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Artisan: Site Services Mechanical

City:  Johannesburg

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Are you keen to make a tangible difference in Site Service the backbone of Engineering for ensuring that Operations does not stop. As a Artisan :Site Service Mechenical equipment upgrades or modifications, applying SMED principles, and implementing effective maintenance programmes. You will also plays a critical role in transferring operational and basic maintenance skills to operators. Additionally, the role involves monitoring and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) related to efficiency, wastage, labour, availability, and non-conformance to drive performance improvement.We're inviting you to be a cornerstone of our continuous drive for excellence, where your influence will go beyond operations to truly shape our success.

 

Your responsibilities

  • Equipment Performance & Maintenance: Accountable for equipment reliability, capacity, and overall effectiveness through preventive, predictive, and scheduled maintenance.
  • Continuous Improvement Leadership: Lead initiatives to improve utilities and manufacturing performance, including applying SMED and Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) principles.
  • Standards & Compliance: Set and enforce maintenance standards while ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations.
  • KPI & Operational Management: Monitor equipment effectiveness, analyse machine logs, and drive actions to improve key performance indicators.
  • Support & Resource Management: Manage spares inventory, support team development, and contribute to overall maintenance team growth.

 

The experience we're looking for

  • Qualifications & Experience: N4 qualification with a valid Red Seal trade test and 3–5 years’ post-qualification experience, preferably in an FMCG and utilities environment.
  • Technical Skills: Strong welding (TIG, MIG, Stick, Flux) and machining (lathe) skills, with solid fault-finding and diagnostic capabilities.
  • Systems & Reporting: Proficient in SAP, report writing, and general computer use, with good analytical abilities.
  • Leadership & Communication: Able to lead meetings, facilitate continuous improvement initiatives, take ownership of operations, and train others.
  • Safety & Quality Focus: Knowledge of hazardous materials and environments, with strong quality awareness and adherence to safety standards.

The skills for success

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What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.


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