An analysis of work of maintenance department employees

The article presents the results of research into the time of work of maintenance department employees in a selected production plant. The measurements have been taken for three selected employees during 9 working days. Major activities performed by the employees have been identified and classified in three basic groups: the effective time devoted to daily duties connected with technical means maintenance, the auxiliary time which involves preparatory and administrative works as well as the ineffective time during which the employees undertook activities not related to the performed work. Among the ineffective and auxiliary activities the longest lasting ones have been specified. By means of the 5Why Method the causes responsible for the occurrence of major ineffective and auxiliary activities have been identified. As a result of the conducted analysis, corrective measures aimed at shortening the time of these activities have been identified, which should contribute to the improvement of maintenance department employees’ work effectiveness.