Packaging Operator
2025-10-07T08:12:22+00:00
Nile Breweries
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FULL_TIME
Mbarara
Mbarara
00256
Uganda
Beverages
Science & Engineering
2025-10-14T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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The key purpose of this role is to operate the packaging process to achieve minimal variability in product quality and maximum throughout whilst minimising waste.
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
- Uphold Territorial safety by identifying and reporting environment and safety opportunities timely
- Ensure correct handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals in your working area
Maintain, calibrate, repair and optimize plant and associated equipment
- Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation/ systems
- Plan, and prepare the job
- Carry out ATO activities on the equipment
- Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
- Operate plant and process equipment
- 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 maintenances and call outs
- 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
- Manage satellite spare availability and usage
- Ensure the routable 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 using the proven tools and applications
- Participate in maintenance and quality-based maintenance
- Improve personal competence and skills flexibility using SKAP
- 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:
- Higher/Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
- BSc in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is an added advantage
- At least 1 year working experience preferably in FMCG Industry
- Should have basic computer knowledge (MS word, Excel, Power point e.t.c)
Maintain a safe and healthy working environment Ensure safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation complied with Maintain safety and housekeeping standards Uphold Territorial safety by identifying and reporting environment and safety opportunities timely Ensure correct handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals in your working area Maintain, calibrate, repair and optimize plant and associated equipment Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation/ systems Plan, and prepare the job Carry out ATO activities on the equipment Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems Operate plant and process equipment 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 maintenances and call outs 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 Manage satellite spare availability and usage Ensure the routable 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 using the proven tools and applications Participate in maintenance and quality-based maintenance Improve personal competence and skills flexibility using SKAP Support set up time reduction initiatives
Higher/Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering BSc in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is an added advantage At least 1 year working experience preferably in FMCG Industry Should have basic computer knowledge (MS word, Excel, Power point e.t.c)
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Vacancy title:
Packaging Operator
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Beverages, Category: Science & Engineering]
Jobs at:
Nile Breweries
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, October 14 2025
Duty Station:
Mbarara | Mbarara | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 7 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The key purpose of this role is to operate the packaging process to achieve minimal variability in product quality and maximum throughout whilst minimising waste.
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
- Uphold Territorial safety by identifying and reporting environment and safety opportunities timely
- Ensure correct handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals in your working area
Maintain, calibrate, repair and optimize plant and associated equipment
- Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation/ systems
- Plan, and prepare the job
- Carry out ATO activities on the equipment
- Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
- Operate plant and process equipment
- 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 maintenances and call outs
- 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
- Manage satellite spare availability and usage
- Ensure the routable 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 using the proven tools and applications
- Participate in maintenance and quality-based maintenance
- Improve personal competence and skills flexibility using SKAP
- 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:
- Higher/Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
- BSc in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is an added advantage
- At least 1 year working experience preferably in FMCG Industry
- Should have basic computer knowledge (MS word, Excel, Power point e.t.c)
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: associate degree
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