Job Description

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Job Title: Asset Care Technician (Dayshift)
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
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:

• Work safely within the Operations team
• Provide maintenance and continuous improvement skills to deliver and improve on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost and asset care.
• Effective use of maintenance systems data
• Observe and ensure compliance to safe systems of work
• Completion of Preventative maintenance activities and pro-active maintenance activities
• Deliver and improve performance targets in safety, quality, service, cost and asset care.
• Fully understand KPIs and the individuals influence to these.

Role Responsibilities:

• At all times adhere to Diageo health and safety, environmental and food safety standards, and work to all applicable legislative procedures. Responsible for Safe Systems of work.
• Maintain a safe and organized workplace environment through adherence to the Safety and 5S MMS practices.
• Provide Asset Care Technician resources (mechanical) to the Operations team.
• Accountable to ensure all assigned Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules are carried out at the defined frequency and completed to the required standard.
• Coach operators to perform autonomous maintenance tasks, machine set ups optimization and support growth in equipment capability as required.
• Support capital work, including installation, commissioning and testing within area as required. Responsible for feeding into early equipment management.
• Make full use of SAP - SAP reporting & recording completion.
• Review RCM activity on a weekly basis.
• Apply and uses MMS principles tools and techniques, contributing positively to MMS ITFs.
• Manage personal data in Workday e.g. P4G and personal details, My Learning Hub, ect.
• Attend and contribute to SIC process. Complete short interval control documentation on activities.
• Raise and attend 5 why's as defined by agreed trigger points. Work with Operators and team leaders to play a proactive role in situational problem solving on shift. Fixing problems and finding solutions via RCPS.
• Participate in line improvement projects.
• Engage in start of shift meetings and performance-based team meetings to raise and address persistent performance issues.
• Participates in daily, weekly and monthly asset care review meetings.
• Anticipate issues and be more proactive in approach.
• Support TLs & Operators to build asset care and RCPS capability.
• Attend all Tier 1 meetings and Tier 2 meetings as required, contribute to the agenda and complete actions as required.
• Add to the maintenance system by optimising work schedules to add value.
• All planned maintenance schedules issued to be completed on time and in full.
• Potential to carry out standby activities as and when required.
• Carry out audits and inspections on equipment deems to fall under legislative requirements.
• Able to run with and manage projects such eg.FI improvements.
• Be flexible in working hours as and when required.

Excellence in Supply Chain

• Attend all Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings as required, contribute to the agenda and complete actions as required on time in full.
• Understands and uses MMS principles tools and techniques.
• Able to use TRACC principles.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Win through Execution - Lead bold execution in a fast-moving world.
• Inspire through Purpose - Amplify our purpose internally and externally.
• Shape the Future - Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo's future ambition.
• Invest in Talent - Harness the full extent of Diageo's talent and diversity.

Experience / skills required:
Qualifications

• N6 engineering and Equivalent trade test
• 5 years' experience as artisan
• Minimum of 5 years in an FMCG environment preferably in bottling Industry.

Experience - Essential

• Numerical/verbal reasoning,
• Computer literate, MS office and SAP experience
• Understanding of Asset Performance and maintenance philosophy with excellent Process Improvement and a solid foundation in process understanding and problem solving (eg root cause analysis)
• Multiskilled or willing to become (Mech , elec , process etc)
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to work in a team and be an effective team member, good communication skills
• Has strength of character to challenge poor team behaviours and non-adherence to standards.
• Functioned in an environment with FSSC accreditation with clear understanding of how maintenance influences food safety and quality.
• Surfaces problems doesn't hide them.
• Is an ambassador for Manufacturing Excellence and continuous improvement.
• Responds to change in a positive and flexible manner, adaptability.
• Have a safe working knowledge and understand the need for maintaining legal compliance.
• Sound knowledge of bottling principles e.g., Labeller, Rinser, Filler, and Capping maintenance

Experience - Desirable

• Knowledge of risk standards (Quality / H&S / Environment) Safety and hygiene compliance procedures
• Working knowledge of SAP, Harford

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.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Worker Type : Regular
Primary Location: Isipingo
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date : 2026-01-14

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