Maintenance Controller, Control & Autom at Accra Brewery PLC

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Asset Care:
  • Manage all Packaging electrical and automation maintenance activities and lead the C&A team
  • Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
  • Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the brewing area by analyzing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and implementing Continuous Improvements
  • Review and Implementation of Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)
  • Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance effectively
  • Participate in executing the department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the brewing department is maintained
  • Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff
  • Control and oversee maintenance cost against available budget
  • Ensure engineering standards applied correctly
  • Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOPs
  • Coach Artisans on AWS
• 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
  • Maintenance KPI's and PI's
  • Autonomous Operations implemented 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 coach team members,
  • Perform SKAP Assessments for team members
  • Solve situational problems
  • Technical support service
  • Conduct audits
• Optimize Team Performance:
  • Communicate effectively in teams
  • Develop and monitor 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
• 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 workstations 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

Profile:

• Degree/HND in Engineering (Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics) or equivalent trade
• 3 - 5 years Control & Automation experience with 3 years in supervisory level
• Knowledge of Brewing, Utilities and Packaging plant will be an advantage
• PC literate (Proficiency in Microsoft office applications)
• Ability to manage a maintenance department.
• Analytical and evaluation skills
• People management skills