Job Description

Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd has an exciting opportunity in Manufacturing Department. We are looking for a talented individual with the relevant skills and experience in Manufacturing for a Plant Engineer position, which will based in Mbeya. The successful candidate will report directly to the Manufacturing Manager.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Drive the deployment of the CCK Asset Management Strategy in the Plant

• Provide technical leadership and support to the team in terms of asset management strategy, framework, and technology to enable the implementation of business strategies.

• Support the disciplined execution of standard work practices at plant level

• Ensure compliance to the Asset Care Philosophy and related Strategies

2. 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 in the team.

• Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into team and individual goals

• Lead the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) for the plant and monitor Service Agreements

• Ensure Engineering Change Management Procedure adherence

• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of Packaging plant.

• Develop the maintenance budget for the plant

3. Plant Reliability

• Responsible and Accountable for the overall reliability and uptime of Packaging plant and Maintenance routines.

• Lead the team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams and Technical problem-solving.

• Support packaging performance improvement

• Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly.

• Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage

• Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed

• Verify that the maintenance systems are working properly.

• Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.

• Takes part in maintenance problem solving.

4. Plant Optimization

• Take part in and/or manage central office plant optimization trials or projects.

• Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment and sign off all plant modifications and changes.

• Analyze plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance, and initiates opportunity evaluation.

• Analyze plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes.

• Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support.

• Develop and implement PIMs/POMs for each machine each and ensure corrective measure taken accordingly.

• Ensure that continuous improvement is built into Packaging Engineering team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions.

5. Team Leadership and Management

• Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.

• Lead the team to conduct TRACC assessment, Competence and skills building (CAP).

• Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular team goal review sessions, one-on-ones, and performance reviews.

• Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members.

6. Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.

• Ensure implementation of the appropriate CCBA and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping (5S).

• 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 through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings.

Skills, Experience & Education

The incumbent should have at least a Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering; Qualified artisan and 5 years technical and leadership experience in a FMCG environment. Strong communication skills, good leadership qualities, good analytical skills, and a demonstrated high level of integrity.