Engineering Jobs at Kipia Limited and Kenya Wine Agencies Limited


Deadline of this Job: 06 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities
• All the production processes and profiling of roofing sheets
• Maintaining and operating production equipment
• Confirmation and dispatch of the final products.
• Monitoring stock levels and reporting deficiencies in products or raw materials
• Tracking all production, Stock control and reconciliations
• Managing wastes in production
• Quality assurance to ensure production of final products as per specifications and requirements
• Store products and materials
• Meet the deadlines of individual production tasks during shift
• Report on defective products or machinery
• Keep the worksite clean to avoid hazards from chemicals and fragile products
• Review and follow manufacturing manuals to build machinery

Requirements
• Candidate should be at least 25yrs but not above 40yrs
• Diploma in mechanical Engineering
• Experience of at least 3 years in a busy manufacturing company
• Excellent strategic planning skills.
• Possess strong leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills.


Deadline of this Job: 04 January 2023
JOB DETAILS:

Job Purpose
The job holder will be responsible for maintaining all equipment, optimize availability and reliability of equipment and give assistance with the co-ordination of line activities to meet the production plan.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Area 1: Undertake preventive maintenance

• Perform all mechanical repairs as required to ensure the plant is operating optimally.
• Record and provide feedback on the causes and corrective action for all breakdown including analysing and interpreting the breakdown trends and history.
• Ensure that all specified preventive maintenance tasks are performed, including cleaning, inspections, lubrication and scheduled maintenance.
• Give feedback regarding the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance program in order to improve the effectiveness.
• Conduct regular (scheduled and un-scheduled) inspection of all equipment and initiate work orders if necessary.
• Participate in maintenance planning and provide feedback on maintenance performed in order to drive the development of effective Maintenance systems.
• Assist with upgrading of plant by mechanical parts, drawing machine parts and preparing reference files and documentation of machine manuals.
• Co-ordinate and perform repairs within level of competencies and assist with complex repairs in adherence to the trigger system regarding breakdown maintenance.
• Monitor equipment / process quality performance, availability, reliability and document downtime events, in detailed engineering reports
• Adhere to all relevant policies, procedures, work instruction and SOPs at all times including risk, health and safety procedures and statutory requirements.

Area 2: Health & Safety
• Identify, communicate all risks and implement measures to prevent injuries and ensure the health and safety of employees by conducting hazard analysis on an on-going basis.

Area 3: Job cards Reports
• Responsible for correct completion of job cards and daily shift report
• Machine condition and audit report
• Maintenance reports

Area 4: Inspection of equipment’s

• Conduct regular (scheduled and un-scheduled) inspection of all equipment and initiate work orders if necessary.

Minimum Requirements

• A qualified Technician with Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
• At least two (2) year experience in equipment maintenance within a manufacturing organisation (Bottling preferable).

Competencies/Attributes
• Technical knowledge of equipment maintenance.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience in carrying out routine fixes and maintenance.
• Ability to do manual work over a long period of time.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• High level of Integrity.