Packaging Machine Specialist

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.

Operational Support

Provide specialist support for coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams

This will include standby, day shift and when requested after a time frame that standby will need expert advice or support

Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving for the plant and support to zone

Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials

Provide additional support to process artisan on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes

Upskill process artisans with latest SWI for machine setups or machine restorations

Planned Maintenance

Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required

Ensure backlog meets minimum hours and schedules are reviewed as per required frequency

Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner

Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows

Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance

Partake in ATO 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, these required, additional resources may be called in to assist

Where problems have been uncovered, and it is required to include the work in the planned maintenance schedule, this must be communicated to the Maintenance Planner

Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the ZCM schedule

Problem Solving

Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve

Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request take part, as functional expert, in AB- Report, SDCA and PDCA on request

Housekeeping and Safety

Always operate in a safe manner, 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 AB InBev policies and procedures

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

Present 5’s plans to team and management when required

Raise sio’s and close sio’s related to your machine area

Uphold and contribute to a culture of quality & Food safety excellence, taking ownership of systems & processes to ensure the highest standards are met

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. Where required, specialist assistance may be called in

This may include internal resources such as Instrument Technicians or Inspection and coding specialist or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers

Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention

Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem

Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician 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

Minimum Requirements:

N6 Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or higher qualification

Trade test qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Millwright

Knowledge or experience of working in a production environment particularly in FMCG