General Worker at Unilever

by Unilever Kenya

in Casual Worker
Entry Level
Nairobi, KENYA
2026-08-17

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    2026-08-17
  • Location
    Nairobi, KENYA
  • Expiration date
    2026-10-16
  • Experience
    1 Year
  • Gender
    Both
  • Qualification
    KCSE

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate in delivering customer satisfaction in fast-moving consumer goods manufacturing operations and adhering to world class quality standards while maximizing cost effectiveness and application of optimal equipment runs and equipment efficiency, then this role is just for you

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical
As general worker, you are required to:

Operational Activities:

  • Start-Up/Shutdown procedures – Carries out pre-start-up checks to ensure that the area and equipment is clean and is in a safe condition as per the SOP.  Assists, shutting down equipment and the area as per the SOP.
  • Cleaning –Performs initial inspection and cleaning as per SOPs.   Alert machine operators/ team leaders to potential sources of contamination and dirt identified in inaccessible places.
  •  Material Availability – Provides support to the machine operator to ensure a a continuous supply of product to the line.
  • Quality – Monitor quality against set standards and reports any product and packaging faults.  Detects process abnormalities quickly and takes emergency action to prevent them.
  •  Administration – Conducts effective hand-over activities and accurately records events that have occurred during shift

What You Need To Succeed

  • General workers require a level of agility to move quickly between workstations, ascend and descend steps.
  • Assembly and control operations also require a level of hand eye coordination and finger dexterity.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirement:

  • KCSE National school leaver qualifications.  This will support recording of data and general teamwork skills with emphasis on good communication.
  • At Least 1 year working experience in similar role.

Preferred:

  • Experience of manufacturing in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Company is desirable but not essential.
  • IT Skills – competent in the use of Microsoft Office; Excel and Word programmes is preferred.