Multi Skilled Maintenance/Focus Technician

Unilever Brazil; Port Sunlight; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a Focus Technician in Port Sunlight to oversee professional maintenance and improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will ensure equipment efficacy according to quality standards, prioritize safety, and support cost reduction strategies. Key responsibilities include conducting breakdown analyses, leading 5S activities, and implementing process improvements. This role necessitates a proactive approach to manage performance and health, safety, and environmental practices in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Skilled in Health, Safety, and Environmental procedures.
• Experienced with World Class Manufacturing methodologies.
• Ability to conduct breakdown analysis and implement improvements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report health or safety hazards.
• Ensure equipment meets quality standards.
• Prioritize and complete improvement activities.
• Lead cost reduction activities and efficiency improvements.
• Support Autonomous Maintenance activities.

Skills

Health, Safety management

Process control techniques

Kaizen methodologies

5S implementation

Root cause analysis

Job description

Job Title: Focus Technician

Location: Port Sunlight Factories- Personal Care- Site Based

JOB PURPOSE

The primary focus of the FT role is on professional maintenance and secondary focus on focussed improvement. The job holder is accountable for mean time between failure, the overall maintenance plan for of their work area and ultimately the performance on their line.

The role holder is responsible for completion of Emergency Work Orders (EWOs) to root cause using World Class Manufacturing methodology (WCM) and ensuring that countermeasures are fully implemented.

The role holder conducts Focussed improvement work in their area to support the performance and operational efficiency of the lines they are accountable for. 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 role holder is to work flexibly during the week to ensure they are driving performance on the line, leading the PM activities on their lines and ensuring that line operators are working to the AM standards to maintain basic conditions on the line to prevent breakdowns. The minimum qualifications are this role are skilled, instructed and instructed however all role holders are encouraged to reach skilled, skilled instructed level.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Health, Safety and Environment includes;
  • Identify and report health or safety hazards & dangerous situations and put appropriate control measures in place
  • Ensure LOTO is followed by all, training others as required.
  • Conduct hot work permits in their area
  • Be a Company Contact in their area
  • Encourages ALL to behave in a safe manner and challenges unsafe behaviour.
• Quality includes;
  • Ensure equipment is capable to manufacture products in accordance with quality procedures and standards, using process control techniques where applicable.
  • Perform agreed Quality improvement activities monitoring and controlling key process parameters to measure success where applicable.
• Customer Service includes;
  • Prioritise and complete improvement activities to improve equipment efficiencies with a view to increase overall department through-put
  • Perform improvement activities on changeover times to reduce losses per changeover
  • Identify and implement agreed improvement opportunities to increase the production line flexibility
• Cost includes;
  • Lead improvement activities to improve efficiency and reduce costs, supporting operators to complete kaizens as required.
  • Implement cost optimization activities eliminating losses that may not impact on OEE (eg. yield, energy and spare parts)
• 5S includes;
• Ensure 5S standards are clearly defined and followed in your area
• Autonomous Maintenance includes;
  • Support the AM activities (eg, cell meetings, step audits, board updating)
  • Transfer technical knowledge to technical operators in line with programme
• Preventative Maintenance includes;
  • Ensure breakdown analysis for all component failures using the EWO process and the implementation of countermeasures to eliminate root causes has been completed
  • Ensure the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are reviewed and the gap analysis is carried out on a regular basis to understand and input into the improvement plan.
• Focused Improvement includes;
  • Ensure the losses are being recorded and classified accurately challenging and supporting others to correct errors.
  • Regularly monitor and analyse unit loss trees to identify loss pattern and take action to eliminate gap.