Plant Technical Expert-1

Seniority Level

Entry level

Job Overview & Responsibilities

• Be an active member of the Packaging department working alongside Machine Operators and Technical Engineers to ensure departmental KPI’s are achieved and to develop and implement a strategy to optimise the reliability and efficiency on specific machines.
• Manage own working hours in line with departmental priorities and by request of the Reliability Manager.
• Spend the majority of time on the shop floor monitoring the line/equipment and challenging the reliability performance of the machines.
• Spend the majority of time on the shop floor upskilling Operators and technicians.
• Execute all activities in compliance with safety standards and guidelines to ensure his/her and colleagues’ safety.
• Execute planned corrective and preventative maintenance schedules that have been allocated to the PTE.
• Review and validate standards (SOPs, CILs, SWIs) for Autonomous Teams where required.
• Provide expert response to breakdowns when escalated by the Line Owner or Reliability Manager.
• Be hands‑on in ATO deep cleaning and tagging exercises.
• Create documents to support training of both operators and Packaging Technicians.
• Collaborate on ATO implementation, developing operator and technician skill sets through training and coaching.
• Collaborate with Reliability Managers, Line Owners and FLMs in creating optimal SKAP training documents.
• Implement machine‑specific GOPs (e.g., One‑Stop‑Shop GOP).
• Active involvement in reviewing the 5Y and providing feedback to authors to improve RCA quality and shop‑floor knowledge.
• Participate in equipment reliability events, including PM, CIL and SOP reviews.
• Collaborate with the maintenance planner to ensure long‑term and medium‑term plans are in place for line/equipment.
• Work with the Maintenance Planner to identify parts required to be staged to allow the storeman to stage the parts as and when required.
• Audit and support actions to improve and sustain 5S in allocated areas or on specific machines.
• Attend external training courses, visits to OEMs, etc., as and when required.
• Attend routine meetings in line with the Brewery MCRS as required.
• Flexible to work shifts when requested, in line with the collective agreement.

Essential Qualifications

• Advanced level skill set, qualifications and demonstrable experience working safely in a high‑speed manufacturing/processing environment within a maintenance department or comparable technical services team.
• Experience operating at a Technical Expert level in a World‑Class environment delivering proven process improvements.
• In‑depth knowledge of high‑speed packaging equipment and machinery as well as batch process control used in brewing systems.
• Knowledge of refrigeration systems, steam systems (including steam traps, heat exchangers and associated controls) and compressed air plant is beneficial.
• Excellent mechanical/electrical/automation fault‑finding skills.
• Thrives in a fast‑paced, changing environment and is able to prioritise multiple maintenance requests to ensure key breakdowns are addressed appropriately.

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