Seven Up Bottling Company is one of the largest and oldest beverage manufacturing companies in Nigeria, operating nine automated bottling plants across the country.
We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Automation Engineer
Location: Lagos Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
Provide and ensure leadership in the design, development and deployment of reliable and sustainable electrical and automation systems of all bottling and utilities equipment in the plant.
Responsibilities
Provide quality and timely support to the plant in the events of complex automation and electrical challenges.
Set some level of standards in the plant automation operating procedures.
Ensure basic and standard automation tools are available for the automation team of the plant.
Facilitate the use of condition monitoring tools for the routine assessment of automation equipment status in the plant.
Ensure availability and regular update of all user program backup for all automation equipment in the plant.
Ensure availability and regular update of electrical documentation for all equipment in the plant.
Conduct routine audit of all electrical controls of all equipment in the plant.
Develop a list of critical automation spare parts that will be available to prevent stoppages of the production lines/utility.
Regularly communicate to management any critical actions needed to restore the condition of the equipment to 100% reliability.
Facilitate the capability development of the plant automation team to keep with current trends.
Prepare annual automation engineering budget – CAPEX and R&M (zero based budgets).
Ensures implementation of basic cycle maintenance, cleaning and inspection and instill these principles to be part of the culture of operators and technicians.
Take lead in change management for the engineering/automation department related to people structure or role changes, technology enhancement, regulatory and company initiatives on productivity.
Requirements
A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
5 – 7 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
At least 2 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
Understanding of financial impact of decisions
Coaching direct reports and mentoring others