Goodman Fielder Papua New Guinea is one of PNG’s largest food companies, manufacturing and distributing high-quality Flour, Stock Feed, Rice, Snacks, and Bakery products throughout the country. Well-known products and brands include Flame Flour, Flame Stockfeed, Flame Oil & Sugar, Flame Rice, Bilas Bread, Skel Rice, Twisties snacks, Arthurs Pies, and the Meadow Lea range.

At GFI, we care about making food better for everyone.

Our goal is to be the leading and most innovative food company with a mission to meet our customers’ needs for superior quality foods with brands that are trusted by families everywhere. We are the go-to source of consumer, shopper, and customer insights to help our customer and business partners succeed.

We currently have an immediate vacancy for a Maintenance Team Leader - Bakery to join our already strong and vibrant Maintenance Team in Port Moresby. Reporting to the Maintenance Engineer, the successful incumbent will direct, coordinate, and monitor the activities of workgroups involved in the maintenance of the Bakery production Plant & Machinery and areas within. The workgroup purpose is to maintain all machinery efficiently so there is very minimal or no downtime for the Bakery Production team so that they can meet packaging and sales requirements and to meet their objectives of the daily operation plan.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving Safety Work and Hygiene practices as a daily HABBIT at Workplace.

1. Focus on getting team members to maintain Self-Hygiene, workplace Housekeeping at respective workstations.
2. Focus on getting team to follow through in detail any requested Permit to Work procedure system.
3. Coordinate and follow up on Safety talk/walks (Lead observations) and report any safety findings (Hazzard).
4. Take part and lead in achieving Quality and Safety compliance (QA & Safety Audits)

• Drive “Teamwork” practise in our environment.

1. Communication – Follow up and making sure communication is very effective in workplace.
2. Effectively communicate between team members and supervisors
3. Effectively communicate between Engineering Department and Process Managers & Supervisors
4. Drive and lead daily and weekly team meetings
5. Safety Team meetings
6. Work Order Meetings

• Engineering Team Meetings

1. Plan and lead scheduled trainings on process/machine to team
2. Assist wherever possible to get team members flexibility to help others in need & teach others

• Executive of the Planned Maintenance Work Order Cycle Process (Preventative & Corrective Maintenance)

1. Successfully manages and assist in shutdown Maintenance
2. Plan Daily, Weekly and Monthly Preventative & Electrical tasks and issue out to provide feedback in timely.
3. Follow up and update critical Spare parts on regular basis
4. Executing corrective planned Mechanical Work orders on time.

• Required to monitor/cover production lines as per overall production plans

1. Shift coverage – Being available when called upon to cover production lines or any other urgent work request.
2. Machine down time – Focus on Capturing and reducing total down times as fast as possible but in a safe manner.
3. Drive and making sure Breakdown escalation process works in timely manner
4. Responsible for collecting, Analysing, and reporting breakdown reports to team.
5. Drive and implement the breakdown analysis

To be considered for the role, you will need to have:

• Diploma/Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Maintenance Trade Certificate
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Possess satisfactory language, mathematical and reasoning skills
• 3 years plus previous experience in a maintenance Fitting/Mech Trade
• Ability to self-manage and use initiative
• Punctual and reliable
• Team player
• Previous experience with packaging equipment in an industrial food production environment.
• Ability to do problem solving and hands on
• At least three years’ experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment Bakery/Oven Plants, with demonstrated success in a similar level position within the FMCG industries.

Be part of the Skel life and join a team that values healthy eating and active lifestyles and wants to share that with all the people of PNG. Still interested? Send your letter of application and CV/resume with at least 2 referees to:

Internal Recruiter,

Goodman Fielder Papua New Guinea

P. O. Box 673, Port Moresby NCD PNG

E-mail: resumes@gfpng.com

Please submit your application in either word or pdf and in only one attachment.

Applications close Thursday 17^th October 2024

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.