Nigerian Bottling Company Limited Job recruitment, July 2015

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Our Company NBC Ltd started operations in Nigeria in 1951. Based in the city of Lagos, we operate 13 bottling plants across the country. In addition, we channel products through 59 warehouses and distribution centers.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Plant Engineer

Job Reference: PE/07/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional areas: Engineering
Department: Supply Chain

Job Description
The Plant Engineer reports to the Plant Manager and the key responsibilities of the role are:

• Leads a technically thorough team of maintenance controllers and technicians to deliver on all KBIs to ensure line availability and reliability.
• Scoping and delivering cost saving ideas and improvements to manufacturing methodologies within the business.
• Defines root cause and implements solutions to equipment and process related non conformance situations.
• Uses standard manufacturing maintenance, engineering and project management tools and processes to enable special improvement projects to be delivered on time, to cost, to quality to ensure identified benefits are released.
• From hands-on experience and working with QA/Prod, helps in defining process equipment requirements and specifications based on process requirements, safety requirements and internal customer needs.
• Assists in determining the budget to support maintenance requirements.
• Proposes and implements formal and On the Job for associates career growth Measures and evaluate equipment efficiencies, downtime and assist in development of maintenance plans Mentors and assists Maintenance Controllers in best practices to develop future successor.

Requirements
Desired candidate profile

• Relevant Engineering Degree or equivalent Diploma (advanced technical degree).
• Min. 7 years experience in a technical position and demonstrable management abilities.
• Experience in improvement project management tools like Kaizens, 5Ys, AFF, DMAIC, FITs etc within a demanding manufacturing environment with demonstrable success in delivering to costs, quality and time parameters. Proven familiarity with budgeting including R.E procedures.
• Familiarity with the introduction of new lines/ cost reduction initiatives within a manufacturing environment.
• Good understanding and experience of current manufacturing methodologies. Understanding of GHK and GMP.
• Experience in major automated bottling line operations.
• Ability to identify, raise and push for approval appropriate CAPEX wish list for engineering equipment upgrades.
• Understanding of business case preparation and basic financial analysis tools.

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Job Title: Plant Safety Manager

Job Reference: PSM/07/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional areas: Quality & Sustainability
Department: Quality & Sustainability

Job Description

• To ensure the maintenance of a safe working environment/safe work conducts whilst complying with all relevant statutory and company regulations concerning occupational health and safety in the workplace Manage the operations of contractors and external visitors and ensure that they comply with safety guidelines.
• Advise on OHS trends and indicators.
• Develop programs and plans to achieve OHS objectives. Consult with external authorities and other industry/company experts in order to keep abreast of regulatory changes and industry best practice.
• Monitor and inspect fire infra facilities and ensure reliability in event of fire emergency.
• Conduct routine drills to test Emergency preparedness for all likely emergency scenarios. Provide first aid facilities and ensure that first Aid replaceable kits are up to date, available and accessible.
• Provide and maintain Walk ways and ensure that vehicle and Pedestrian walkways are not obstructed.
• Provide and maintain clearly marked muster and fire assembly points and ensure that they are always free of obstruction.
• Issue Work Permits for Hazardous tasks. Provide Timely logging of incidents and ensure closure in the IMCR Database.
• Provide PPE for workers and adequate storage facilities.
• Conduct inspection of forklift trucks and monitor the activities of forklift operators.
• Conduct safety inspections of material handling equipment.
• Ensure safe warehouse stacking of materials and finished products.
• Conduct toolbox talks and pep talks.
• Inspect all modifications and installation plant and equipment before commissioning.
• Conduct regular inspections and monitoring of the premises.
• Conduct Safety inspection of equipment including machine safeguarding, portable electrical devices.
• Conduct routine inspection of first aid kits and facilities.
• Develop, implement and maintain a Safety Management System on KORE and OHSAS 18001 Standards.
• Prioritise and provide advice in a timely manner on OHSAS 18001 implementation. Supervise the Plant's Health and Safety program.
• Facilitate internal audits of the safety management systems.
• Seek out and/or provide Health & Safety problem solving ideas and solutions in response to issues identified that reflect best practice within the company or industry.
• Review all safety rules on a regular basis and, where necessary, recommend suitable changes. Investigate all accidents and damage to Plant property, identify root causes and recommend action to prevent re-occurrence.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of Safety reports to plant management and to Head office.
• Maintain accident records and other safety documentation.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Sciences and Professional Qualification in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Masters Degree and Membership of Safety Professional Body will be an added advantage.
• Production management experience within a beverage/soft drinks or similar process manufacturing company desirable.
• In depth knowledge of key Health & Safety practices and associated legislative requirements at national level essential.
• Ability to investigate and identify root causes behind H&S issues/incidents and develop pragmatic options for resolution.
• Project management skills.
• Good time management skills essential.
• Ability to organise and manage mixed ability teams in order to solve specific H&S related problems.
• Good awareness of organisational structures for effective ownership and management of Health & Safety; Job design; performance management.
• Audio/visual skills in presentation of information and training material are essential. Enthusiastic with the ability to drive and enforce standards and influence people.
• Ability to design and deliver training courses to all levels of employee desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop good relations at all levels both internally and externally.
• Experience needed - 5 years

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Job Title: Automation Engineer

Job Reference: AE/07/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional areas: Engineering
Department: Supply Chain

Job Description
The Automation Engineer reports to the Plant Engineer and the key responsibilities of the role are:

• Ensures optimized equipment performance by maintaining / improving equipment and line controls. Drives innovation and improvement.
• Manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.
• Participates in organization - and executes annual overhaul of production lines.
• Improves reliability and efficiencies by ensuring optimal execution of maintenance tasks.
• Participates in developing business plans targeting productivity improvement and increased cost efficiency
• Contributes to preparation- and controls area of responsibility related maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects
• Effectively applies business performance review (E2020) management routine
• Optimizes the availability of assets to operation
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Prepares, presents and interprets Maintenance KBI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction
• Achievement of business targets by optimal use of labour and materials
• Analyses cost centre variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Understands and controls main cost drivers in Maintenance
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of maintenance activities
• Builds maintenance teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Ensures IDP's are in place and executed for all direct reports
• Ensures training programmes are attended by all nominated team members. Follows up implementation of leanings
• Develops unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization of technology and equipment
• Effectively applies approved selection and development tools for recruitment and development of employees
• Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance and develops successors
• Communicates unit strategy and ensures that all unit members understand and accept it
• Leads processes, systems and people side of all change initiatives in the unit
• Sets stretching but achievable objectives for all people in the unit
• Addresses poor performers quickly at all levels
• Engagement plan implementation leads to constant Engagement index improvement
• Lives and promotes company values and culture, and helps employees to understand and embrace them
• Personally lives the Company values and Code of Business Conduct and demonstrates them consistently
• Implements performance management systems with discipline in order to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
• Regularly updates team members on company processes, changes and initiatives
• Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers, peers, institutions, suppliers
• Builds productive relationships with the employee/ union representatives
• Builds and re-reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Production Planning
• Ensures continuous process improvement by exploring Group and industry benchmark and employees input
• Listens to and encourages employee recommendations and implements the ones delivering values quickly
• Learns and implements best practices from outside and shares own best practices within CC Hellenic
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place and followed
• Ensures all work is carried out in a safe and appropriate manner by maintenance personnel and service/contractor personnel
• Ensures Maintenance impact on environment is minimized and within the CC Hellenic and regulatory limits
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labour legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Plays a leading role in implementing communication and actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
• Ensures property and loss prevention.

Requirements
Desired candidate profile

• University degree in Electrical/Controls/Electronics/Automation Engineering required. 5 years working experience in the field of Automation in Industry dealing with Siemens & Omron PLCs, Danfoss, Omron, Siemens variable fre drives VFDs, sensors, PLC programming skills and ability to effectively read and understand wiring plans plus PLC user programs and comments thereof.
• Experience in budgeting Experience in people management Experience in execution of projects such as: line commissioning, annual maintenance planning Basic Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety Operational planning expertise/experience Delegation skills Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to empower managers
• Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section’s plan
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Ability to set standards for management performance High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Ability to understand what drives peers in other units Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things Intellectual curiosity.
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements

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Job Title: Utility Engineer

Job Reference: UE/07/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional areas: Engineering
Department: Supply Chain

Job Description
The Utility Engineer reports to the Plant Engineer and the key responsibilities of the role are:

• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution in area of responsibility that includes water treatment plants, effluent treatment plants, iron removal plants, steam boilers, air compressors-high & low pressure, cooling compressors, chillers, air handling systems pumps etc.
• Participates in organization - and executes annual overhaul of production lines.
• Improves reliability and efficiencies by ensuring optimal execution of maintenance tasks.
• Participates in developing business plans targeting productivity improvement and increased cost efficiency
• Contributes to preparation- and controls annual utilities related maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects
• Effectively applies business performance review (E2020) management routine
• Optimizes the ability of assets to operation
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Prepares, presents and interprets Maintenance KBI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction
• Achievement of business targets by optimal use of labour and materials
• Analyses cost centre variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Understands and controls main cost drivers in Maintenance
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of utilities related maintenance activities
• Builds maintenance teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Ensures IDP's are in place and executed for all direct reports
• Ensures training programmes are attended by all nominated team members. Follows up implementation of leanings
• Develops unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization of technology and equipment
• Effectively applies approved selection and development tools for recruitment and development of employees
• Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance and develops successors
• Communicates unit strategy and ensures that all unit members understand and accept it
• Leads processes, systems and people side of all change initiatives in the unit
• Sets stretching but achievable objectives for all people in the unit
• Addresses poor performers quickly at all levels
• Lives and promotes company values and culture, and helps employees to understand and embrace them
• Personally lives the Company values and Code of Business Conduct and demonstrates them consistently
• Implements performance management systems with discipline in order to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
• Regularly updates team members on company processes, changes and initiatives
• Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers, peers, institutions, suppliers
• Builds productive relationships with the employee/ union representatives
• Builds and re-reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Production Planning
• Establishes and maintains productive relationships with the relevant government bodies
• Ensures continuous process improvement by exploring Group and industry benchmark and employees input
• Listens to and encourages employee recommendations and implements the ones delivering values quickly
• Learns and implements best practices from outside and shares own best practices within CC Hellenic
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place and followed
• Ensures all work is carried out in a safe and appropriate manner by maintenance personnel and service/contractor personnel
• Ensures Maintenance impact on environment is minimized and within the CC Hellenic and regulatory limits
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labour legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Plays a leading role in implementing communication and actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
• Ensures property and loss prevention.

Requirements
Desired candidate profile

• B.Sc in Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering or Suitable Equivalent with 6 years working experience in the field of Production Management or Maintenance in Food or Beverage Industry.
• Experience in budgeting. Experience in people management.
• Experience in execution of projects such as: line commissioning, annual maintenance planning.
• Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety. Operational planning expertise/experience.
• Delegation skills. Full knowledge of SC strategy.
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions.
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins.
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers.
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others.
• Ability to empower managers.
• Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section’s plan.
• Ability to lead and manage change.
• Ability to set standards for management performance. High integrity.
• Ability to build relationships to improve results.
• Ability to understand what drives peers in other units.
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things. Intellectual curiosity.
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy.
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements

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Job Title: Maintenance System Engineer

Job Reference: MSE/07/2015
Location: Nigeria
Functional Areas: Engineering
Department: Supply Chain

Job Description
The Maintenance Systems Engineer reports to the Plant Engineer and the key responsibilities of the role are:

• Responsible for implementation and roll out of maintenance systems. Champions roll out- and ensures full usage of SAP PM.
• Ensures integrity and sustainability of equipment and processes through conducting audits and process checks and initiating corrective action where required.
• Drives innovation and improvement of lines and assets.
• Manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.
• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution in plant in alignment with country strategy
• Organizes and schedules annual overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Develops business plans providing productivity improvement and stretchy targets for cost efficiency
• Contributes to preparation and controls annual plant maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Ensures continuous and effective assets management
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimisation projects in Production
• Effectively applies business performance review (COBRA, EATB) management routine
• Optimises the ability of assets to operation
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Prepares, presents and interprets Maintenance KBI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction
• Achievement of business targets by optimal use of labour and materials
• Analyses cost centre variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Understands and controls main cost drivers in Maintenance
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to monitor cost and execution of all maintenance activities in plant.
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to monitor and control Spare Parts inventory and availability.
• Builds maintenance teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Ensures IDP's are in place and executed for all direct reports
• Ensures training programmes are attended by all nominated team members. Follows up implementation of leanings
• Develops unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization of technology and equipment
• Effectively applies approved selection and development tools for recruitment and development of employees
• Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance and develops successors
• Communicates unit strategy and ensures that all unit members understand and accept it
• Leads processes, systems and people side of all change initiatives in the unit
• Sets stretching but achievable objectives for all people in the unit
• Lives and promotes company values and culture, and helps employees to understand and embrace them
• Personally lives the Company values and Code of Business Conduct and demonstrates them consistently
• Implements performance management systems with discipline in order to ensure that all team members deliver full performance
• Regularly updates team members on company processes, changes and initiatives
• Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers, peers, institutions, suppliers
• Builds productive relationships with the employee/ union representatives
• Builds and re-reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Production Planning
• Drives innovation in production equipment
• Ensures continuous process improvement by exploring Group and industry benchmark and employees input
• Listens to and encourages employee recommendations and implements the ones delivering values quickly
• Learns and implements best practices from outside and shares own best practices within CC Hellenic
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place and followed
• Ensures all work is carried out in a safe and appropriate manner by maintenance personnel and service/contractor personnel
• Ensures Maintenance impact on environment is minimized and within the CC Hellenic and regulatory limits
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labour legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Plays a leading role in implementing communication and actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
• Ensures property and loss prevention

Requirements
Desired candidate profile

• University Degree in Engineering Minimum of 5 years experience working experience in the field of production management or maintenance in food or beverage industry.
• Experience in people management Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety Operational / Maintenance planning expertise/experience Delegation skills Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers Coaching direct reports and mentoring others Ability to empower managers
• Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section’s plan Ability to lead and manage change Ability to set standards for management performance High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Ability to understand what drives peers in other units Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things Intellectual curiosity Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements

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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


Application Deadline  17th July, 2015

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