Minimum Requirement**

• Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics.

Work Experience****

• Minimum 2 years in an FMCG, bottling or food processing plant.

• PLC experience will be an added advantage.

Specific Experience****

• Minimum 2 years in a similar role or Machine Operator role.

Knowledge**

• All aspects of packaging operations and process controls.

Operational Support**

• Providing support to the shift based teams during operations.

• Attending SBT and SBU meetings and ensures that the previous day’s actions have been actioned.

• Assisting shift based teams with situational problem solving.

• Coaching the shift based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes.

• Providing coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation and maintenance to shift based teams.

• Reviewing SIC’s and address deviations regularly.

• Developing work instructions related to equipment.

• Monitoring and managing performance of equipment.

• Verifying and ensuring that machines are running at rated speed.

• Preparing and communicating shift handover reports to ensure production continuity.

• Participating in technical meetings and escalating issues that could not be resolved during the shift and following up to ensure gap closure.

• Standing in for the Production Team Leader where required.

Planned Maintenance****

• Carrying out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner.

• Assisting fellow team members in the execution of their tasks during planned maintenance windows.

• Where required, partaking in maintenance post mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learning’s from maintenance activities.

• Optimising of the maintenance schedules.

• Coaching and training operators on autonomous maintenance tasks.

• Reviewing line KPI’s to ensure that maintenance work is yielding the right results.

Routine Maintenance****

• Partaking in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner.

• Carrying out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule.

• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem solving techniques.

• 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.

• Running Repairs

• Carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment.

• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action.

• Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicates this to the Team Leader / Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned maintenance window.

Problem Solving****

• Applying the correct problem solving methodologies to resolve problems.

• Coaching operators on situational problem solving.

• Soliciting support for problems solving or escalate to the Team for direction.

• Where required, partake in systemic problem solving.

Housekeeping and safety****

• Working in a safe manner at all times, and to identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected.

• Adhering to appropriate CCBA policies and procedures.

• Carrying out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties.

• Support NPD implementation and trials:

• Supporting NPD trials to be able to run on assets.

• Ensuring adherence to NPD procedures.

• Ensuring all changes on assets are well documented as per the Engineering Change Management business processes.

Training and Development**

• Training and coaching operators on asset care and autonomous maintenance practices.

• Where required; signing-off operators on autonomous maintenance tasks.

• Developing operational and technical standards and work instructions.