Position: Technician
Department: Production
Supervisor: Shift Production Coordinator
Purpose of job/mission:
To ensure that moulding machines run to the specification established by the Technical Department, and that containers are produced to the customer's agreed specification. Whilst doing this, every effort should be made to minimise machine downtime and scrap levels.
Tasks & responsibilities:
- To ensure that moulding machines and ancillary equipment are in good running order. To report any defects to supervision and carry out any remedial work as instructed by supervision which is within the technician's level of competence, so as to minimise loss of production and maximise machine efficiency.
- To ensure that product arriving at the packing station is to an acceptable quality standard. This involves regular checks on the quality of production, both for visual faults and weight, filling in correctly all relevant paperwork, and studying measurement reports prepared by Quality Control. To report any variations from standard to supervision and carry out any machine adjustments as instructed by supervision which are within the technician's level of competence.
- To remove, clean, refit, realign or carry out other necessary adjustments to parts of moulding machines which are within the level of competence of the technician. This to include work on heads, tooling, blowpins, screws, barrels, blades, moulds and ancillary equipment.
- If machines are adjusted to run with any significant deviation from the Technical Department specification, to ensure that this is reported to supervision.
- To ensure that raw material supplies are constant by changing over bins. To report to supervision if a fresh bin in usable condition is not available by the machine before a problem is created on the machine (i.e., every effort must be made to prevent machines running empty, grinders blocking up, material spillage etc.).
- To make any adjustment which is within the level of competence of the technician necessitated by changing of material mix or colour.
- To ensure that the moulding machines, ancillary equipment and the immediate work area are maintained to a high standard of housekeeping and cleanliness at all times.
- To ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with good Health and Safety practice.
Shift Machine Technician - SBM in Warrington employer: All The Top Bananas
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