Senior Making Technician at British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN)

British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice - whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Making Technician

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Career Level: Non-management
Function: Operations

Job Description

• We have exciting opportunities for a Making Specialist and a Senior Making Technician in Ibadan
• The Making Specialist and Technician will service, maintain and attend to breakdowns of production / making equipment as well as carrying out training for operators and technicians on all making machines on SMD floor.

Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that all making machines on the floor runs optimally and consistently all the time.
• Develop database of tracking spares consumption and ensure that there is availability of necessary spares to keep making machine running all the time thereby reducing downtime associated with stock out of spares.
• Support in deploying sound maintenance practices, ensuring that inventory is maintained at a very low level, product quality and waste is at the right standards.
• Lead and attend to all maker Projects and NPI and deliver all related initiatives.
• Lead all maker training and assessment for both operators and technician and also involved in the technical coaching & development of maker technicians.
• Work with Maintenance Leads and other stake holders to provide innovative solution to all making Machine problems.

Requirements

• Minimum of Engineering Degree or HND is required with 2nd class upper or upper credit respectively – mandatory.
• At least 5 years of experience in running and maintaining cigarette making machines – mandatory.
• Good IWS knowledge.
• Strong technical and maintenance skills.
• Communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Salary Range
Competitive salary.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online