Glacier Products Limited Maintenance Coordinator Job in Nairobi Kenya

Glacier Products Limited, the manufacturers of ice cream (Dairyland, Mio and Amore mia) seeks to recruit Maintenance Co-ordinator who will be based in our Nairobi plant. 

The Position of Maintenance Co-ordinator shall be reporting to the Production Manager.
 

Position: Maintenance Coordinator
    
Job Purpose: Streamline and build reliability into Maintenance activities of the factory by Initiation, development and implementation of Lean Manufacturing System (Kaizen) tools in TPM (Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, 5S, Safety Health & Environment, Training and Development, Early Equipment Management, Quality Maintenance and Focused Improvements). 

He/She will be responsible for facilitating communication between production department and maintenance department. 

Maintenance Co-coordinator Job Description

• Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair / preventive / predictive / modifications on the equipment on the shop floor;
• Develop cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work;
• Write applicable maintenance procedures that promote defect-free maintenance work quality;
• Responsible for timely up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records database (Hard and Soft copies);
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant and equipment;
• Able and competent in root cause failure analysis leadership and investigations;
• In liaison with Production Manager and Production Planner, Schedule maintenance work into production plan;
• Making maintenance schedules and ensuring that they are followed to minimize Emergency Down Time (EDT)
• Ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are captured and reported for equipment reliability, maintenance department performance and planning and scheduling business flow process.
• Maintaining individual machine reports for future references.
• Spares and Consumables for machine and equipment maintenance Inventory Management

Qualifications & Skills

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing System/Total Productive Maintenance (Kaizen)
• Computer Literacy (Ms Word, Spreadsheet, Email)
• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• A certificate or Diploma in Business Administration will be an added advantage.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years progressive experience in a busy manufacturing environment.

Interested candidates should submit their CVs through hr@dairyland.co.ke on or before 25th February 2014