Focus Technician​/Maintenance Technician; Making Plant

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The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title:
Focus Technician/Maintenance Technician (Making Plant)

Business Function:
Supply Chain

Location: Port Sunlight Factories

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’

The primary focus of the Focus Technician (FT) role is on professional maintenance and secondary focus on focused improvement. The job holder is accountable for mean time between failure, the overall maintenance plan for their work area and ultimately the performance of the Make Plant operational areas. The role holder is responsible for completion of Emergency Work Orders (EWOs) to root cause using continuous improvement World Class Manufacturing methodology (WCM) and Run to Standard (RTS) methodologies, ensuring that countermeasures are fully implemented.

The role holder conducts focused improvement work in their area to support performance and operational efficiency. The FT acts as ‘company contact’ and manages permits for own area and supports the wider Focused Technician team in this regard.

The main expectation of the FT is to work flexibly during the week to ensure they are driving performance, leading the PM activities and ensuring that Make Plant Operators are working to the AM standards to maintain basic conditions in the Make Plant to prevent breakdowns.

As a minimum the FT must be at a Skilled Level in one discipline either Mechanical or Electrical and at an Instructed Level in the other discipline, however all role holders are encouraged to reach Skilled and Skilled level.

Safety

• Ensure company safety policy, rules, and procedures are understood and followed at all times, encouraging everyone to behave safely and challenging unsafe behaviour.
• Actively contribute to a safe working environment and culture by identifying and reporting health or safety hazards and dangerous situations involving Unilever personnel, site contractors, third parties, and visitors.
• Participate in regular inspections/audits for good housekeeping and area safety, ensuring agreed actions are completed.
• Execute tasks in line with Risk Assessments (RAs). Support in reviewing existing and new RAs. Support in creating RAs where none exist.

Quality

• Adhere to quality standards and principles implemented in the Making Plant, reporting and escalating potential quality issues.

Customer Service

The impact of the Focus Technician’s decisions will be felt quickly; therefore, an immediate response is required to address any issues which may arise.

• React to breakdowns quickly and resolve them to avoid/minimise impact to production lines.
• Keep stakeholders informed of breakdowns and elevate issues in a timely manner, where needed.

Run To Standard

• Pro-actively support WCM pillar activities providing feedback and promoting application on the site.
• Define, follow, maintain and improve 5S standards and workplace organisation.
• Understand and participate in the Run to Standard master plan.
• Support the Leader in optimising maintenance schedules and reviewing team activities.
• Restore work area to original condition after maintenance.
• Report equipment issues using proper procedures such as the tag database.
• Monitor equipment condition to prevent breakdowns, monitoring loss patterns using Focused Improvement (FI) tools.
• Provide breakdown information and carry out root cause analysis and implement counter measures as required embedding a “Fix forever” mentality
• Track tags and ensure safety tags are addressed within 24h and maintenance tags within 7 days.
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