Graduate Trainee Mechanical Engineering

Job Advert Summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Graduate Trainee Mechanical Engineering to join our team. This opportunity is ideal for a recent graduate looking to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Minimum Requirements

• Completed a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering , or equivalent .
• Strong academic performance .
• Superior English reading, writing, speaking and interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication and attention to detail required.
• MS Office full proficiency - Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint

Duties & Responsibilities

Administering Maintenance System

• Generation of PM’s weekly
• Reporting daily maintenance
• Linking cost of spares to maintenance (assigning spares to maintenance system)
• Creating work orders for spares, or job cards
• Generating monthly reports of maintenance system with the full analysis of the KPI’s.

Preventative Maintenance of Plant

• Service of the UBT and Chemical room machinery
• Installations of new equipment (UBT & Chemical room)
• Inspection of machinery
• Machine status (safety) for the entire plant
• Creating work instructions for new machinery installed (Bulk Foam, UBT, Chemical room)
• Ensure plant is running at 100% efficiency (pre- run preparation prior start-up, Calibrate, setting the injectors etc.)
• Being fully involved in the production running of the UBT- be on the stand-by at the machines during the production runs.

CIP- Machine Improvement

• Negotiation of prices with contractors and engaging with them
• Raising PO’s on the on the system for technical spares
• Updating maintenance spares in excel spreadsheet
• Mentoring of the engineering students.
• Ensuring that the statutory requirements are met.
• Ensure maintenance spend is in budget.
• Validate that new formulations are able to run on the machine and not fall outside the range of the equipment (critical)
• Ensure preventative maintenance is run in accordance with the Preventative Maintenance schedule.
• Ensure that all KPI’s listed on the maintenance dashboard are achieved.

Continuous improvement

• Drive continuous improvements suggestions to maximise UBT efficiency and effectiveness.

Maintenance & Safety

• Ensures all planned maintenance schedules are adhered to
• Ensure safe working conditions and the application of safe working practices.