Engineering Specialist - Epping, Cape Town

Signal Hill Products; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage manufacturer in Cape Town seeks an Engineering Specialist to maintain equipment reliability through effective maintenance programs. The ideal candidate will have experience in FMCG operations and strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems. Responsibilities include overseeing maintenance tasks, ensuring safety adherence, and developing operational SOPs. The role requires a trade certificate, practical experience, and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant technical experience in FMCG or beverage industries.
• Experience with high-speed bottling/packaging operations is advantageous.
• Valid unendorsed driver’s license and own transport required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment in as-new condition through inspections and corrective actions.
• Develop and improve maintenance programs for allocated equipment.
• Adhere to all company and plant safety standards.

Skills

Reliability centered maintenance

Mechanical systems knowledge

Electrical systems knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Grade 12 with trade certificate

Tertiary education in Electrical engineering

Job description

Overall Responsibility:

To maintain equipment in as-new condition by ensuring machine and process reliability through regular inspections, corrective actions to restore equipment to its original condition, and problem-solving to address the root causes of failures with proper loop closure actions. The Engineering Specialist will provide functional leadership for plant maintenance within the designated plant, working closely with the Production Team Leaders to ensure plant reliability is maintained to standard.

Focus Area 1

Maintenance management

• Accountable for the development & continuous improvement of maintenance programs of the allocated equipment to the Specialist (includes mechanical, electrical & instrumentation)
• Review and interpret engineering specifications, schematics, and blueprints to determine Maintenance SOP's/Work instructions
• Provide guidance and oversee Problem solving process as per Manufacturing excellence Focused improvement pillar
• Continually improve the standard of the allocated machine maintenance programs through the problem-solving loop closure process
• Ensure safe operation of allocated machines
• Establish and maintain an effective spare parts inventory list & availability of same
• Assist in the introduction of Condition monitoring process/tools into the machine maintenance program
• Coach operators on Autonomous maintenance process and practice

Focus Area 2

Safety adherence

• Adhere to all Company and plant safety standards
• Implement safety practices as per SHE pillar handbook
• Support safety observation process to promote a safer workplace

Focus Area 3

Start-up & SKU change process

• Assist with Start-up & Shut down SOP's
• Assist Production with development of operational SOP's when requested
• Develop SKU change SOPs with Maintenance & Production staff

Requirements of the Role

• Grade 12 along with trade certificate (successfully completed)Valid unendorsed driver’s license and own transport
• Experience/Certification with reliability centered maintenance preferredFamiliar with mechanical systems such as welding, part fabrication, fluid transfer, pneumatics and plumbing is highly desired
• Good knowledge of safety requirements
• Willing to work afterhours or on weekends as per the production demands
• Practical experience with high-speed bottling/packaging operations in food/beverage industries will be highly advantageous
• Familiar with electrical systems such as controls, automation, VFDs, PLCs is essential
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant technical experience, preferably in the brewing, beverage or FMCG industry
• Tertiary education, degree or diploma, Electrical engineering (advantageous, not a prerequisite

Preferred Skills/Competencies

• Attention to detail when reporting
• Strong understanding of general maintenance processes and methods
• Good communication and interaction skills with people on all levels in the organization
• Ability to adhere to strict deadlines
• Able to work on your own, unsupervised
• Willing to be challenged and work well within a team
• Focused on excellence
• supervising, leading and developing staff

NB: Specific duties/responsibilities will vary from time to time: the above list is intended to indicate the general nature of the post and is not exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to be flexible in supporting the business by undertaking any other responsibilities which are aligned with this job level.