Utilities Fitter

ROLE DESCRIPTION
**Title**:
Mechanical Fitter
**Function & Business Unit**:
Springs Manufacturing, MENAT-SSA BU
**Reports to**:
Mechanical Business Partner
**Global Level**:
GL02
Purpose of the role
The Mechanical Fitter is responsible for maintaining equipment in basic condition and extending its lifetime through adequate and cost-effective (preventive/condition-based) maintenance in the plant. He/she is responsible for identifying and eliminating losses/waste, reducing Equipment Breakdowns, executing unplanned and planned downtime, eventually reducing maintenance cost and improving OEE across Operations through leveraging the KWS methodologies, while maintaining the highest standards in Safety and Quality & Food Safety. He/she ensures that the Maintenance Plan for the plant is continuously updated and executed.
The incumbent is expected to carry-out any lawful duties assigned. Limited travel could be required. He/she performs standby duties and work overtime across the factory, which may mean coming in during odd hours.
Working Relationships
Reports to the Mechanical Business Partner
Closely works together with the PM Coordinator, the Maintenance Technicians for Process/Packing, the Stores Controller, Packing Engineer and Process Engineer ‘Process’.
Partners with all other Plant/CSL Departments at all levels
Plays an active role supporting KWS Centers of Excellence
Partners with equipment suppliers
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
Environmental, Health and Safety
Role Models, promotes and encourages a Health and Safety culture within the Plant, leveraging GEMBA, Safety 7 Tours and Leader-led observation programs as key coaching opportunities.
Ensures that all Environmental, Health & Safety rules, policies & procedures (incl legislated requirements) are being followed and acts pro-actively by addressing any concerns.
Assists in root cause analysis of incidents/audit findings in plant and identifies/implements actions to mitigate risk/structurally eliminate the hazard.
Quality and Food Safety
Role Models, promotes and encourages a Food Safety & Quality culture within the Plant, leveraging GEMBA & Golden 6 Tours as key coaching opportunities.
Ensures that all Food Safety & Quality rules, policies & procedures (incl legislated requirements) are being followed and acts pro-actively by addressing any concerns.
Assists in root cause analysis of incidents/audit findings in plant and identifies/implements actions to mitigate risk/structurally eliminate the hazard (including but not limited to Adverse Events, Non-conformances, Food Safety/Quality Incidents & Alerts,).
People
Fosters proactive, clear, consistent and transparent communication across the Maintenance Department, Operations and the rest of the plant Daily Direction Setting meetings, Toolbox talks, Shift team meetings and Shift Take Overs.
Actively drives capability building for the Mechanical Maintenance area (esp. apprentices) and Operations, linked to loss elimination and Management of Change.
Kellanova Work Systems (KWS)
Support the critical Daily Management Systems (DMS).
Ensures execution of critical Maintenance DMSs and actively drives implementation of Reliability Maintenance in the plant.
Actively enforces SAP as the single source of truth (including but not limited to spares, work orders, purchase requisitions,).
Manufacturing and Operational Efficiency
A Mechanical Fitter will oversee daily shift operations, ensuring the smooth running of manufacturing utilities, waste reduction initiatives, and plant maintenance activities.
Supports the execution of reliability maintenance (Breakdown Elimination, Unplanned/Planned Losses) and loss elimination journey for the plant, in close collaboration with Operations. He/she owns the execution of Mechanical Maintenance plan for plant, ensures this is continuously updated and timely/efficiently executed (this includes planning, preparation, staging, installing/assembling and testing).
He/she leverages the full KWS toolbox in the journey to eliminate losses in the plant. The KWS tools help him/her in diagnosing malfunctioning systems, identifying root cause and executing relevant short
- and long term improvements.
Throughout the Reliability Maintenance journey, the Mechanical Fitter actively works to reduce Unplanned Downtime, initially through replacing with Planned Downtime so adequate (preventive/condition-based) maintenance can be executed, afterwards reducing the Planned Downtime whilst further improving OEE and reducing maintenance costs/spare parts inventory.
Preferred Education, Skill & Experience
EDUCATION & RELEVANT YEARS OF JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE
Grade 12 with relevant trade Test (5 years’ experience) coupled with FMCG working experience.
DIMENSIONS, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE
**The ability to**:
Focus on results through manual dexterity, attention to detail, customer focus, quality, food safety and safety awareness, managing work, planning and organizing, decision-making, and building partnerships