Thursday, March 22, 2012

Job Vacancy for MIESCOR

MIESCOR is currently building capability
on elevator, escalator and air conditioning installation,
repair and maintenance as well as on rail transport system construction,
repair and maintenance
and therefore in need of
Mechanical Engineers


with at least 1 year experience on related fields.

Interested parties may send their resume’s to hr@miescor.net .

Monday, March 19, 2012

Invitation to Join


We are inviting all professional mechanical engineers, licensed or unlicensed ME, CPM or ME student to join the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME)

Let me know if you are interested to join and I will send the membership application form by E-mail, especially for those in the Eastern Batangas area

Job Vacancy for FCP Group Philippines, Inc.

FCP Group Philippines is in need of competent and reliable people
for our new project in BAGUIO CITY starting this APRIL 2012.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS:
Registered Civil Engineer
Lead Fire Technician
Fire Alarm Technicians
Civil Works Staff (Carpenters)
Mechanics


HVAC PERSONNEL:
Registered Mechanical Engineer
HVAC Technician
Quality Assurance Officer

BRANCH OFFICE TECHNICIAN:
Multi-Skilled Technicians

Be part of
FCP Group Philippines, Inc.

Attractive Compensation Package and Benefits!
Submit your resume on or before
M a r c h 26, 2 0 1 2

Visit their website at www.fcpgroup.net
Or call them at telefax 894-0398 or 0922-8067365
Send resume to U514 Makati Executive Center
#114 Leviste cor Rufino Sts. Salcedo Vill., Makati City
or E-mail them at recruitment@fcpgroup.net

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Flow - Psychology of Optimal Experience

Everyone wants to live a happy life. All other goals we make (for health, beauty, marriage, friendship, recognition, success, money or power) is based on the premise that it will give us happiness. Happiness is the ultimate goal. Yet many people put the other goals above all other and in the end could not find happiness.

When are people most happy ? Happiness is not a result of chance or good fortune. It results from people learning to control their inner experience when confronted by external events. Happiness results when people are in the state of flow. Though we also enjoy the calm and relaxing times, the best moments usually occur when one's mind or body is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

“Flow” is the way people describe their state of mind when consciousness is harmoniously ordered, and they want to pursue whatever they are doing for its
own sake. This state is characterized by the following :
1) Having a clear understanding of what you want to achieve
2) Being able to concentrate for a sustained period of time
3) Losing the feeling of consciousness of one's self including awareness of bodily needs
4) Finding that time passes quickly (it always does when you're having fun
5) Experiencing a balance between your ability level and the challenge at hand
6) Having a sense of personal control over the situation
7) Feeling that the activity is intrinsically rewarding
8) Joy and creativity at their peak
9) Being completely absorbed and totally involved in the activity itself

Flow MODEL

The flow model is shown as a two dimensional graph showing the emotional states between various levels of perceived skill level and challenge. For example, when the perceived challenge is too high compared to how their skill level, the result is worry or anxiety for the individual as he or she may feel not capable of successfully meeting the challenge. Whereas, if a person perceives his skill (knowledge or experience) as much higher than required for a certain challenge, the individual will either feel too relaxed or even bored with the activity.
I still recall an old professor during my college days. He is quite good at the subject matters he is teaching. Some of my classmates say he is very good at teaching and that they are able to learn much better than with the other teachers. However, for some reason some of us just makes one or so stupid mistakes during his test exams. It was really frustrating not getting a perfect score with such simple problems. It got to the point that I make it a point to avoid schedules when he is the subject instructor and chose those with "terror" reputation. Looking back, it was just as if my mind just goes to sleep after perceiving such a low challenge level. It took quite an effort to be able to bypass the apathy and concentrate on the test exam.
With the right challenge suited to your perceived skill level, you experience a state of mind called "Flow". It can be quite fullfilling to feel like doing something "significant".

For those who finds the challenge too high for them, the best way to improve would be :
  1. Do a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) analysis - compare your skill levels to that needed for your desired conditions
  2. Improve Yourself - make a development plan for upgrading your knowledge and skill level and implement it
  3. Coaching - motivate yourself or get someone in your social network to do so and keep you on track with your development plan and reach your goals
Reference book : Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What is a Proactive Maintenance Technician ?

A proactive maintenance technician is a highly trained professional, with knowledge in many skills area (including safety and production) in addition to his own field of expertise. This professional knows and can implement proactive maintenance strategy for any piece of equipment, using his knowledge and experience to ensure the maintenance process is optimized by making constructive improvement recommendations to management.

He is characterize by the following :
  1. Constantly reviews information to ensure procedures are accurate
  2. Resolves issues quickly
  3. Ensures the procedure is repeatable
  4. Leads by example
  5. Knows and follows best practices in his work
  6. Has a suitable reference book on hand
  7. Starts and Ends his work on time
  8. Knows the planned and scheduled work for the week
  9. Inspect the next day's tool and spares requirement beforehand
  10. Makes recommendations for improvements
  11. Makes sure area is clean and safe when completing his work
  12. Proud of his work
What about your group of maintenance technicians ? Can you say they are a proactive bunch ?

Reference : A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Technician by Ricky Smith

    Wednesday, March 14, 2012

    Job Opportunities in Vetyard

    For Local employment
    (1) Senior licensed mechanical engineer - with experience in doing mechanical design elements for major projects. He should be able to work with the principal designers by attending meetings and manage the production of drawings and reports. Also, with experience in managing a project team and provide guidance to junior members of the team.

    For overseas employment (US)

    Repairs and Maintenance Manager – for a terminal container; at least 10 years experience, between 35 to 45 years old; can lead IT systems.


    Send your updated resume to Julie Casis at email: jcasis@vetyard.com

    Job Openings in Unilever

    Below are several job opportunities in Unilever.
    Job Title: PERSONAL CARE MFG FILLING EXECUTIVE
    Location: Paco, Manila
    Work Level: 1A
    Key Roles and Responsibilities:
    The Personal Care Manufacturing Filling Executive is the site owner of Paco’s PC liquids mfg 3P filling site.


    SHE
    Responsible for site’s compliance with Unilever safety and environment standards.

    Responsible for ensuring that all shopfloor is properly informed and trained on the prescribed work procedures and company safety rules and regulations.

    Also responsible for updating these work procedures, rules and standards as needed.

    In case of emergency, is the primary point of contact (total site).


    OPERATIONS
    Owner of the site’s operational process and procedures, as well as cascading and sign-off with team.

    Facilitates the formation and cascade of standard operating procedures, criteria and settings with team.

    Finalizes total site production plan, together with production scheduler and SU planners.

    Ensures availability of Bulk and PM via constant coordination with Planning team and PC Mixing.

    Performs daily site inspection for GHK and leads correction of non-compliances observed.

    Owns the site’s Key Performance Indicators (Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale):
    - maintains a system for collection, analysis and review of these KPIs
    - maintains loss trees for relevant KPIs
    - leads analysis and improvement initiatives arising from loss tree analysis

    Facilitates daily Output Reliability meetings.

    Ensures efficiency and results of the regular line Circle meetings.

    Facilitates the formation of PC Filling quality plan and cascades to team, together with the site’s Quality team.

    Facilitates Why-Why and Root Cause analysis discussion, together with Team Leader, on Quality issues encountered
    and eventual close out.

    Identifies and arranges for training for skills needed by the shopfloor team.

    In charge of administrative transactions with 3Ps

    MAINTENANCE
    Ensures team is equipped with proper technical training and knowledge to fully execute CILT activities.

    Reviews CILT findings and improvement ideas, and ensures appropriate action plan to address any issues

    Facilitate weekly review of total site Tagging, OPL, Visual Control generation performance with the 3P AM Pillar Heads

    Review and facilitation of Breakdown Analysis

    MANNING
    Reviews total site Training Needs Analysis created by T&E Pillar heads and approves individual training plan.

    Execution of training plan by tapping appropriate resources.

    Agrees with 3P total site and per line manning list

    PROJECTS/INNOVATIONS
    Ensures that prior to any New Product Innovation, all required Early Management exercises are completed.

    Facilitate technical EEM discussions, together with Dev, Planning and Production team.

    Agree with SU planning on schedules of MPTs.

    LOGISTICS
    Daily and weekly review of material reconciliation/inventory activities (variances).

    Set-up of inbound receiving and FG dispatch documented systems / procedure, in accordance to SAP principles.

    ADMIN
    Ensures timelines of transactions related to 3P mfgs.

    Ensures total site compliance to company COBP, Rules and Regulations, Company-Union Agreements.

    Minimum Qualifications: Should be a Graduate of Industrial /Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering and other Engineering related courses with at least 1 to 2 years experience preferably from FMCG/Food/Pharmaceutical industry

    **Interested parties may apply in writing and are encouraged to copy his/her immediate superior up to WL3 manager on or beforeMarch 22, 2012

    **Internal candidates should have worked at least a year in his/her position to be an eligible candidate. Internal Application Form is now available in our HR Portal Employees may send their qualified referrals to the email below.

    For inquiries, contact Unilever Recruitment Services at 702-9002 or through email at peoplelinkph@accenture.com