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Maintenance Technician

Location: 

Tema, Greater Accra (GH-AA), GH, GT000

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the Role

The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for carrying out preventive, corrective and breakdown maintenance on electrical, instrumentation and mechanical equipment in the plant to ensure the availability of the plant to meet production targets. The Maintenance Technician will report to the Maintenance Coordinator and based in Tema.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Carries out routine or daily inspection and solve mechanical and electrical problems in the plant.

  • Ensure all reports required (job request, shift report…) are accurately and timely filled. Also, to follow – up on all jobs assigned to them but not completed during the shift to ensure that they are closed and well documented.

  • Obtains preventive schedule and breakdown information to undertake maintenance works on electrical, instrumentation and mechanical equipment within red zone and the white zone area of the plant.

  • Responsible for operating and maintaining the utilities equipment (shell and gas boilers, air-compressors, chillers, electric generators. Water supply system)

  • Troubleshoots on defective electrical and mechanical equipment and undertake the necessary repair works.

  • Undertakes emergency or breakdown maintenance activities and where problem is beyond their capability must inform Shift Supervisor to call-in the relevant personnel for technical support.

  • Work hand-in-hand with all technicians in resolving all mechanical and electrical problems quickly.

  • Ensures the full implementation of the QMS procedures related to Maintenance and communicates proposed changes to the Management Representative. This includes the documentation and approval of procedures and work instructions, process forms etc as appropriate.

  • Carry out any duties assigned at the workshop by the Maintenance Supervisor.

  • Required to man the plant in the event of total shutdown during public holidays.

  • Ensures smooth shutdown and start-up of the line during holidays under the responsibility of the Shift Supervisor

  • Ensure all jobs are done in line with good safety and QA rules

  • Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

 

About You

  • HND in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification (Industrial Maintenance Technician Part III, Level II) with a minimum of three years in the food manufacturing industry (cocoa process will be a plus)

  • Good knowledge in plant mechanical and electrical engineering

  • Good knowledge in programmable logic control systems.

  • Able to diagnose hydraulic and pneumatic faults and identify the cause of problems

  • Able to troubleshoot and work confidently and independently.

  • Able to interpret mechanical diagrams and make modifications.

  • Good knowledge of the food processing industry, Food Safety, Food Defense and HACCP

  • Proficient in Office applications, SAP and Maintenance systems

  • A team player with good communication and organizational skills

  • Knowledge in basic welding will be an advantage

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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