Day Process Mechanical Technician

Job Description

Day Process Mechanical Technician, Epping Mill, Cape Town

Job posting closing date: 15th March, end of day

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

Provide technical support, development and control to the asset team, so that the assets maintain the highest levels of productivity and profitability while maintaining high safety and quality levels. Provide technical support to the Operations Teams to ensure problem solving through a continuous improvement mindset and driving the highest standards in Manufacturing Excellent programs that supports OEE delivery. Provide data analysis for key focus areas through daily tier meeting reporting as well as grade change management.

• Be a leader and role model for the Asset / Operations teams interacting with support departments.

• Liase with Asset team, Operations team, Engineering team and Quality team.

• Capable of leading self and driving performance management in Maintenance/GC execution.

• On the job training and sharing of knowledge

• Effective management, execution and delivery of grade change activity across the assets.

• Requires understanding of Environmental, legal and K-C statutory requirements.

• Continually comply with all K-C regulatory & control requirements, internal controls, while at all-times driving accountability and compliance on the assets and capital spares.

• Ensure assets/equipment are maintained in a “Safe to operate” condition at all times while promoting all aspects of safe working practices to meet all safety and housekeeping objectives of the plant.

• Contribute to the development of sound safety programmes and maintenance of good working conditions, adherence to organization and Legal Safety rules and regulations.

• Participate in the role out and development of improvement projects in specific focus areas.

• Lead improvement on various assets in the Mill that will improve “stops, quality, safety, ROO and waste.

• Participate in review meetings that will drive sustainability and encourage dialogue that will drive and sustain our Lean Culture as well as cost optimization.

• Apply PDCA Methodology and demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset.

• Develop WI, Standards and OPL’s that will build capability.

• Provide engineering knowledge and support for the solution of Mill daily operating problems

• Own the effective grade change process and use digital tools to track and optimise performance of units/areas and change activity.

• Lead and own P2030 best practice implementation in line with the reliability strategy

• Provide input, technical development and technical control including autonomous care protocols to the assets so that the equipment operates at the highest productivity and profitability levels.

• Assisting with the planning and set up of the equipment in line with best in calls uptime and efficiency.

• Audit and make recommendations for the solution of problems relating to equipment and or assets that supports cost optimization and delivery.

• Support analysis of maintenance/consumable cost and spend to delivery and improve $/SU

• Continuously seek innovative solutions and lead by example as well as benchmarking of solutions to improve cost and MTBF.

• Formulate, develop and drive areas of improvement within specific process areas supported by digital analysis and dashboards to deliver improved costs and quality.

• Review of statistical data to support quality and OEE

• Accountable for Data integrity for the specific process area and change activity

• Analyse and interpret data to enable operating teams to achieve performance targets in accordance with P2030 and Reliability best practice.

• Effectively managing Centreline, Specification reviews and GRS of specialized area

• Ability to share key insights to market complaints originating from specialized area.

• Understanding of PASS/ quality charts results and impact on specialized area.

• Accurate setup of area during Grade Change to meet quality standards

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

In this manufacturing role, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of a trade (Fitter & Turner or Fitter) with N4 an N6 or

• National Technical Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience on high-speed production equipment,

• Working knowledge of electrical and pneumatic systems and Adhesive systems (advantage).

• Able to use and understand mechanical drawings

• LSS – Yellow Belt Certified

• In-depth knowledge of OSI PI Vision, MES.

• Working knowledge of SAP and ETQ

• Ability to use AutoCAD viewer

• Ability to use advanced features of excel including but not limited to pivot charts and formulas

• Apply basic level of analytical thinking to data analysis and solve complex problems

• Basic knowledge of Power BI

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.

For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

South Africa:

As part of your Total Rewards package, you will be entitled to a comprehensive set of benefits. Some of these are listed below:

• Reward and recognition – to attract and retain the best talent we offer competitive pay.  We reward excellence and high performance through annual performance related increases and employee recognition awards.   

• Great support for good health – we value good health, and to support you, you will have various options for medical insurance with a 50% employer contribution and Gap cover.

• Planning for the future – Being a member of the Provident fund will provide you with savings to provide an income after retirement.

• Protection for you and your family in case of illness or injury – for peace of mind you will have Life cover, disability insurance and Funeral benefit.

• Learning and growth – our employees value the opportunities for professional and personal growth that we offer.  A wide range of training is available with Study bursaries for external courses and an opportunity to apply for School fee bursaries for your children.

• Employee Wellbeing – our Thrive program covers Physical, Emotional, Mental and Financial wellbeing to help you be at your best, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers professional resources and tools to support you and your family.

• Time off – to help you manage your work life balance and cater for different stages of life, we offer attractive annual leave, and policies to cover maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leave.

• Other – you will be able to enjoy discounted company products.  A subsidised canteen and uniforms are provided at our mill locations.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to relevant background checks carried out in South Africa.

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Primary Location

Cape Town Epping Plant

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time