Production Technician: Cosmetics, Personal And Household Care Products

Job Summary

The Production Technician will be tasked with performing duties in line with the manufacturing of quality personal and household care products by ensuring the set-up, operation, monitoring and minor maintenance of manufacturing equipment in a safe and productive manner.
One will be working closely with co-workers and the Shift Coach in developing processes, and SOPs for each product in the company’s line.

Minimum Qualification:Bachelor
Experience Level:Mid level
Experience Length:1 year
Job Description

Responsibilities

1.
Product
design and formulation
2.
Manufacturing
of pilot batches
3.
Planning
production schedules
4.
Laboratory
and factory management
5.
Conducting
efficacy and stability tests for newly developed products
6.
Carrying
out Quality control of manufactured products
7.
Sample
monitoring and testing of processed products
8.
Ensure
production output are in compliance with the quality and regulatory standards
9.
Acquiring
regulatory certifications for newly developed products e.g. KEBS
10. Establishing quality control
standards
11. Product benchmarking and reverse
engineering
12. Root cause analysis for different
manufacturing problems
13. Management and Coordination of
material inputs required for the production
14. Manage allocation of production
workers for the production activities
15. Guide the sourcing of raw
materials and determining their quality

Key skills

1.
Bachelor’s
Degree in Engineering- Chemical and process Engineering, Production engineering
or related degrees
2.
1+
years’ experience in product design & formulation. Experience in
manufacturing cosmetic, personal and household products –A must
3.
Adept
in process optimization
4.
Mechanical
aptitude to perform basic repairs and maintenance on equipment