Job Title: Packaging Engineer
Organisation: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA)
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About the Company:
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is the largest African Coca-Cola Bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. In Uganda, CCBA is represented by Century Bottling Company Limited and Rwenzori Bottling Company Limited.
Job Summary: In Uganda, we are currently seeking to recruit a Packaging Engineer based at the Mbarara Plant. As a Packaging Engineer, you will report directly to the Manufacturing Manager.
Key Purpose Statement
The primary role of a Packaging Engineer is to ensure the engineering integrity of the packaging plant. This includes responsibility for asset
care, cost and performance control, overall reliability, and “up-time” of The Plant.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and support to the Plant Engineering teams in terms of asset management strategy, framework, and
- technology in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment, and team interaction to enable the implementation of Business strategies.
- Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the Plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
- Implement the asset care plan for the Plant, ensuring the Packaging Engineering team have the required competencies to execute the plan.
- Support plant performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimisation initiatives.
- Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment and sign off all plant modifications and changes. Analyse plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement plant performance, and initiates opportunity evaluation.
- Ensure that the Engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.
- Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Engineering team goal review sessions, one-on-ones, and performance reviews.
- To draw up and communicate a Business plan annually so that the direction and objectives of the department are optimally planned, executed, and monitored in line with CCBA’s strategic objectives.
- To drive WCM initiatives in the Engineering environment
- To manage and support team leaders and team to achieve production, maintenance, inventory and quality targets in a cost-effective manner
- To formulate and control expense and capital budgets so that expenses are planned for and managed effectively within budgetary parameters
- To sell, manage, implement, and actively support change interventions and projects to encourage the unit to internalize the change to meet operational targets.
- To solve systemic problems to save costs, minimize risk and losses, and improve productivity in line with benchmarks.
- Adhere to the food safety (FSSC) requirements and Quality standards at all levels (local, international, and CCBU policy).
- Stop and report to EOSH any works onsite that are deemed unsafe as per the Risk Assessments.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum requirement: A minimum of a Bachelor’s in engineering (Mechanical or Electrical
- Added advantage: A successful track record as a Packaging Unit Manager
Experience
- At least 5 years of maintenance experience
- Ideal: 3 years of experience in maintenance of packaging and utilities equipment at a supervisory level
Competencies
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Interpersonal skills
- Team management skills
- Deep understanding of Asset Management and OEM Partnering.
- Understanding of Project Management.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 19th November 2024
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