Vacancy title:
Packaging Artisan

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Transportation & Logistics]

Jobs at:
Nile Breweries Limited

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 4 2025

Duty Station:
Jinja | Jinja | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 26 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The key purpose of this role is to perform the optimisation /modifications of process control systems. Supports the installations of process control & relevant electrical systems. Maintain, calibrate, repair equipment, optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Maintain a safe and healthy working environment

• Ensure safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation complied with.
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Report unsafe acts and conditions
• Ensure correct handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals in your working area

Maintain, calibrate, repair and optimize plant and associated devices

• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation/ systems
• Plan, and prepare the job
• Carry out repairs/ maintenance
• Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
• Operate plant and process equipment
• Calibrate instruments and sensors
• Optimize spare usage
• Participate in planning and execution of normal maintenance and overhauls

Provide specialist technical support and enhance machines, system and process capabilities

• Monitor machine performance
• Resolve and eliminate problems
• Support in breakdown maintenance and call out
• Perform ad hoc maintenance when required
• Support in quality and hygiene improvement.
• Develop initiatives for improving machine capability (efficiency, reliability, quality, usages and safety)
• Conduct machine audit s and feedback to the team

Manage inventory​

• Optimize engineering spare and consumables usage
• ABC analysis
• Manage satellite spare availability and usage
• Ensure the rotable spares are available for use

Work in teams

• Communicate effectively in teams
• Contribute to self and team development

Apply the VPO principles and practices

• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace
• Operate and control the process according to the SOPs
• Support in situational problem solving Problem identification, Problem definition, QFR development, 5why, Loop closure & Escalation. Adherence to triggers
• Support systematic problem solving initiatives ABR and PIPs
• Participate in conditioned based maintenance and quality based maintenance.
• Improve personal competence and skills flexibility
• Support set up time reduction initiatives

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Analytical ability and attention to detail
• Display initiative and ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organisation, within a team environment and with suppliers
• Motivated self-starter with high energy levels
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player

Minimum Requirements:

• Trade Tested Millwright or Electromechanical Artisan
• 3 - 6 months on the job training plus Vendor Maintenance
• Routine electrical and instrumentation maintenance on similar. Brewing and utilities plants
• Comprehensive Packaging, Brewing and E&F plants equipment and process knowledge

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 6

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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