Reports to: Shift Packaging Manager
Uganda Breweries Ltd operates in a liberalized and competitive market. The consumer is now more discerning, and demands both quality and value for money. The company seeks to perform all its activities in ways that prevent environmental pollution and ensure the occupational health and safety of its employees, contractors, suppliers and visitors.

The role involves working a twelve hour shift; Working night shifts; Coordinating operations up and downstream, logistics team and contracted supply chain team with its own set standards and KPIs. A Packaging line consists of 9 process machines (De-palletiser, Palletiser, Unpacker, Packer, Washer, EBI, Filler, pasteurizer, labeller).
Purpose
The role requires one (at any one moment) to operate any of the packaging line process machines as per manufacturer’s stated (standard) operating procedures to produce product that meets stated quality requirements as per the quality standards in a very safe manner, while ensuring high plant reliability, minimal process and component waste.

This is executed with the support of a full time Shift Packaging Manager, and competent asset care and quality teams.
Financial Impact
Ensure process and component wastes are below target; Execute duties under optimum cost.
Key Outputs

• Ensure safety requirements for self and those working around the machine are rigorously met. This is aimed at achieving zero harm/injury.
• Operate any of the packaging line process machines as per manufacturer’s stated (standard) operating procedures with the rated Machine Speeds to produce products that meet stated requirements as per the Quality and Food safety standards.
• Carry out basic quality checks through product testing, rectify anomalies and take corrective action. This is aimed at achieving quality index of 100%.
• Carry out scheduled autonomous, preventive and corrective maintenance tasks to ensure targeted plant reliability of about 95%.
• Ensure process and component wastes are below target (<1%).
• To consistently update process records as required by the Quality systems.
• Does on the job training to Interns/Trainees and new recruits.

Relationships

• Shift Packaging Manager
• Quality analyst
• Packaging Asset Care team
• All Sectional technicians
• Perfect Plant team
• Logistics

Qualifications

• Ordinary Diploma in electrical, mechanical or instrumentation engineering discipline

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years in a FMCG environment
• Have worked on shift system 24hr [rotational] with Engineering skills (mechanical /electrical/ instrumentation)

Key Skills / Personal attributes

• Operational system support skills as defined in the Capability matrix.
• Continuous improvement.
• Time management.
• Team player
• Positive attitude
• Self-driven with minimal supervision
• Keen to detail
• Change agent
• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Result oriented
• Quality oriented
• Time conscious
• Safety conscious
• Able to work long hours
• Target oriented