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The Key Purpose of this role is to take the Strategic lead for the maintenance function in Packaging and to lead related Strategic Initiatives ensuring Corporate Governance for equipment and system integrity through the application of and adherence to relevant Standards and Legislation.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Maintain safe healthy and risk-free working environment
- Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance Maintain safety and housekeeping standards in workshops, artisan workstations and at place or work Manage Human Resources
Develop employees
- Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate Manage and apply personnel practices Ensure manufacturing systems and instrumentation integrity
Maintain system integrity and change control
- Maintain and calibrate packaging mechanical plant and equipment including instrumentation integrity Ensure engineering standards compliance
- Ensure application documented standards Develop and update engineering standards through the Zone Ensures a high quality of workmanship is attained from the maintenance team Implement VPO and applicable GOP’s
Plans in place to implement the various maintenance pillar blocks
- Sustain what has been implemented Optimise use of planned maintenance system Apply formal failure analysis process Apply relevant engineering spares strategy Manage small site projects
Project completion on time and in budget
- Manage and comply to ZBB Maintenance
Manage budgeting process
- Control departmental costs
- Review financial results
- Manage departmental Budget / Finances
- Lead applicable engineering projects by increasing efficient project planning and execution thereof. Provides input into new equipment / upgrade projects
- Ensure conformance to specifications and standards
- Lead the risk management program, encompassing occupational health and safety and risk management
- Ensure legal compliance in engineering and adherence to legal standards/regulations
- People Management Facilitate team problem solving and decision making
- Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
- Conduct regular engineering team goal review sessions
- Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the engineering team
- Demonstrates conformance to VPO people, management and maintenance pillars.
Key Competencies & Attributes:
- A motivated individual with high levels of resilience and the ability to operate in a high-pressure environment Commercial Acumen with strong planning & financial management skills
- Highly developed analytical skills with excellent problem-solving capability Attention to detail and commitment to quality is non-negotiable.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization.
- Proven leadership and management capability.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- An Innovative thinker, persuasive, assertive and a good negotiator
- Ability to set high standards and bring team along to achieve the standard expectation.
- Ability to implement the People business processes to lead, motivate and develop employees.
Minimum Requirements:
- Engineer (BSC in Mechanical or Electrical)
- Legal: Training: Min – 3-6 months on the job training
- Experience: 2-3 Years in similar FMCG industry as sectional engineer
Additional Information:
Band: VII
SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev 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.
End Date: July 9, 2025