Machine Technician

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Job Description: The Machine Technician will maintain, troubleshoot and optimize packaging machinery used across production lines to support continuous manufacturing operations, ensuring equipment reliability, safety and product quality in a regulated environment. The role works on-site in Korangi, Karachi and coordinates with production, maintenance and quality teams to minimize downtime and implement preventive measures. Primary responsibilities include: • Perform routine inspection, preventive maintenance and calibration of packaging machines, conveyors and auxiliary equipment. • Diagnose mechanical, electrical and pneumatic faults and carry out timely repairs to restore production. • Disassemble and reassemble machine components, replace worn parts, and adjust mechanisms to ensure correct operation and product specifications. • Set up machines for production runs, changeovers and format adjustments while minimizing waste and downtime. • Maintain accurate maintenance logs, report recurring issues and recommend improvements to enhance equipment uptime. • Follow safety protocols, cleanroom/GMP-related procedures, and cooperate with quality control during equipment validations.Job Specification: • Mechanical skills: experience with gearboxes, bearings, couplings, shafts, belts and chain drives; able to read mechanical drawings. • Electrical & pneumatic troubleshooting: wiring, motors, sensors, solenoids and air systems; read basic electrical schematics. • Packaging equipment experience: cartoners, blister machines, filling or sealing machines or general production machinery. • Hands-on tools: competent with hand tools, power tools, measuring instruments and alignment techniques. • Maintenance practices: preventive maintenance programs, maintenance logs and spare-parts control. • Problem solving: fault isolation, root-cause analysis and corrective action implementation. • Work style: good communication and teamwork; support shift handovers.Job Rewards and Benefits: Communication