Machine Specialist

Summary

• The key purpose of this role is to maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.​

Key Roles and Responsibilities
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
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Assess Operators and Artisans ability to carry out tasks.
• Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials. Adhere to work practices that support shift-based teams

Maintenance:

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner
• Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
• Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance
• Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs has carried out (this includes all SAP inputs) where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window.

Problem Solving:

• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
• Take part, as functional expert, in AB reports on request
• Where necessary, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Analyse machine performance, conduct loss and waste analysis and develop action plans to improve performance.

Housekeeping and Safety:

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of N6 Engineering
• Trade test qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Millwright or Instrumentation
• Matric with Maths and Science
• 2 years' experience in an FMCG Environment
• Packaging experience highly advantageous.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Physically fit (Physically demanding environment)
• Ability to self-manage, with initiative and bias for action
• Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
• Problem solving ability
• Great attention to detail with the ability to prioritise
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in teams
• Prepared to work standby.

Additional Information:

• Band: X.

Application Closing Date
4th July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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