Packaging Engineer

Excellent Learning and Great Opportunities!!!

Come work with United Beverages Ethiopia at a growing company that offers great benefits with opportunities to advance and learn alongside accomplished business leaders.

Main Responsibilities

• The Packaging Engineer ensures a safe working environment, translates the Brewery vision, mission, and strategy into maintenance department strategy, objectives, priority, and targets, and sets up, maintains, and optimizes the maintenance systems, in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness of the assets. In Addition, produce and report maintenance management data accurately and effectively communicate it to the relevant stakeholders, in order to facilitate optimization/ decision making.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Collaborate regularly with relevant stakeholders (e.g. safety specialists, employees, contractors, and other departments) to optimize safety performance in the whole department/Brewery

• Incorporate suppliers' safety and quality instructions in the maintenance plan

• Develop and implement the maintenance strategy taking into consideration mainly asset condition and volume development

• Implement basic maintenance organization through dedicated breakdown and preventive teams and specialization (e.g. at machine levy Measure and Delegate appropriate Maintenance KPIs as targets (e.g. Mean Time to Repair [MTTR] for breakdown team).

• Check Brewery maintenance strategies versus performance expected and create improvement plans

• Manage maintenance processes by using process-related KPIs. Sets targets and develops action plans (e.g. planning process KPI such as resources utilization, WO executed on time)

• Ensures effective use of MCRS/DCS structure by preparing in advance, managing meetings, and facilitating discussions

• Continuously collaborates with all stakeholders (Internal and External) and seeks ways to improve maintenance service

• Link maintenance issues back to the maintenance plan and initiate improvement actions

• Set objectives and KPI targets at the activity/machine level and controls performance

• Controls consistency and quality of maintenance plan execution (e.g. frequency, duration, and scope as intended by maintenance standards)

• Initiate and lead MRP settings

• Keep all parts and purchases in the CMMS enabling accurate consumption data

• Assist in purchasing by looking for alternative vendors and parts manufacturers

• Follow up maintenance activities (work orders completed) and check regularly that all stock movements are properly recorded in the inventory

• Improve the database by using standardized parts descriptions, suppliers' parts and machine numbers, and vendor data

• Monitor actual maintenance costs versus budget using appropriate tools and standards

• Manage all documentation (work orders, purchase requisition, purchase orders, permits) and keep an overview of financial issues (invoice payment)

• Plan service delivery (yearly plan) and manage it with SP and internal customer

• Create a yearly maintenance plan by matching maintenance requirements (standards) with the Brewery production schedule and resources available

• Create activity and machine-based overhaul execution plans and reports on work completion

• Transfer/Translate maintenance work requests (tags, notifications) into resource requirements

• Use appropriate data sources (e.g. SAP) and enter/record data in a timely and accurate manner to support the reporting process

• Communicate maintenance targets and performance across operations and build common understanding (e.g. with Packaging, Brewing (and Logistics).

• Participate and Engage in TPM implementation and loss reduction

Required Education/Experience and Key Skills 

• BSc Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a similar field of study.

• Minimum 4 years of similar job or work experience required. 

• Experience in the food or beverage industry factory, with familiarity with fast-moving lines, is desirable.

• Beverage machinery Maintenance experience.

Required Differentiating Competencies

• Excellent Communication skill
• Excellent technical and process knowledge
• Good Leadership and managerial skill
• Excellent Teamwork and Team lead
• Drive results and deliver
• Planned, focused, strategic, and organized

How To Apply

• Interested and qualified candidates who fulfill the above requirement can send/submit their CV and cover letter within Six (6)consecutive days from the date of announcement Via Email:  Ethiojobs.net or in-person to the Modjo HR office by stating for which role they are applying for.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.