Kemin Industries

Maintenance Technician

Kemin Industries  •  South Africa (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Maintain the day-to-day operations and assume responsibility for maintaining the physical assets of the Company under the direction of the Operations Manager.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the completion of all maintenance service requests as assigned.
  • Work within expense limits established.
  • Maintain inventory controls for cost-effective operations.
  • Schedule and complete the "Preventative Maintenance Program".
  • Coordinate special projects as directed by the Production Manager.
  • Assist in monitoring all work being performed by outside contractors.
  • Responsible for 24-hour emergency maintenance service as scheduled.
  • Monitor and maintain all building maintenance as required.
  • Responsible for alerting the Production Manager of any unusual occurrence and/or damage that have taken place or that may occur.
  • Assure a safe working environment for all employees.
  • Ensure compliance with all work-related activities in a fair, ethical, and consistent manner.
  • Follow established company policies and procedures.

Qualifications

  • Must be qualified as a Millwright and possess a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Good technical and problem-solving abilities and knowledge of electrical
  • Good understanding of the production environment and knowledge of mixing

Key Competencies

  • Responsible for the completion of all maintenance service requests as assigned.
  • Work within the expense limits established.
  • Maintain inventory controls for cost-effective operations.
  • Schedule and complete the "Preventive Maintenance Program".
  • Coordinate special projects as directed by the Production Manager.
  • Assist in monitoring all work being performed by outside contractors.
  • Responsible for 24-hour emergency maintenance service as scheduled.
  • Monitor and maintain all building maintenance as required.
  • Responsible for alerting the Production Manager of any unusual occurrence and/or damage that has taken place or that may occur.
  • Assure a safe working environment for all employees.
  • Ensure compliance with all work-related activities in a fair, ethical, and consistent manner.
  • Follow established company policies and procedures.

Essential Skills

  • Be able to implement a preventive maintenance system.
  • Be able to schedule preventive maintenance tasks.
  • Good electrical background.
  • Good mechanical understanding.
  • Must have the ability to assist with the design of new equipment and give suggestions on continuous improvement of processes.

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Kemin Industries

About Kemin Industries

Kemin Industries is a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services. The company supplies over 500 specialty ingredients for human health, food safety and protection of the global food supply chain. Kemin ingredients offer solutions across various industries including animal health, nutraceuticals, pet food, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, aquaculture and animal vaccines.

Serving customers in more than 120 countries, Kemin works each day to provide ingredients that feed a growing population and is committed to the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products.

Established in 1961, Kemin is a privately held, family-owned-and-operated company with more than 3,000 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Des Moines, Iowa
Year Founded
1961
Website
kemin.com
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