Specialist Artisan – Bloemfontein
Website PepsiCo
Overview
We are PepsiCo
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.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.
In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore, and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay’s, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.
Responsibilities
What we’re looking for:
We are looking for a Specialist Artisan to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Bloemfontein The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and maintaining the bottle blowing machine and deliver requirements in the right quality and quantity and in a safe manner.Should have strong bottle blowing experience. Should have strong electrical fault finding abilities. Set programmable logical circuits (PLC’s).Should be able to read electrical drawings.Service, maintain and dismantled machinery or equipment. Assemble, install and align equipment and machinery.Repair electrical circuitry and components.Test units to evaluate electrical & mechanical operations.Add and update SCADA interface with PLC systems (where needed). Should have experience on change overs. Organizing workflow and takes responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, and performance on the line.
Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role:
- Five to Six years relevant experience within the FMCG environment
- Technical Trade or NTC.
- Red Seal Electrician Certificate, will be an advantage
- Adhere to safety, health, quality and standard operating procedures.
- Comply and adhere to quality systems (GMP, HACCP,) .
- Monitor and ensure that all required documentation is completed as per standard.
- Continually seek to identify opportunities for cost saving and more effective ways of carrying out production activities.
- Manage equipment and material inventory.
- Analyse performance and seeks ways to continually improve.
- Performs autonomous, routine, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on the blower and always ensures machine availability.
- Previous work experience in a standard aseptic bottling line with rotary blower very necessary.
- Ability to manage situations and motivate all stakeholders at all times.
- Food quality experience relating to processing, packaging, storage and logistic
- Good moral, communication and organization skill to follow through with quality, engineering team.
- Self-motivating with active will to achieving set goals and promoting strong team spirit within the organization.
- Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to interface with internal employees and to accurately document, report and present.
“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”
To apply for this job please visit www.pepsicojobs.com.