PACKAGING MACHINE SPECIALIST

SAB; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

SAB is seeking an experienced maintenance technician to maintain, repair and optimize packaging hall machines in a high‑speed FMCG environment in Gauteng. The role focuses on maximizing plant availability and product quality while controlling costs.

You will review SAP downtime, develop standard work instructions and SOPs, and train operators and shift teams. The role requires N6 Mechanical qualifications, a Millwright trade, and 5 years FMCG maintenance experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum N6 Mechanical Engineering with Millwright trade
• 5 years’ FMCG maintenance experience
• Ability to read and interpret maintenance plans and SOPs
• Physically fit for a demanding environment

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair and optimize packaging hall machines to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost
• Review SAP downtime in preparation of morning meeting with maintenance controller
• Develop SWIs, SOPs and schedules and train operators
• Provide coaching and knowledge transfer to shift teams during planned maintenance

Skills

Packaging experience

Physically fit

Independent worker

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Standby overtime

Education

N6 Mechanical Engineering

Millwright trade

Trade test N6 Mech Eng

Tools

SAP

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of the role is to maintain, repair and optimize packaging hall machines to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operational Support Responsible for bottle washing maintenance in the pack hall
• Review SAP downtime in preparation of morning meeting with maintenance controller
• Advance terminator to Unit manager level
• Develop SWIs, SOPs and schedules reviewed and train operators
• Training of PEST artisans and shift artisans to close skill Gaps
• Obtain quotes for spare parts from OEM\AMM and or reverse engineering as required and manage the RTS process in order to recover ZBB.
• Perform store walkabout and review store bin holding min and max levels
• Support with shut planning by utilizing medium- and long-term action plans
• Update AWS daily and track machine specific performance and KPI’s
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the production teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity 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 prioritizing outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
• Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
• Participate in machine grouping improvement through the use of Artisan Workstation
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties
• Standby duty required as per roster set out with minimum disruptions
• Using MTTR and MTBF to improve performance

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Packaging experience highly advantageous (Bottle washing)
• Physically fit (Physically demanding environment)
• Ability to work independently
• Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
• Problem solving ability
• Great attention to detail with the ability to prioritize
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in teams
• Prepared to work standby and overtime when required

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N6 Mechanical engineering and trade test N6 Mech Eng and Millwright trade (more advantageous)
• 5 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment

Additional Information:

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SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

The South African Breweries (SAB) has reimagined what a beer company can be and has anchored this in a powerful brand purpose – We Dream Big to Create a Future With More Cheers – which articulates who we are and where we are going. At SAB it’s always about more than the beer. We are driven by our passion to demonstrate the unique power of beer to propel South Africa forward. Since our inception over a century ago, SAB has grown to become South Africa's largest brewer, a powerful economic contributor, a leader in sustainability, and a champion of responsible consumption. SAB is one of South Africa’s admired companies and corporate brands. The company has 7 breweries and 42 depots in South Africa, a total workforce of approximately 5000, and supports a beer economy ‘from seed to sip’ of over 250 000 jobs. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes leading brands in beer and beyond such as Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Corona, Brutal Fruit, and Flying Fish