The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is one of the biggest companies in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.
Our company serves approximately 160 million people by producing and distributing a unique portfolio of quality brands, bringing passion to marketplace implementation, and demonstrating leadership in corporate social responsibility.
The Automation Engineer reports to the Plant Engineer and the key responsibilities of the role are:
Ensures optimized equipment performance by maintaining / improving equipment and line controls.
Drives innovation and improvement.
Manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.
Participates in organization - and executes annual overhaul of production lines.
Improves reliability and efficiencies by ensuring optimal execution of maintenance tasks.
Participates in developing business plans targeting productivity improvement and increased cost efficiency
Contributes to preparation- and controls area of responsibility related maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects
Effectively applies business performance review (E2020) management routine
Optimizes the availability of assets to operation
Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data&
Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
Prepares, presents and interprets Maintenance KBI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction Achievement of business targets by optimal use of labour and materials
Analyses cost centre variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
Understands and controls main cost drivers in Maintenance
Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of maintenance activities
Builds maintenance teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
Ensures IDP's are in place and executed for all direct reports
Ensures training programmes are attended by all nominated team members.
Follows up implementation of leanings
Develops unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization of technology and equipment
Effectively applies approved selection and development tools for recruitment and development of employees
Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance and develops successors
Communicates unit strategy and ensures that all unit members understand and accept it
Leads processes, systems and people side of all change initiatives in the unit
Sets stretching but achievable objectives for all people in the unit
Addresses poor performers quickly at all levels
Engagement plan implementation leads to constant Engagement index improvement
Lives and promotes company values and culture, and helps employees to understand and embrace them
Personally lives the Company values and Code of Business Conduct and demonstrates them consistently
Implements performance management systems with discipline in order to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
Regularly updates team members on company processes, changes and initiatives
Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers, peers, institutions, suppliers
Builds productive relationships with the employee/ union representatives
Builds and re-reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Production Planning
Ensures continuous process improvement by exploring Group and industry benchmark and employees input
Listens to and encourages employee recommendations and implements the ones delivering values quickly
Learns and implements best practices from outside and shares own best practices within CC Hellenic
Promotes process automation and use of technology
Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place and followed
Ensures all work is carried out in a safe and appropriate manner by maintenance personnel and service/contractor personnel
Ensures Maintenance impact on environment is minimized and within the CC Hellenic and regulatory limits
Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labour legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
Plays a leading role in implementing communication and actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
Ensures property and loss prevention
Desired Candidate Profile
University degree in Electrical/Controls/Electronics/Automation Engineering required .
5 years working experience in the field of Automation in Industry dealing with Siemens & Omron PLCs, Danfoss, Omron, Siemens variable fre drives VFDs, sensors, PLC programming skills and ability to effectively read and understand wiring plans plus PLC user programs and comments thereof.
Experience in budgeting Experience in people management
Experience in execution of projects such as: line commissioning, annual maintenance planning Basic Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety Operational planning expertise/experience
Delegation skills Understanding of financial impact of decisions
Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins
Ability to select and assess first-line managers
Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
Ability to empower managers
Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section's plan
Ability to lead and manage change
Ability to set standards for management performance
High integrity Ability to build relationships to improve results
Ability to understand what drives peers in other units
Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
Intellectual curiosity
Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements