Summary:
The Wrigley Company is the world's largest manufacturer of chewing gum.
A subsidiary of the MARS Company, a global leader in the chocolate and pet-food categories and one of the largest privately owned businesses.
At Wrigley, we love what we do and are passionate about our people. People in over 150 countries enjoy our brands everyday.
Our secret to success is ensuring our associates treat the business as if it were their own and ensuring that we harness the individual strengths of our people.
We also place great emphasis on being a responsible company with an eye on the future.
Job Purpose
We are looking for vibrant, passionate and self driven individuals who possess excellent communication and presentation skills to fill the position of Technical Operators.
The position holder will perform first level of operation & maintenance of equipment and the manual movement of material in the production area.
This will entail preparation of equipment before starting up the line, raw materials as per recipe, escalating quality/food safety issues to machine technicians, cleaning production lines, machine checks & preventive maintenance etc.
Basic mechanical knowledge is required on use of mechanical tools and reading basic drawings.
An understanding of safety, quality and SOPs is also necessary.
Key Responsibilities
Perform preventive maintenance tasks as assigned by the Machine Technicians per standard PM schedule
Prepare materials and equipment before starting up the line equipment and adjusts minor parameters as per the standard process parameters
Escalate any process that does not conform to safety, food safety, quality issues to machine technicians and line technicians
Responsible for batch making with all the ingredients in line preparation of chewing gum.
Critical cleaning tasks that include; powder filter cleaning, cleaning of depositors; die plate opening and cleaning; cleaning during changeovers; handling hazardous chemicals as per food safety guidelines.
Perform manual movement of materials and cleaning within the production area; this includes; loading glucose drums; chemicals movement and storage; material ordering etc
Responsible for checking product quality, labelling of pallets; rejected show boxes ,weighing & emptying bins etc
Promote sustainability and environment practices e.g. mminimize and optimize rework generation and usage as per the procedures; minimize the scrap generation; segregated of wastes as per the waste management procedure; optimize the usage of water, energy etc.
Requirements
0 Level + Certificate course in Mechanical Engineering or related field- Artisan Level 1 (Trade Test 1)
1-2 years SIMILAR experience in a food manufacturing set up where GMP, TPM, HACCP or ISO is in place
Excellent command of English language
Ability to read and implement Safety , food safety and operational procedures
Basic mechanical knowledge on tools and reading basic mechanical drawings;
An understanding of safety, quality, audits and operational procedures
Understands manufacturing standards and escalation procedures
How to apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by end of day Friday 26th July 2013 to:
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416,
Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.
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