Technical Trainee at British American Tobacco

Job number: 17542BR
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Appointment type: Fixed term

Job Purpose and Key Deliverables

• British American Tobacco has an exciting opportunity for 24 Technical Trainees(s) to join our team in Ibadan, in the Production department.
• The job purpose is to provide technical support to the Secondary to achieve production targets by ensuring continuous and cost effective operation of machinery through:
  • Minimization of unplanned machine related down time
  • Minimization of raw materials, finished and semi finished product waste
  • Optimization of spare parts and consumables usage
  • Implementation and execution of preventative and curative maintenance plan

Main Responsibilites

• Minimising risk by ensuring compliance with BAT, EH&S and local standards 
• Ensuring that planed volumes and mixes for the shift are  achieved
• Carrying out repairs, settings and adjustments in order to ensure high quality product and optimum machine performance.
• Monitoring and reviewing of machinery performance for safety, out put, down time, quality and waste in order to draw and execute action plans for the correction of deviations.
• Optimise machine performance by proactively executing daily and weekly maintenance according to BAT prescribed policies and procedures.
• Reducing cost by optimizing the usage of machine consumables and spare parts.
• Ensuring that production administration and quality procedures are continuously followed
• Relief Operators and other PTs(APTs) whenever necessary .
• Execution of brand/size/format changeover in the most efficient manner.
• Execute stock taking as prescribed to ensure accurate figures for production planning.
• Execute materials tests in order to ensure that standards will be met in future.

Essential Requirements

• Basic technical knowledge
• Technical diploma
• Intermediate level of English
• Availability to work in shifts