The Company:
Our Client stands as a prominent player in the food manufacturing industry, specialising in various food groups. The company is recognised for its expertise in packing and distributing products to major retailers, with a notable focus on catering to the requirements of consumers by offering high-quality, fresh, and packaged products. The business takes pride in being the exclusive supplier of top-quality products ensuring a delightful culinary experience for customers.
The Role:
To have a key mandate to improve maintenance electrical processes, planning and policies across the site in order to increase plant up time, reduce breakdown frequency and build a reliability-based culture. The electrician will implement improvements and/or implementation of advanced maintenance methodologies including preventative and predictive maintenance planning. As a key member of the manufacturing site, they will be heavily focused on Safety and Continuous Improvement across the site.
* Be the go-to for site electrical maintenance issue around repairs, installations and breakdowns across the plant.
* Identify any parts needed and maintain the inventory of spares in maintenance store, liaising with suppliers and third parties. This includes purchasing and coordination of spare parts.
* Fault find and troubleshoot all equipment issues
* Training of operators and development of SOPs to improve reliability, cost effectiveness and throughput of the injection moulding (Husky) assets.
* Support production and site activities to optimise productivity and minimize downtime.
* Ensure execution of planned maintenance works align with plant and resource availability.
* Timely responses to all breakdown calls during production, using high-level fault- finding skills to evaluate the cause of the breakdown and implement the best solution to rectify the issue in a timely manner.
* Follow planned maintenance activities which include being actively involved in maintenance planning, plant improvements and projects which will improve plant availability and efficiency.
* Completion of weekly preventative maintenance activities.
Skills & Experience:
* A trade electrical background
* Understanding of food manufacturing processes and hygiene requirements.
* Knowledge of business operations including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs).
* Knowledge of ISO and HACCP principles.
* Previous experience working in an environment that utilizes high speed packaging equipment including HVAC, capping, filling, labelling, packing, palletising, conveyor machines will be highly regarded.
* Understanding of safety systems and processes including risk assessments, incident reporting and planned inspections.
* Strong ability to build effective internal and external working relationships at all levels.
* Computer literacy, with well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
* Opportunity to work with one of the largest food companies in Australia
* Be a go-to perosn in your field
* Ongoing training and development opportunities and the ability for personal career upscaling.
Here at Miller Leith we are open to having a conversation about your next career move. For a brief, confidential discussion, please contact Darren Dowling at Darren@millerleith.com.au or 0434438816.
Consultant
darren@millerleith.com.au
Reference number: BH-5804
Profession:FMCGFood Manufacture
Company: Miller Leith Melbourne
Date posted: 28th Oct, 2024