Condition Monitoring Technician at Diageo

Context/Scope
The Condition Monitoring Technicians are responsible for ensuring that the condition monitoring program effectively predicts and prevent equipment failures according to Schedules derived from a formal and structured planned maintenance System.They are required to provide high focus on predictive and preventive maintenance that will ensure that plant availability and efficiency are maximized and breakdowns minimized. 
 
Dimensions:
Financial
This is a key role in predicting and developing corrective actions to prevent failures through condition monitoring and tracking – this impacts directly on plant availability, asset life cycle cost and asset life/replacement frequency.
 
Leadership Responsibilities
Effective liaison with other Brewing, Packaging, Production Services and Maintenance Technicians, Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance planners, Shift Managers and Contractors,  to ensure maximum plant availability and continuity of reliable, quality production. Support other team members and develop positive relationships with colleagues.
 
Purpose of Role:
To apply technical, process, continuous improvement and individual/team development skills to optimise overall brewery improvement and plant performance through predictive and preventive maintenance.
 
Principal Accountabilities:
Provide a comprehensive production service on plant and equipment to which they are primarily allocated: assessing & monitoring plant performance on an ongoing basis and attending to all other process duties in a timely manner.
Deliver best possible plant operation by maximising plant availability and efficiency of operation through execution of Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules.
Identification of corrective actions to prevent failures, managed through the maintenance forward planning business process.
Develop condition monitoring, inspection and lubrication routes and manage through a condition-monitoring database.
 
Qualifications and Experience Required
Ideally one (1) years’ experience/competence in Operations, Maintenance, Process Control and Performance Measurement in a brewery or drinks or food manufacturing environment.
Ideally will should an appropriate qualification in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering) or Sciences (Industrial Physics, Computer science, Mathematics) with Condition Monitoring Experience in a Food and beverage industry with a nationally recognised technical qualification, Minimum of OND or its equivalent.

Barriers to Success in Role
Skill level inadequate to successfully operate and maintain both new and ageing assets and technology
Lack of personal flexibility to function in a tightly manned manufacturing environment with volatile production and sales demand