Asset Care Technician
Job Title: Asset Care Technician
About the Function:
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.
Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.
About the role:
The job holder is responsible for repairing and maintaining machinery within the section/area of ownership to ensure safety, quality, and high Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and availability within budget.
Relationships
- Technical Operator and Shift Manager - Avail and ensure AMs are effectively executed, raised technical issues resolved and root cause problem solving done.
- Asset Care Engineer, seek for both technical (skills, tools, spares, and additional manpower) and non-technical guidance to resolve all arising engineering issues.
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Purpose of Role
- To provide hands on engineering solutions to support production teams to produce product at customer service levels, quality conformance, and within budget
- To develop and/or adhere to machine maintenance methods and standards to optimize asset availability and performance.
Role Responsibilities:
Health & Safety
- Fully support and comply with UBL/Diageo H&S policies; PPEs, Permits and risk assessments.
- Document all unsafe conditions and practices (SIRC) to drive continuous improvement and positive safety culture.
- Resolve, modify and or eliminate and report unsafe safety conditions and/or practices within the section/areas of ownership.
Interrelationship
- Develop positive straight-talking relationships with all team members, peers, colleagues, and wider site team.
- Acting, as and when required, as Asset Care Planner/Scheduler in their absence.
Operation
- Machine Inspections and Lubrication
- Conducting and/or driving 5S activities
- Closing area SIRCS and raising SIRCS in any other areas
- AMs distribution, supervision for execution and reviews/creation
- ZPMS execution and reviews/creation and SAP closer
- ZPMR execution and SAP closer
- SIC audits and process book sign offs.
- Spares validation, restocking and control.
- Conducting scheduled control system backups and keeping an updated version ready for plug and play
- Conducting condition monitoring and follow up on action closure.
- Driving RCPS and follow up on action closure to drive RCPS density scores.
- Development of safety procedure (LOTO, Tasked Base Risk Assessment, Guarding etc.)
- Developing OPLs and SOPs
- CI identification and execution
- Users, Operators and Stakeholder trainings
- Organizing and availing of technical and user manuals and notes
- Closing Identified ITF, RCPS, CI, RCM, and risk assessment actions.
- Conducting RCM and FMECA (Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis).
- Cost and downtime analysis (Waterfall, Pareto, MTBF, MTTR etc.)
Experience / skills required:
Qualifications
- Diploma or an equivalent in Engineering
Technical
- Minimum of 2 years' hands on experience in maintenance
- Knowledge of SAP CMMS, environment, H+S, and quality system
- Knowledge of world class manufacturing techniques & standards such as 5S, TIPS and DMAIC.
- Structured problem evaluation & solving skills using relevant problem-solving tools and techniques IPS and RCPS.
Teamwork •
- High interpersonal effectiveness to develop & sustain robust relationships.
- Experience of working in a multi-functional team.
Communication -written and verbal.
- Ability to prepare precise, concise, accurate and well-presented documents, with excellent attention to detail
- Excellent verbal skills, with an ability to explain complex technical information in clear and simple terms.
Shift Pattern
- The job holder should be able and flexible to work both general (8 -10 hours) and shift (12 hours).
- The holder should have practiced engineering competency in a busy manufacturing set up preferably and FMCG (should be self-driven with speed and accuracy)
- The holder must be computer literate to cope with CMMS (SAP)
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Pension
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Woman founded/led
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