Guinness Nigeria Plc Recruitment Offer – Technical Operator

Guinness Nigeria Plc Recruitment

Guinness Nigeria Plc Recruitment Offer – Technical Operator: Applications are invited from all interested but suitably qualified persons to fill the positions advertised here. See below for all you need to know; the requirements, location, job description, application deadline, and how to apply.

Guinness Nigeria Plc is a major market for Diageo: Guinness Nigeria operates in the unique and fast growing alcohol industry of over 15mhl beer potential. It is the only company that does Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) in Nigeria. It’s an on trade dominated market but with a fast growing off trade channel.

It may interest you to know that we are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Operator

Job Requisition ID: JR1077948
Location: Benin Brewery, Edo
Job type: Full time
Function: Supply
Worker Type: Regular
Reports To: Shift Manager

Job Description

To produce Guinness products in a safe and professional approach to achieve customer service levels, quality conformance and within budget.
Apply technical, process, continuous improvement and individual/team development skills to optimise overall brewery improvement and plant performance.
To adopt a safe and professional approach to all aspects of the role as an individual/team player

Dimensions
Financial:

Significant impact on raw material, component and utility costs and production, quality, rework and labour costs
Key role in operating, cleaning and maintaining plant and equipment, impacts directly on plant availability, asset life cycle cost and asset life/replacement frequency

Market Complexity:

The Nigerian beer market is very complex with many competitors and a strong quality, cost and delivery focus
Need to constantly reduce production cost, while maintaining high quality and delivery in a highly unionised working environment

Leadership Obligations

Create the conditions for people to succeed: Liaise with other Brewing, Packaging, Production Services and Maintenance Technicians, Laboratory Technicians, Contractors and Shift Managers to ensure continuity of reliable, quality production. Support other team members and develop positive relationships with colleagues
Constantly deliver great performance- Effective management of facility activities for departmental and organizational effectiveness

Decisive Action

Can analyze production and engineering work schedules and make decisions which ensure that all targets and standards within own shift and the next 24hrs are met
Update and/or contribute to maintenance of workplace VPM as a tool for monitoring performance, Problem solving and continuous improvement

As a requirement, you must:

Total ownership of production service on plant and equipment to which they are primarily allocated: operating and cleaning, carrying out maintenance schedules, responding to breakdowns, assessing & monitoring plant performance on an ongoing basis and attending to all other process duties in a timely manner.
Operates the bottle washer to produce clean bottles to the EBI and liaises with the caustic tank room operator in transfer or return of caustic while also ensuring the caustic concentration of the bottle washer is within the specified range
Manage materials, components and spares required by their plant and equipment – includes draw down stock from locally provided “bins” and be accountable for whatever stock is drawn down
With support from Shift Managers, achieve production plans and key performance targets, and deliver agreed Customer Service levels
Manage the operation of all key equipment to operate within world class levels of waste management
Responsible for ensuring that all temperature zones of the washer are at the specified level
Deliver best possible plant operation by maximising plant availability and efficiency of operation through execution of Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules. Interface with SAP PM as appropriate
Optimise product quality, through continuous observation and attention to detail, delivering RFT against the Global Finished Product Specification on quality and control parameters. Respond to non-conformances in a timely manner to keep process on track. Apply, record & share learning’s or RCPS Root Cause Problem Solving to prevent re-occurrence.

Qualifications Criteria

OND / Trade Test (City and Guild) or any nationally recognised equivalent in any of Mechanical / Electrical / Instrumentation field and ideally have an appropriate qualification in Brewing, Packaging, Engineering or Utilities in addition
Minimum of 2 to 3 years’ experience/competence in Operations, Maintenance, Process Control and Performance Measurement in a brewery, drinks or food manufacturing environment.
Demonstrate understanding of teamwork principles, continuous improvement, preventative maintenance and problem solving.
Respond to change in a positive and flexible manner and sustain a positive outlook across a range of situations/challenges.
High level of energy and commitment to team based achievement and high interpersonal effectiveness to develop & sustain robust relationships.
Demonstrate detailed understanding of Permit to Work system and GNPLC SHE policies, statutory requirements and responsibilities.