Machine Specialist at International Breweries

The Key Purpose of this role is to maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.​

Key Roles and Responsibilities:​

Operational Support


Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations, this will include standby and day shift support. Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving
Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
Assess Operators and Artisans ability to carry out tasks. Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials. Adhere to work practices that support shift-based teams


Maintenance


Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner
Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising outstanding work
Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance
Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs has carried out (this includes all SAP inputs) where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window


Problem Solving


Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
Take part, as functional expert, in AB reports on request
Where necessary, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
Analyse machine performance, conduct loss and waste analysis and develop action plans to improve performance


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 policies and procedures
Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties


Key Attributes and Competencies:


Physically fit (Physically demanding environment)
Ability to self-manage, with initiative and bias for action
Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
Problem solving ability
Great attention to detail with the ability to prioritise
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work in teams
Prepared to work standby


Minimum Requirements:


Minimum N6 Engineering
Trade test qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Millwright or Instrumentation
Matric with Maths and Science
2 years' experience in an FMCG Environment
Packaging experience highly advantageous