Senior Plant Technician Emirates Industry For Camel Milk&Products Factory

Job Summary

The Senior Plant Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and supporting the efficient operation of plant machinery, utilities, boilers, refrigeration systems, compressors, pumps, chillers, pasteurisation / processing equipment, filling / packing lines, and related factory equipment. The role ensures equipment reliability, production continuity, food safety compliance, and safe plant operations within Camelicious factory operations.

Key Responsibilities

Plant Machinery Maintenance

• Perform preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance for plant machinery, processing lines, packing machines, pumps, motors, valves, conveyors, and related production equipment.

• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and utility-related faults and take corrective action within approved technical scope.

• Support production teams during machine start-up, changeover, cleaning, shutdown, and emergency breakdowns.

• Ensure minimum downtime through timely troubleshooting and escalation of critical technical issues.

Utilities, Boilers & Refrigeration

• Monitor and maintain boilers, steam lines, refrigeration systems, chillers, compressors, cold rooms, pumps, water systems, and other plant utilities.

• Conduct routine checks on pressure, temperature, vibration, leakage, lubrication, and operating parameters.

• Ensure utilities are available and operating safely to support production, storage, and quality requirements.

• Coordinate with external service providers for specialised maintenance, calibration, inspection, or statutory servicing where required.

Preventive Maintenance & Documentation

• Execute preventive maintenance plans as per schedule and update maintenance records accurately.

• Maintain equipment history, breakdown reports, spare parts usage, job cards, inspection checklists, and shift handover notes.

• Identify recurring issues and recommend technical improvements to improve machine reliability.

• Assist in maintaining critical spare parts lists and informing Stores / Procurement of technical requirements.

Food Safety, Hygiene & HSE

• Follow food safety, hygiene, GMP, HACCP, and company HSE requirements while working in production and utility areas.

• Ensure maintenance work does not create contamination risk, unsafe conditions, or production quality issues.

• Apply lockout / tagout, confined space, hot work, chemical handling, and other safety controls where applicable.

• Report unsafe equipment, near misses, leakages, abnormal machine conditions, and potential breakdown risks immediately.

Technical Support & Supervision

• Guide junior technicians and machine operators on basic troubleshooting, safe equipment handling, and operational care.

• Support installation, commissioning, modification, and improvement projects.

• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Stores, and Maintenance teams for smooth maintenance execution.

• Perform any other technical duties assigned by the Maintenance Manager / Plant Management.