Trainee Block Makers

Our client in the Manufacturing / Supply industry is seeking two Trainee Block Makers to join their company, based in Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha.

Requirements:

• Available Immediately.
• Technical or Trade (Fitter).
• At least N3 (Matric) plus trade qualification.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in automated production plants as an operator (mechanical maintenance and repairs).
• Numerical literacy.
• Experience leading a small team in a similar environment.
• Solid technical experience.
• Experience operating SCADA systems.
• Competent Microsoft Office (Advantageous)
• Good reading and writing skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Know concrete and continuously monitor the batching for accuracy and consistency per product.
• Plant and equipment availability.
• Understand the block machine, setup, and its settings per mould.
• Understand the concept of Throughput (TP).
• Make exceptional quality the first time.
• Choose, know, and guide your team.
• Health and safety.
• Record keeping and reporting.
• Hand over to the next shift Block Maker and writing the information of the past shift with all its achievements and failures.
• Have a meetings to highlight the safety, quality, production and attendance issues from the previous shifts and the targets for the shift.
• Ensure that the machine is set up correctly.
• Continually inspect the various sections of the production process to ascertain correctness and to correct where necessary.
• In the case of day shift, the machine is to be stopped for no more than 4 hours for cleaning and maintenance. In this time the BM must ensure that all areas are cleaned correctly.
• Moulds should be planned for and changed in this cleaning time, ensuring mould change downtime is kept to a minimum.
• Before the end of the shift the BM must check and sign off the Daily Production Sheet for their shift and prepare the handover log/register to ensure that all plant and production issues are brought clearly to the relieving BM’s attention.

If you are not contacted within two weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.