It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee". At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE), we’ve made it our mission to find out. Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world.

For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia etc.

What’s it like to work at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS?

At JDE, we are convinced that to grow our company we need to grow our people – through learning, coaching and experiences. We want you to be the best that you can be and encourage you to take ownership for your career.

The role as Reliability Engineer will be responsible to creates and develop the Asset Maintenance plan to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new, existing and a modified asset to achieve high level of safety, product quality and technical availability. Contributes to the execution of the engineering solution for the continuous improvement of the equipment capacity and efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACTIVITIES

Safety Health and Environment:

• Delivers a Safety Health and Environment culture and role model behaviours by following safety procedures, using Personal Protective Equipment – PPE and works calm and orderly
• Delivers a Safe and Healthy work environment by knowing the work-related hazards and safety instructions
• Lead/Participate in incident investigations and confronts unsafe conditions and behaviours immediately.  Solves safety issues directly or through escalation
• Participate in Risk Assessment process as required
• Cooperates with the team to keep the workplace safe, clean and well ordered. Helps colleagues to work safely
• Escalates and implements solutions to impact risks in ergonomics and working conditions
• Reports any unsafe situation, substandard, near miss, incident or defect
• Does not endanger himself or any other person under any circumstance: “we work safely, or we do not work”
• Stops work when safety is at risk or when in doubt how to proceed safely and involve shift leader
• Active participation in Safety discussion during Operations Performance meetings Structure – OPS meetings
• Plans all maintenance interventions in a manner that protects the safety of the associate

Quality:

• Delivers a Quality culture and role model behaviours. Adhere to Quality and legislation requirements and complies to legal and corporate standards & policies
• Plans all maintenance interventions in a manner that protects the quality of the product paying special attention to the contamination of equipment and products by oils, fats or foreign objects (hard plastic, dirt, etc...)
• Responsible for providing engineering solution to guarantee the quality of the product (equipment modification, parts replacements, calibrations, inspections, cleaning, etc.)

Leadership:

• Contributes to team engagement plan implementation
• Onboarding of new associates in the team

Delivery & Cost:

• Autonomous maintenance
  • Transfer knowledge and technical expertise
  • Create and update standards
  • Ensuring that the planned maintenance work is carried out within the defined quality standards and deadlines
  • Participates in plant initiatives and projects
• Corrective maintenance
  • Develops knowledge of machines by being available on production lines; shares observations with operators
  • Raises the relevant documentation related to the correction of defects
  • Attends to all Breakdowns as quick as possible and carries out Breakdown Analysis using the standards provided
  • Is responsible for monitoring the line after a breakdown to ensure an effective and efficient start of the equipment (ensuring efficiency, product quality etc.)
• Preventive maintenance
  • Implements Manufacturing Operating System - MOS roll out plan with a hands-on approach through using and owning the relevant Planned Maintenance tools such as Breakdown analysis, Weak Component analysis and GE analysis.
  • Updates and improves the equipment reliability with inputs from Breakdown Analysis.
  • Develop and monitor preventive maintenance tasks to optimize Planned Maintenance downtime
  • Prepare and execute the medium and long-term preventative maintenance plan
  • Keeps maintenance records updated with all the details required
  • Ensure the quality of spare parts and tools used for asset maintenance.
• Uses Manufacturing Operating System - MOS tools as a daily routine to ensure key KPIs delivery that contributing to Compelling Business Need – CBN and Champions 1 Manufacturing Operating System - MOS tool
• Participates in Operations Performance meetings Structure - OPS Level 2
• Participates in the development of criteria for evaluation of equipment suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
• Suggests and implements improvement ideas

Projects:

• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
• Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.

To succeed in this role, it is required of you to have:

• A minimum of Degree in Electrical/Electronic and/or Automation Engineering or equivalent;
• At least 5 years’ of experience in the related industry and preferably in FMCG industries background;
• Good experience in electrical repair know-how, with knowledge and skills in machine and power supply equipment;
• Require hands-on skills in Electricity, Process Control, Loop Tuning, Instrumentation & PLC/HMI Programming;

• Passionate, energetic & innovative work culture
• Outstanding Career Development Opportunities
• Flexibility with working hours 
• The best coffee and tea served all day in our office – Can you imagine that?

Thank you for your interest in JDE, please note we will only reach out to successful candidates.

Interested candidates, please submit your application by clicking the link.