Electrical / Automation Team Lead at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited - 3 Openings

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Electrical / Automation Team Lead

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Kaduna and Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

• Responsible for the project design of instruments and electronic equipment as well as the implementation of related projects to ensure completion at the desired timeline.
• Responsible for services needed by the plants in terms of the troubleshooting, maintenance and spare parts needed to ensure continuous operation and better performance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure writing and maintaining program backups and software for all equipment in the plant.
• Conducts calibration of all electronic instruments such as transducers and maintains all electronic equipment in the company such as electronic bottle inspectors, fill height detectors, COBRIX, and PLCs.
• Lead regular inspections for automation and electrical components of the PET line and ensures line maintenance are carried out by the team as per maintenance plan.
• Develops a list of critical electronic spare parts that will be available to prevent stoppages of the production lines/utility. Plans for timely requisition and acquisition of the needed spare parts, with diligence to keep parts inventory levels to the minimum.
• Effectively communicate to management any critical actions needed to restore the condition of the equipment to 100% reliability.
• Develops and ensures compliance to the maintenance program for all instrumentation and electronics.
• Plan and ensure seamless executions of annual maintenance and cleaning of all electronics components.
• Builds and reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Production Planning and relevant government regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a beverage bottling company in a managerial capacity.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar
• Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2024.