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: Technical Operator
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- Safely operate and carry out basic maintenance on assigned machine on the shop floor, while maintaining quality standards. Carries out basic documentation of machine events and maintains GMP / GHK around assigned work area.
Responsibilities
- Reports observed deviations on machines during operation to technical team and ensure that breakdowns are resolved promptly and permanently.
- Drives start up timing as per plan after every production run on lines in assigned machine by carrying out machine preparation in a timely manner.
- Responsible for reduction of all waste in their respective work areas.
- Adheres to GMP / GHK standards in his Shift, hands over his area with 100% compliance to GMP / GHK, executes GMP Audit as per planned weekly calendar, executes CAP as part of implementation from GMP / GHK Audit
- Understands the monetary impact of raw material losses on product and plant profitability.
- Puts Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
- Wears clean uniform, 100% Compliance to PPE on the shop floor, No Jewellery worn in production areas
- Ensures zero tolerance to drinking / eating on production lines, prompt cleaning of production lines is completed during shift.
- Reports all near misses / Non - conformance in during his or her shift and follows through with responsible persons for resolution.
- Ensures all quality control parameters and variables are within acceptable targets in his / her Shift (e.g. Brix, carbonation, fill height, Label alignment, packaging material inspection & sorting before using etc)
- Is responsible for raw and packaging material on the shop floor, ensures materials are properly staged and is accountable for the usage of same materials
- Ensures that product is available as at when due and delays that may affect production continuity are promptly escalated to shift team leader
- Ensures he or she strictly adhere to the requirements of the SBC, ISO 9001 quality system and all other management systems and PI Standards.
- Ensure he or she strictly adhere to all statutory and regulatory requirements, safety and environment regulations.
- Informs the shift team leader on the need for working tools and ensure proper controls and safekeeping of the tools.
- Escalates promptly according to existing escalation matrix any non - conformity observed during the production process
- Documents all machine events in production log book and all other required documentation on the shop floor.
- Ensures all machine guarding and safety interlocks are in place at all time during shift production run.
- Champions maintenance and drives its effectiveness for own work area.
- Acts as a safety ambassador and comply to all health and safety standards for self and machines. Eg. Ensuring machine guardings are in place for his / her machine.
- Establishes and maintains cross - functional relationships with team and stakeholders
- Builds and reinforces relationships with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Planning and relevant government regulatory agencies or their representative.
- Drives innovation in production equipment by ensuring continuous process improvement and exploring global and industry benchmark and employees input
- Learns and implements best practices from outside and shares own best practices within SBC.
- Raise improvement idea that will Promote process automation and use of technology within the business
Requirements
- A minimum of an OND in Food Sciences, Engineering or General Sciences.
- 1 – 3 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
- Knowledge of bottling operations
- Understanding of financial impact of decisions
- Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results
- Open - minded and willing to experiment and try new things and improvement initiatives.
- Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
- Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
- Good understanding of GMP and GHK requirement for immediate work area on the production line.
- Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills.
Application Closing Date
24th June, 2026.
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