PepsiCo Supply Chain / Logistics / Warehousing Jobs in Western Cape
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PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.
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What we’re looking for:
We are looking for a Specialist Artisan to join our dynamic team. The main purpose of the role is primarily to ensure that all plant equipment is functioning or operating at high levels of reliability and is maintained periodically as scheduled, and all breakdowns are resolved soonest to ensure maximum plant availability.
Also to ensure that the factory meets its key KPIs and supply the market with Pepsico products, which include but are not limited to volume and quality compliance, costs and downtime reduction. Ability to coach operators, provide innovation for cost savings and be accountable for MPS, SA on respective production lines.
Accountabilities:
- Maintain the machine to reach high reliability, safety and quality standards
- Performs Instrumentation/ Electrical maintenance activities associated with the plant process and packaging plan
- Must be willing to do Mechanical work if required
- Monitors daily downtime and institutes corrective action plans to prevent breakdowns
- Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/ instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards
- Maintains PLCs, Networks and Electrical Cabinets (hardware and software) and performs changes/ modifications as required
- Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiates improvement actions to achieve asset performance targets
- Assists in the commissioning of modifications/ projects
- Ensures proper documentation of changes/ modifications and performs internal audits
- Ensures the availability of spares for all electronic/ control systems in the plant
- Accurate and timely reporting of equipment deviations to meet/ improve equipment availability and reliability targets
- Ensures proper back-up of all PLC programmes and maintains records of all upgrades
- Ensures safe operations of process control systems
- Resolves daily plant instrumentation issues and completes root cause analysis
- Calibration of process equipment completes the required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment
- Conducts all scheduled maintenance within the required timeframes
- Performs all emergency electronic maintenance
- Updates and reviews documentation relating to work done and or changes in original specifications
- Signs off on alternative systems suppliers based on equipment performance
- Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if requested.
- Administration and Document Completion
- Maintaining a record of all the maintenance work that has been conducted on the machinery
- Complete daily shift reports
- Performing shift duties in line with operational requirements
- Coach and develop operators.
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Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role:
- Qualified Artisan with Trade Test Certificate in Instrumentation (must be willing to do mechanical work also)
- Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the Production/ FMCG environment
- Experience with TETRAPAK equipment will be advantageous
- Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software
- Knowledge of Processing in a dairy/ fruit juice environment, including Tubular Pasteurizers/Sterilisers (TETRA THERM ASEPTIC DRINK)
- Must know ink jet printers/ date coders
- Must have experience in control systems – PLCs, ACDC drives and Servo drives (Allen Bradley and Siemens preferred)
- Knowledge of Instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PID’s and Quality Standards
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