Company Overview
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. CCBA is a market leader in the NARTD (non-alcoholic ready to drink market) in Africa. CCBA has an extensive footprint in Africa, employing approximately 14 000 employees in Africa, and approximately 7 000 employees in South Africa.
Key Purpose Statement
The primary role of the Machine Specialist is maintain, repair and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards. The role holder will also provide specialized machine skill and knowledge to the shift team, support operations, maintenance and problem solve for the shift teams.
1. Operational Support
- Provide specialist support to the shift based teams during operations. This will include standby and day shift support.
- Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving. This must be undertaken in support of the process artisan.
- Provide guidance and advice to the shift based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure mode
- Development of work instructions related to equipment.
- Monitor and manage performance of equipment.
- Verify and ensure that machines are running at rated speed
2. Planned Maintenance
- Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner.
- Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance periods.
- Partake in maintenance post mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learning’s from maintenance activities.
- Optimisation of maintenance schedules
3. Routine Maintenance
- Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner.
- Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule.
- Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem solving techniques
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4. Running Repairs
- Partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the shift artisans in carrying out repairs.
- When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action.
- Solicits external specialist assistance where required; e.g. OEM’s (as agreed with the Packaging Engineer).
- Verify that running repairs carried out address the problems
5. Problem Solving
- Apply the correct problem solving methodologies to resolve problems
- Solicit additional resources to assist in problems solving or escalate to the Maintenance Planner or Packaging Engineer for direction.
- Assist /coach fellow team members to resolve problems.
6. Housekeeping and safety
- Operate in a safe manner at all times, and to identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected.
- Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhering to appropriate CCBA policies and procedures.
- Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 4S principles during the execution of their duties
7. Support NPD implementation and trials:
- Support NPD trials to be able to run on assets
- Ensure adherence to NPD procedures
- Ensure all changes on assets are well documented as per the Engineering Change Management business processes
