Maintenance Engineer / Technician - VR/32744
The Maintenance Engineer (mechanical bias) is responsible for maintaining, improving, and optimizing production lines within an FMCG manufacturing environment. The role focuses on maximizing equipment reliability, production efficiency, product quality, and safety while minimizing downtime, waste, and operating costs.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintaining and improving production machinery, equipment, and manufacturing lines.
- Troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, automation, and process-related production issues.
- Identifying recurring equipment failures and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Supporting planned and preventative maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability.
- Monitoring production line performance, including downtime, output, waste, speed, and efficiency.
- Identifying opportunities to increase production capacity and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Leading or supporting continuous improvement projects focused on productivity, reliability, quality, and cost reduction.
- Working closely with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering Teams to resolve operational problems.
- Improving machine settings, operating parameters, changeover processes, and production methods.
- Supporting the installation, commissioning, modification, and upgrading of production equipment.
- Developing and maintaining equipment documentation, maintenance procedures, operating standards, and technical records.
- Investigating production losses and perform root cause analysis.
- Ensuring engineering activities comply with health, safety, food safety, quality, and environmental requirements.
- Supporting operators and maintenance technicians with technical training and problem-solving.
- Working with equipment suppliers and contractors when specialist engineering support is required.
Qualifications and Experience
- Previous engineering experience within an FMCG, food, beverage, packaging, pharmaceutical, or other high-volume manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Good understanding of automated production equipment, motors, drives, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, and control systems.
- Experience with preventative maintenance, fault finding, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
Skills and Competencies
- Strong practical engineering and problem-solving ability.
- Analytical and data-driven approach to production improvement.
- Ability to diagnose faults quickly and systematically.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work effectively with production operators, technicians, managers, and external suppliers.
- Safety and quality focused.
- Proactive approach with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
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