Manage operational projects within the maintenance space ensuring Infrastructure maintenance initiatives are carried out successfully within agreed timeframes, cost and scope. 

Manage all maintenance and related activities to ensure optimal levels of plant and equipment availability 

Ensure all equipment and safety standards are maintained 

Manage ad hoc maintenance requests, ensuring issues are addressed within agreed SLA's 

Effectively manage relationships with contractors and suppliers 

Provide expert advice and help efficiently resolve maintenance queries 

Actively participate in operational planning and budgeting processes  

Drive continuous improvement through streamlining and optimising relevant operational practices, processes and systems 

Ensure adherence to operational and financial frameworks of practices, processes, standards and controls 

Control cost and take the necessary action to mitigate any financial risks or non-compliance 

Staff shall adhere to all Food Safety Policies and PRP’s and shall adhere to and enforce all food safety requirements at all times 

Staff shall adhere to Health, Safety & Environmental Policies and PRP’s and shall adhere to and enforce all Health and Safety requirements at all times  

Visitor and Contractor Policy – staff shall ensure that visitors or contractors entering the facility are signed in, escorted and wear PPE, are aware of the hygiene policies and do not smoke, eat or drink inside the facility 

Code of Practice – staff shall maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code of conduct  

Handwashing Procedure – Ensuring staff are cleaning and sanitizing hands efficiently before handling the product. 

Physical Contamination Control Policy and Procedure – Staff shall be aware of the potential of physical product contamination. Staff is aware of control measures to prevent physical contamination.  

Safety, Health and Environment Policy – Staff take reasonable measures to ensure health and safety hazards do not occur. Should an accident occur, staff shall be aware of the procedure of reporting the incident. 

First Aid Policy – Staff are aware of the first aider on site. Staff is trained to report injuries and illness to supervisors/first aiders. 

Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures 

Maintains expected performance standards 

Enforce compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements  

Enforce GMP’s and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices 

Attend Training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety and Health & Safety that been prescribed for them  

Be vigilant of food defense and food fraud risks  

Maintain a high level of housekeeping within the work environment 

Bachelors Degree (3-4 years) / NQF level 7 BScience: Engineering (Essential)   

FMCG bottling experience with a min of 3-4 years leading maintenance teams (bottling preferred)  

Lean manufacturing experience (preferred)   

Leadership Capability 

MS Excel; SAP; MS PowerPoint; MS Word; E Mail 

Detailed technical explanation of products, services or systems to internal or external customers or clients 

Proactive identification of functional problems that do not have predetermined guidelines, routines or procedures for solution, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on previous experience and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem. 

Groups of individuals at a senior management level inside the organisation  

Conducts team building exercises or events 

Provides team-based rewards and performance measures 

Develops a team charter and guidelines boundaries with other teams or business units 

Provides role clarity and defines boundaries with other teams or business units 

Clarifies assignments and accountabilities within the team 

Manages time effectively, ensuring effective completion of tasks under stressful deadlines. 

Able to prioritise activities and resources, ensuring that results are achieved effectively. 

Able to evaluate progress and make appropriate adjustments to initial plans, ensuring a successful outcome.  

Able to communicate and gain team commitment to a vision of what is to be achieved.  

Delegates fully and creates opportunities which help others to develop their potential.  

Identifies inequalities of opportunity within the workplace and takes steps to address them.  

Inspires and empowers others to overcome difficulties and achieve goals.  

Nurtures strong team identity and pride. 

Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved 

Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, “best practice” companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc. 

Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes 

Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements 

Able to gather information from a variety of sources.  

Understands cause and effect relationships within data  and interprets this to make competing, holistic decisions 

Develops alternatives before making complex decisions 

Looks for the most innovative, efficient and value adding solution when making a decision 

Makes decisions in time and forecasts when decisions need to be made 

Formulates a “big picture” understanding of the near-term impact of decisions (including the time and resources required to implement decision)  

Evaluates the longer term business impact of decisions 

Takes initiative when making decisions