Packaging Maintenance Controller at International Breweries

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 technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Asset Care

• Manage all brewing mechanical maintenance activities and lead a team of 4 employees across on day shift.
• Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimise production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs.
• Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the brewing area 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 department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the brewing department is maintained.
• Control and oversee 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.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Responsible for fault finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the brewing area by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken.
• Identifies the major engineering losses in brewing area 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.

Safety and Hygiene

• Ensure team compliance with acts and procedures.
• Maintain 5 S and housekeeping standards.
• Ensure reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures.
• Promote safety awareness.

Administration

• Manager Level 1 & 2 Team goals in brewing area.
• Conduct individual and team performance reviews and one on ones. Provide performance feedback.
• Lead all VPO initiatives in the department.
• Apply and sustain industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreement & core values.

Quality

• Ensures that company quality standards and are adhered to in the brewing area.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• High Integrity and discipline.
• High energy levels and good interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to implement effective problem solving.
• Sound organisational skills and ability to work in a highly structured and controlled environment.
• Team player with outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Leadership skills.
• People Management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at various levels of the organisation.

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma Mechanical Engineering (S4)/ (N6) and Trade Tested Fitter or Millwright.
• Maintenance Diploma would be advantageous.
• 3-5 years experience in Preventive, Predictive Maintenance of concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery.
• Previous work experience with VPO or other continuous improvement tools would be advantageous.
• Good all round knowledge of manufacturing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SHE policies and procedures.
• Sound knowledge of VPO and workplace change principles.
• Sound knowledge of the Computer Maintenance Management System (SAP).
• A good understanding of the Change Management Process.
• Have a general understanding about Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.