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.
Purpose
The primary role of the Control and Automation Specialist is maintaining and optimizing plant controls/automation to original installed state, safeguarding availability, quality, and cost while championing continuous improvement in a fast-moving FMCG environment. You’ll also coach artisans and operators to strengthen line capability and problem-solving across shifts.
Duties
- Providespecialist C&A support to shift teams (standby/day support), guide fault finding and effective responses to failure modes; ensure lines run at rated speed and KPIs are met.
- Lead/participate in planned, routine, and running maintenance, including documentation and ERP administration; optimize PM schedules and plant availability.
- Drive problem solving (situational/systemic), escalate and engage OEMs where needed; share learnings across sites/region.
- Uphold safety, 5S, and risk management; conduct risk assessments and support disaster recovery plans.
- Maintain system architecture and documentation integrity in line with CCBA C&A standards; continuously optimize dynamic line control and perform line capability audits.
- Support projects and NPD trials (adherence to procedures; change control records).
- Train and coach Process Artisans, Machine Specialists, and Operators in autonomous maintenance and standard work.
Skills
Technical
- Diagnostic ability
- Innovative
- Processes Knowledge
- Trouble shooting skills
- Engineering designing
Behavioural
- Coaching & teamwork
- Results & execution focus
- Resilience
- Customer focus
- Quality & standards mindset
- Excellent analytical problem solving
- Decisive and Risk Pragmatic
- Confidence and Courage
- Positioning and Alignment
- Grow People
- Lead and engage
- Attentive to detail
