The Key Purpose of this role is to Co-ordinate, coach and control the activities of the level one maintenance teams in the production environment and to provide specialist technical
advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Manage all Packaging Electrical and Mechanical maintenance activities and lead a team of 6 employees across on day shift
- Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
- Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the Packaging Line by analyzing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and implementing Continuous Improvements
- Review and Implementation of Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)
- Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance effectively
- Participate in executing the departments asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the Packaging department is maintained
- Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff
- Manage and Control Maintenance Cost against available budget
- Ensure engineering standards applied correctly
- Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOPs
- Support Packaging Line
- Support Process Artisans on shift.
- Coach Machine Specialist and Day Shift Artisans on AWS
- Responsible for fault-finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the Packaging Line by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken
- Identifies the major engineering losses in the Packaging Line you responsible for and investigates using problem solving methodologies. (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)
- Review emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective action
- Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs
- Minimum Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical/Electrical
- Optional Trade: Fitter and Turner/Millwright/Electrical
- Optional Degree: Engineering
- 3-5 Years FMCG Experience would be advantageous.
- Previous experience with VPO or other continuous improvement tools would be advantageous
- Ability to prioritize and manage maintenance projects in a brewing environment
- Good knowledge of sustainable development reporting would be advantageous
- Good all-round knowledge of manufacturing
- Demonstrated knowledge of SHE policies and procedures
- Band: VII
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.







