Maintenance Controller at International Breweries

International Breweries Plc - Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.

Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Maintenance Controller

Job Requisition ID: 30090448
Location: Ilesa, Osun
Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The key purpose of this role is to co-ordinate, coach and control the activities of the level one maintenance teams in the production environment and to provide specialist technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Responsibilities
Asset Care:

• Manage all brewing electrical maintenance activities and lead a team of 6 employees on day shift
• 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
• Support Brewing Process Artisans
• Coach Artisans on AWS

Problem solving and decision making:

• Responsible for fault-finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the brewing area by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken
• Identifies the major engineering losses in brewing area and investigates using problem solving methodologies. (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)
• Review emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective action
• Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs

Safety and hygiene:

• Ensure team compliance with acts and procedures
• Maintain 5 S and housekeeping standards
• Ensure reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures
• Promote safety awareness
• Ensure compliance with special work permit requirements by own employees and contractors

Administration:

• Manage Level 1 & 2 team goals in brewing area
• Conduct individual and team performance reviews and one on ones
• Provide performance feedback
• Lead all VPO initiatives in the department
• Apply and sustain industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreements & core values

Quality:

• Ensures that Company Quality Standards and are adhered to in the brewing area

Profile

• Minimum Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical/Electrical/Millwright
• Trade: Fitter and Turner/Millwright/Electrical
• Maintenance Diploma would be advantageous
• 3 -5 years’ experience in Preventive, & Predictive Maintenance of concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at various levels of the organization
• Previous experience with VPO or other continuous improvement tools would be advantageous
• Ability to prioritize and manage maintenance projects in a brewing environment
• Good knowledge of sustainable development reporting would be advantageous
• Good all-round knowledge of manufacturing
• Demonstrated knowledge of SHE policies and procedures

Application Closing Date
22nd November, 2025.