipment.
• Formal plastic process training such as scientific molding, Paulson, or equivalent preferred.
• ISO or similar quality system and SQF or similar food safety system.

Reports & Records

• Nil

Reports to

Supervisor or Production Manager

Responsibilities

• Perform manual labor in the facility.
• Performs duties involving general maintenance that would include scraping, painting, and cleaning walls, equipment, etc.
• Assist in loading/backloading of materials from and/or trucks.
• Assist lifting operations in the handling of materials, and/or equipment.
• Assist mechanics, electricians in special projects.
• Relieve colleagues for the launch and rest breaks.
• Assist in the mixing of chemicals when needed.
• Assist in assembly, dismantling, and lubrication of machinery and other equipment as directed using hand tools.

Reports & Records

• Nil