Job Description

Utility 2 Operator - PORT ELIZABETH

Minimum Requirements:

Educational Qualifications:

• Grade 12.
• N4 or equivalent trade/artisan qualification. (Trade Test ESSENTIAL)

Experience:

• Able to run hi-tech machinery.
• A thorough knowledge of the process.
• Understanding of QMS systems.
• 5 years experience in an automated factory environment.

Responsibilities:

• Setting and maintaining the automatic plate enveloping machines as per the suppliers operating manual.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the automatic COS machines as per the suppliers operating manual. This includes mold changes and start-up.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the Shorts Testing machines as per the suppliers operating manual.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the TTP welding machines as per the suppliers operating manual. This includes head changes per the production schedule.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the Heat Sealing machines as per the suppliers operating manual. This includes mold changes and start-up.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the leak testing machines as per the suppliers operating manual. This includes tool changes and start-up.
• Setting, operating and maintaining the Date Coding machines as per the suppliers operating manual. This includes setting up the correct coding information and start-up.
• Ensuring that the automatic and semi-automatic Post Burner equipment is correctly set up and maintained.
• Ensuring that each line of equipment produces the correct quality product at the nominal production rate for that equipment.
• Taking corrective action if the above is not true.
• Ensuring that all assembly line equipment used is kept clean and safe
• Ensuring that all extraction systems are kept in the correct working condition.
• Ensuring that the cooling water system is kept in the correct working condition

Quality:

• Must ensure at all times duties are performed professionally, first time right, and to the customer's requirements.
• Under no circumstances allow any process or action to continue if the quality of work is incorrect or not up to standard. The action will be immediately stopped, and the cause determined, corrected, and further monitored.

Auxiliary Activities:

• Assist others where and when necessary to improve the profitability of the Company.
• Join safety audit teams and carry out safety audits when required.
• Assist the production team in other departments when the need arises.
• Comply with the quality, safety, and housekeeping requirements of the relevant Company standards.