Pact Group Holdings, Melbourne (Current)

Junior Plant Engineer

The aim of the project was to design and manufacture a boat with a mechanism, which could direct the boat from one end of a pool to the other and return, using solar power as the energy form and without employing any energy storage device such as a spring or batteries.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervised and operated extrusion factory and thermoforming plant to manufacture polymer sheets and packaging products.
• Successfully created and tested the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for three different extruders and sheet line extrusion of different brands that includes EREMA, SML and WALEX.
• Undertaking plant troubleshooting, optimisation and surveillance activities to ensure assets are operating safely and production is optimised daily.
• Ensuring that the Pact Group’s OH&S, and Job Safety and Environmental Analysis (JSEA’s) policy is accessible, and its provisions are implemented within all areas of operation in compliance with legislative WHS requirements.
• Took the initiative to introduce a well-designed induction training program for operating machines in collaboration with Paulson Training.
• Used Enterprise Resource Planning software, SAP, to monitor and maintain performance by developing control charts such as Upper and Lower Control Limit (UCL/LCL) & conducting Quality Control (QC) checks.
• Ensuring to implement and updating Standard Manufacturing Practice (SMP’s) for all products types.

Achievements

• Successfully converted my internship into full-time employment during the 6th week.
• Increased the productivity by 8% per shift by identifying problems such as extruder’s melt pump and winder.
• Maintained Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) between 85% and 95%.