Heineken Ethiopia -Vacancy Announcement
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Heineken Ethiopia would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following position.
Position: Packaging Operator
Experience and Skills
- 0 – 2 years of experience, preferably in beverage/logistic operation shop floor experience
Education
- Preferably TVET Electrical or Mechanical, Auto Mechanics & Automotive
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or related fields
The Packaging Operator will ensure the safety agenda in the daily job. Operate and execute in a qualitative way the process and product-related tasks while improving the key performance indicators and production losses, leading to a safe working environment on machine/area.
Key Responsibilities
- Works in line with the defined and implemented safety, environmental, and food safety standards. Following the 5S, Housekeeping and HACCP are related to the workplace.
- Identify the safety risks in their department.
- Apply LSR principles, including do’s and don’ts.
- Take action where unsafe situations or behaviors occur, give feedback, and report to the relevant people.
- Safely shut down and start up equipment for the yearly overhaul.
- Act in compliance with HEINEKEN and local safety rules, standards, and procedures.
- Identify water and energy losses in their area of responsibility and suggest solutions.
- Implement good environmental practices.
- Make all the quality checks in line with the standards and procedures on simple packaging machines.
- Perform quality and food safety checks in line with standards and safety procedures.
- Identify quality issues in their area.
- Take part in improvement actions to prevent quality issues from arising and contribute to quality-related analyses (e.g., DAS, RCFAs, problem-solving).
- Clean and disinfect to the expected level in line with recipe standards, SOPs, and CILT.
- Executes the tagging process, CILT, and applies problem-solving tools. Participates and starts leading the improvement teams.
- Use the digital tools available to report the information required for the DCS (e.g., shift handover list, downtime reports, shift performance information).
- Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor excellence tools displayed in digital applications (SOP, OPL, CILT activities, and 5S).
- Apply APM team methodology, steps 0-3.
- Take part in TPM improvement activities related to safety, quality, the environment, and performance losses in their area (BDA, MSR, Kaizen, RCFA)
- Identify losses in the operation (extract, water, energy, material losses, etc.).
- Executes all the packaging operations on simple machines in line with the valid standards. Manage documentation and reporting for the working area.
- Operate the equipment according to demand and seasonality.
- Perform basic standards for the packaging process in their own area (all planned and routine activities – sampling, cleaning, start up and shutdown according to Standard Operating Procedures, etc. – and machine processes).
- Operates the simple packaging machines. Execute basic maintenance tasks according to standards
- Safely operate equipment in line with specifications and demand and ensure delivery On Time In Full.
- Captures and interprets performance data and executes corrective actions
- Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor (SOP, OPL, CILT activities, and 5S).
- Apply tagging and de-tagging, prioritize the tags, and eliminate equipment anomalies.
Work Location: Kilinto and Bedele
Deadline: Nov 09, 2025
How to Apply:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their recent CV via the below address: talentacquieth@heineken.com
Applicants should state “Packaging Operator – Kilnto” or “Packaging Operator – Bedele” in the subject line of the email.
Female candidates are highly encouraged.
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