About US:

Mastermind Consult Ltd is a Human Resources consultancy firm in Uganda run by qualified Human Resource management professionals, dedicated to helping organizations meet their people management needs.

Job Summary:

The Production Technician is responsible for safely operating the ship on his/her shift machines and ensuring staff are available to produce a total number of the required product items that are qualitative in accordance with customer and /or other specifications.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Roles

• Monitor and adjust production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.
• Ensuring Proper ratio mixture of materials by material mixers
• Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing
• practices and standard operating procedures.
• Monitoring machines operations and (reporting anomalies to Engineering head).
• Machine switching on, start-up and setting to achieve laid down operation parameters.
• Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production and ensuring quality of products being produced.
• OEE control as per the daily routines.
• Assist engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes or new products, processes, or procedures.

Coordination in the production process

• Proper and physical handover to incoming PT at the end of the shift (read report and ascertain
• its truth). Provide production, progress, or changeover reports to shift supervisors.
• Manpower & duty distribution (allocating machines to operators).
• Monitor and report attendance of machine operators.
• Plan and lay out work to meet production and schedule requirements
• Prepare production documents, such as standard operating procedures, manufacturing batch
• records, inventory reports, or productivity reports  Provide advice or training to other
• technicians

Control of manufacturing processes

• Ensuring and maintaining of cleanliness and safety on the factory floor.
• Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.
• Set up and verify the functionality of safety equipment
• Adhere to all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures for health, safety, and environmental compliance.
• Conduct environmental safety inspections in accordance with standard protocols to ensure production activities comply with environmental regulations or standards.
• Transfer hazardous or non-hazardous waste materials to collection areas for disposal, recycling, or reuse
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Manufacturing facility experience preferred.
• Mechanically inclined, manual dexterity, and good hand/eye coordination
• Positive attitude, high energy, flexibility, and personal initiative, inquisitiveness
• and ability to implement improvements to processes and policies
• Ability to work well under pressure and maintain professional demeanor
• Working extended periods of time standing
• Ability to lift heavy staff more frequently.

All candidates should send their applications and updated CVs to [email protected]

Deadline: 8th April 2020