Maintenance Controller -Plastic
2025-11-20T08:18:30+00:00
Hariss International
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FULL_TIME
kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Beverages
Maintenance_ operations
2025-11-30T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
8
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Asset Care
- Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
- Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed.
- Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program
- Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings
- Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant
- Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g. spares
Plant Reliability
- Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant.
- Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work
- Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams.
- Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives.
- Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly.
- Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs
- Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work.
- Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage
- Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed
- Confirms that spares and special tools are available
- Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day.
- Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
- Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques.
- Ensure that Technical gaps are closed within budget
- Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX
Plant Optimisation
- Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes.
- Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures.
- Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes.
- Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support.
- Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions.
Team Leadership and Management
- Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.
- Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions,
- Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (this includes evaluation of workmanship of teams)
- Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site.
Safety and Housekeeping
- Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.
- Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping.
- Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded.
- Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings.
- Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this.
- Performs any other task as per management request.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline.
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities.
Key Requirements:
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Effective problem-solving ability
- Customer Service skills.
- Reasoning and calculating
- Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations
- Embrace continuous learning mentality
- Work independently or in a team environment.
Asset Care Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice. Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed. Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g. spares Plant Reliability Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant. Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams. Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives. Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly. Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work. Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed Confirms that spares and special tools are available Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day. Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously. Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques. Ensure that Technical gaps are closed within budget Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX Plant Optimisation Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes. Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures. Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes. Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support. Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions. Team Leadership and Management Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members. Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions, Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members. Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (this includes evaluation of workmanship of teams) Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site. Safety and Housekeeping Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks. Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping. Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded. Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings. Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this. Performs any other task as per management request.
Effective oral and written communication skills Organizational and time management skills Effective problem-solving ability Customer Service skills. Reasoning and calculating Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations Embrace continuous learning mentality Work independently or in a team environment.
A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline. A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities.
JOB-691eced63a33f
Vacancy title:
Maintenance Controller -Plastic
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Beverages, Category: Maintenance_ operations]
Jobs at:
Hariss International
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, November 30 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Asset Care
- Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
- Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed.
- Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program
- Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings
- Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant
- Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g. spares
Plant Reliability
- Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant.
- Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work
- Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams.
- Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives.
- Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly.
- Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs
- Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work.
- Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage
- Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed
- Confirms that spares and special tools are available
- Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day.
- Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
- Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques.
- Ensure that Technical gaps are closed within budget
- Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX
Plant Optimisation
- Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes.
- Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures.
- Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes.
- Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support.
- Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions.
Team Leadership and Management
- Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.
- Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions,
- Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (this includes evaluation of workmanship of teams)
- Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site.
Safety and Housekeeping
- Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.
- Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping.
- Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded.
- Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings.
- Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this.
- Performs any other task as per management request.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline.
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities.
Key Requirements:
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Effective problem-solving ability
- Customer Service skills.
- Reasoning and calculating
- Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations
- Embrace continuous learning mentality
- Work independently or in a team environment.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 48
Level of Education: associate degree
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