Nafasi Ya Kazi :-   Packaging Machine Specialist At AB InBev January 2025

Job type: Full-time

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to maintain equipment in an as new condition, assuring reliable performance to standard through inspections, corrective actions to restore equipment back to inherent condition, problem solving to address root cause of failures and loop-closure and provide input into the ZBB maintenance budget. Coaching operators in the correct way to operate equipment and perform autonomous operations. Typically assigned to quality impact machines like bottle washer, filler and labelers, quality checks are carried out and deviations to standard acted on.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Health, safety and environment

• Comply with safe, health and environmental procedures and legislation.
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Identification of unsafe practices through SIO’s.
• Safety inspections conducted.
• Safe maintenance practices audited.
• Adherence to PPE policies.
• Maintenance tools are in good working order

Maintain and repair plant and associated devices

• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation and or systems.
• Plan and prepare the job.
• Carry out repairs / maintenance.
• Operate workshop equipment

Workin teams

• Communicate effectively in teams.
• Contribute to self and team development

Backlog

• Generate tags for follow on work
• Satisfied customers – no rework.

Operational support 

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations.
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving.
• This must be undertaken in support of the Process Artisan where requested: provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on mechanical equipment, mechanical fault-finding and correct responses to mechanical failure modes

Planned maintenance

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine maintenance

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques.

Running repairs 

• On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out as per SAP requirements

Problem solving

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request Take part in FFA’s on request

Improvement

• Improve SWI’s, SOP’s and maintenance tasks on an ongoing basis as issues arise to ensure that the loop is closed out to prevent issues arising.

Housekeeping and safety

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate InBev policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 4S principles during the execution of duties

Key attributes and competencies:

• Management skills.
• People handling ability.
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Conceptual skills.
• Engineering Specialist SME – Subject matter expert

Minimum requirements:

• National Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical)
• NTC5/N5 Technikon qualification
• Trade test qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Millwright
• 3 – 5 years in a packaging bottling production environment
• 1-3 Years technical mechanical/electrical and bottling experience in a FMCG environment
• Packaging maintenance workshop experience.
• Bottling hall and production experience.
• Machine specific experience

Additional information:

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

How to Apply:

This is Full-time Job, To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.

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