Maintenance Controller, Control & Automation - ABInBev

Job Description

Coordinate, coach and control the activities of the level four C&A maintenance teams in the production environment and to provide specialist technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Optimize production performance and processes

• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation / systems
• Plan and prepare the job
• Carry out repairs / maintenance
• Continuously improve (optimise) plant, process equipment and systems
• Operate plant and process equipment
• Calibrate instruments
• Product Quality
• Wastage
• IQMS parameters
• Maintenance KPI’s and PI’s
• Autonomous Operations implement and sustained as per plan Enforce and maintain safe work areas
• Delegate and monitor work activities
• Manage continuous improvement projects
• Maintain machines & repairs breakdowns
• Support and coaching team members, SCAP Assessments team member candidates
• Solve situational problems
• Technical support service
• Conduct audits
• Packaging Efficiencies
• Effective process controls are in place

Optimize Team Performance

• Communicate effectively in teams
• Develop and monitored team goals
• Contribute to self and team development
• Manage personal development and performance
• Develops apprentices, artisans and machine specialist. Ensure that a development plan is in place

Perform administration

• Identifies CAPEX UPP opportunities that need to be addressed.  Prepares the allocated area ZBB Maintenance budget
• Complies to approved budget
• Highlights risk areas ahead of time, cost, support implementation as required

Facilitate team problem solving and decision making

• Completed 5 why’s
• FFA participation
• Loss and Waste analysis for top 3 equipment in assigned areas based on the 12 week view
• Ensure that artisan work stations are aligned to address the identified problem areas

Health & Safety Policy

• Identification and closure of unsafe practices through SIO’s
• Safety inspections conducted
• Safe maintenance practices audited
• Adherence to PPE policies
• Maintenance tools are in good working order

Manage Human Resources

• Develop employees
• Manage and apply personnel processes
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate

Lead the application of VPO principles and practices

• All work is carried out using the VPO principles
• Understands, Implements and Complies to the GOP requirement
• Sustains what has been implemented

• Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) or equivalent and trade 3 to 5 years Control & Automation experience with 3 years in supervisory level Knowledge of Brewing and E&F and Packaging plant will be an advantage PC literate (Proficiency in Microsoft office applications)
• Min – 3 – 5 years production engineering in a FMCG environment
• 2-3 Years mechanical/electrical with indepth workshop knowledge. Planning experience required

• Ability to manage a maintenance department.
• Mental alertness.
• Analytical and evaluations skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Articulate communication.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• People handling ability.
• Accuracy, judgement, decisiveness and persuasiveness.
• Work organisation and drive.
• Motivational and developmental skills.
• Enforce required standards