Automation Engineer at Coca-Cola

BOUT THE ROLE

The Automation Engineer ensures optimized equipment performance by maintaining and/or improving equipment and line controls. He/She drives innovation and improvement as well as manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability, and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Improve reliability and efficiency by ensuring optimal execution of maintenance tasks.
• Contribute to preparation and control area of responsibility within related maintenance budget, ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Effectively apply business performance review (COBRA, EATB) management routine.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data.
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality.
• Prepare, present, and interpret Maintenance KBIs and make recommendations that result in increased productivity and efficiency, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction.
• Understand and control main cost drivers in Maintenance.
• Ensure full use of the SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of maintenance activities.

ARE THESE YOUR SECRET INGREDIENTS?

• Delegation skills
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short-term wins.
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to translate functional strategy into unit/section plan.
• Ability to lead and manage change.
• Ability to set standards for management performance.
• 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.

EDUCATION / KNOWLEDGE

• University degree in Electrical /Controls /Electronics /Automation Engineering required.
• 4-5 years working experience in the field of Automation in Industry dealing with Siemens & Omron PLCs, Danfoss, Omron, Siemens’ variable free drives VFDs, sensors, PLC programming skills, and ability to effectively read and understand wiring plans plus PLC user programs and comments thereof.
• Basic Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety