Job Title: Machine Specialist
Organisation: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
Duty Station: Mukono, Uganda
About Organisation:
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 Machine Specialist based at our Rwenzori Plant. As a Machine Specialist, you will report directly to the Maintenance Controller.
The primary role of the machine specialist is to maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devises to ensure that plant availability and product
quality are at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.
The role also entails providing specialised machine skills and knowledge to the shift team and support the operations, maintenance and problem-solving
activities of the shift teams.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations. This will include standby and day shift support.
- Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving. This must be undertaken in support of the process artisan.
- Provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams.
- Development of work instructions related to equipment.
- Verify and ensure that machines are running at rated speed.
- Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner.
- Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction. This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising
- outstanding work.
- Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks during planned maintenance windows.
- Optimisation of maintenance schedules
- Partake in cleaning, lubrication, and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner.
- Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques.
- Ensure adherence to NPD procedures.
- Ensure all changes on assets are well documented as per the Engineering Change Management business processes.
- Participate in food safety management system implementation.
- Report food safety, defence, and fraud related issues to food safety team leader designate (SHEQ manager)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
- 2 years technical experience in an FMCG environment, familiarity in equipment functionality and packaging processes.
- Strong diagnostic ability and troubleshooting skills.
- Compliance and Ethics
- Coaching skills, teamwork and being result and execution-driven
- Customer centered.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 9th September 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24