Jobs - Century Bottling Company (Coca-Cola)

Coca-Cola Sabco (CCS) secured Century Bottling Company Limited is looking for a qualified person to apply the job of Engineering Manager.

Coca-Cola Sabco (CCS) secured Century Bottling Company Limited (CBC) in 1995. CBC has two plants, one in Mbarara and one in Namanve, Kampala, which has since set new standards for bottling operations in Uganda. CBC has 664 employees.

Job Summary: The job holder will facilitate the development of top class engineers, implementation and execution of processes and systems across all engineering capabilities, plant and services in order to maintain assets in such a manner that will ensure maximum efficiencies and return on investment.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensured optimum deployment of plant and equipment through people and systems (40%)

Complete skills gap analysis
Support operations to draft development plans and ensure execution and implementation.
Source T&D providers/Tools
Source additional funding
Ensures succession plans are in place for all roles within engineering.
Facilitates processes/measures in conjunction with HR to ensure retention of engineering staff.

2. Developed and implemented medium term engineering strategy (20%)

Develop strategy for a maintenance system for plant, facilities
Ensures that engineering audits maturity levels are met and gaps are closed.
Provide guidance for annual business plans
Align Capex and funds with strategy
Align capacity plans with sales outputs
Continuous monitoring of strategy outputs and making the necessary adjustments to ensure desired results

3. Ensured EOSH legislative requirements are met in operations (15%)

Local SHEQ legislation
Hazardous material management
Energy management
Safety; lock-out procedures, permits, HACCP, Handling gas cylinders/pressure vessels,
Environment/waste management
First Aid

4. Facilitated focused improvement initiatives (15%)

Ensure return on investment for all initiatives
Motivate extraneous investment opportunities
Facilitate benchmarking against best practice

5. Managed projects (10%)

Manage early equipment management process to ensure readiness for new equipment.
Scoping new project’s needs.
Carry overall responsibility for all smaller projects.
Approves small projects

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized Institution
At least eight (8) years practical experience of maintenance systems
Five years bottling experience
Business process & Systems analysis
Project Management Skills
Maintenance management skills i.e. Strategic planning, Negotiation skills, Financial Acumen, EOSH knowledge
Engineering knowledge principles
Procurement understanding
Reading and interpretation of equipment manuals
Advanced problem solving skills
Coaching and mentoring skills
Computer literacy skills.
Bottling process knowledge
People management skills
SAP skills (MM and PM modules)
Analytical ability
Leadership skills
Understanding training and development principles
Conflict management
Change management
IR skills
Influencing skills
Good communication skills
TPM knowledge
Engineering audit process
Personal Characteristics
Self-starter/self-driven, Leader/motivator, Strong internal locus of control i.e. Stable personality, Influencer
Assertive
Innovator, Results oriented, Have good judgment
Excellent team player