Packaging Engineer at The Coca-Cola Company

Key Duties & Responsibilities    

Drive the deployment of the CCBSA Asset Management Strategy in the Plant

• Provide technical leadership and support to plant Packaging Engineering teams
• Support the disciplined execution of standard work practices at plant level
• Ensure compliance to the Asset Care Philosophy and related Strategies

Asset Care

• Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice
• Implement the asset care plan for the Packaging plant
• Ensure that asset care competencies are developed. Ensure training needs are addressed
• Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into team and individual goals
• Implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including (Condition Monitoring)
• Lead the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) and monitor Service Agreements
• Ensure Engineering Change Management Procedure adherence
• Execute the technical gap plan for the plant
• Ensure audit compliance to the asset care program
• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of Packaging plant
• Evaluate Packaging CAPIN requests to ensure items are compatible to systems, RAM issues best price and solution
• Develop the maintenance budget

Plant Reliability

• Responsible for the overall reliability and uptime
• Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift based production teams
• Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimisation initiatives
• Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly
• Verify that the Packaging Engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work
• Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage
• Review the maintenance day execution scorecards of all the lines, address abnormalities as appropriate
• Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed
• Verify that the maintenance systems are working properly and that data integrity and information accuracy is maintained
• Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the correct problem solving techniques are being applied

Plant Optimisation

• Take part in and/or manage central office plant optimisation trials or projects, providing advice, assistance and guidance where required
• Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and sign off all plant modifications and changes
• Analyse plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement
• Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures
• Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes
• Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities
• Ensure that continuous improvement is built into Packaging Engineering team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership and Management

• Lead the Packaging Engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of Packaging Engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by the team
• Entrench a high performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions, one-on-one’s and performance reviews
• Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging and broader engineering team
• Manage Contracted-out maintenance services

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the Packaging Engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate CCBA and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
• Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded
• Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus
• Where unsafe work practices have been identified, correct this

Skills, Experience & Education    

Qualifications 

• Minimum requirement: Diploma/BSc: Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical )
• Added advantage: A successful track record as a Packaging Unit Manager

Experience 

• Minimum: 3 years maintenance experience 
• Ideal: 5 years of experience in maintenance of packaging equipment 
• Broad based engineering and packaging knowledge as applicable in CCBA 
• Previous line management experience an added advantage 
• Deep understanding of Packaging Operations, processes and systems. 
• Deep understanding of Asset Management and OEM Partnering. 
• Understanding of Project Management. 
• Understanding of CCBA Asset Management standards and guidelines, including the Manufacturing Way. 
• A reasonable understanding of Packaging Materials and Sundries. 
• A good understanding of Safety, Health and Environment which includes Sustainable Development. 
• A good understanding of CCBA business processes which include financial management, performance management, talent management and IR.

Closing Date: 16th, June 2022