Coca-Cola Beverages Maintenance Technician

Keeping a high-volume production plant running requires technicians who can do more than respond when machinery breaks down. Modern maintenance teams are expected to prevent failures, diagnose recurring problems, understand automated equipment and improve overall plant reliability while meeting strict safety and quality standards.

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is recruiting a Maintenance Technician for its Production department at Premier Place. The position is aimed at an experienced, trade-tested Millwright with strong mechanical and electrical maintenance capabilities and 3–5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.

Coca-Cola Beverages Maintenance Technician: Quick Overview

• Company: Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA)
• Position: Maintenance Technician
• Department: Production
• Location: Premier Place
• Method Of Application: Apply Now Online
• Minimum qualification: N6 Certificate
• Trade: Trade-tested Millwright
• Preferred qualification: N6 Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with Millwright Trade Certificate
• Experience: 3–5 years
• Preferred environment: Manufacturing / FMCG
• Technical focus: Mechanical and electrical maintenance
• Systems: CMMS / SAP PM
• Plant standards: SHEQ and GMP
• Required documents: Updated CV, highest qualification and Trade Certificate

About the CCBSA Maintenance Technician Position

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for helping ensure production equipment remains safe, reliable and available.

The successful candidate will perform both preventative and corrective maintenance, diagnose equipment failures and respond to breakdowns affecting production.

The position also involves working closely with Production, Engineering, Stores and other maintenance personnel.

This is therefore an experienced technical position rather than an apprenticeship or entry-level artisan opportunity.

Minimum Education Requirements

Applicants need a minimum of:

N6 Certificate with a Trade Test as a Millwright.

The preferred educational profile is:

N6 in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a Millwright Trade Certificate.

Candidates should pay particular attention to the trade requirement. This vacancy is aimed at a qualified Millwright, not someone who has only completed N6 engineering studies.

Trade Test Is Required

The Millwright Trade Test is part of the advertised minimum requirement.

Applicants must also attach their:

Trade Certificate

to the application.

Candidates who completed their N6 but haven’t yet qualified through the required trade-test pathway shouldn’t assume the academic qualification alone meets the stated minimum requirements.

Experience Required

CCBSA requires:

3–5 years of hands-on maintenance experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.

Relevant experience should involve practical maintenance rather than purely theoretical engineering knowledge.

Experience working across both mechanical and electrical systems is preferred, particularly within:

• Bottling
• Packaging
• Manufacturing
• FMCG production

Candidates with this type of experience should make it prominent on their CV.

Preventative Maintenance Responsibilities

A major responsibility will be executing scheduled maintenance according to established maintenance plans and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) recommendations.

Tasks include:

• Scheduled equipment maintenance
• Equipment inspections
• Lubrication
• Cleaning
• Equipment adjustments
• Condition checks
• Identifying potential failures

Effective preventative maintenance helps address problems before they result in expensive production breakdowns.

Corrective Maintenance

When equipment develops a problem, the technician will be expected to complete corrective maintenance promptly.

The objective isn’t simply to get equipment running temporarily.

The technician needs to diagnose the underlying problem and implement an effective repair while minimising disruption to production.

Breakdown Response and Fault Finding

Applicants need strong troubleshooting capabilities.

The successful candidate will respond to unplanned failures involving:

• Mechanical systems
• Electrical systems
• Electromechanical systems

The technician will need to identify root causes, complete repairs and provide recommendations that can help prevent the same failure from happening again.

Mechanical Systems Knowledge

Candidates should have sound knowledge of equipment including:

• Gearboxes
• Pumps
• Conveyors
• Motors
• Sensors

These are common components within industrial production and packaging environments.

Applicants should describe their genuine equipment experience clearly on their CV rather than simply stating “plant maintenance.”

Electrical and Automation Knowledge

The position also requires electrical troubleshooting capabilities.

Candidates should be able to:

• Diagnose electrical faults
• Read wiring schematics
• Interpret technical documentation
• Work with electrical equipment
• Use appropriate diagnostic tools

A basic understanding of PLC interfaces and industrial automation systems is also required.

This doesn’t mean the role is necessarily that of a PLC programmer, but candidates should understand how automated systems interact with the machinery they’re maintaining.

Reading Technical Drawings and OEM Documentation

The Maintenance Technician needs to interpret:

• Technical drawings
• Wiring schematics
• OEM documentation
• Instruction manuals

This is important when diagnosing faults, replacing components or performing maintenance according to manufacturer specifications.

Computerised Maintenance Management System

Maintenance activities need to be properly recorded in the company’s Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Job cards should accurately document:

• Fault information
• Work completed
• Time spent
• Materials used
• Maintenance feedback

Previous experience working within a CMMS environment is described as advantageous.

SAP PM Experience

The skills requirements also include SAP PM usage for job execution and feedback.

Candidates with SAP Plant Maintenance experience should include it prominently on their CV.

If you’ve used another CMMS rather than SAP PM, state the actual system you’ve worked with instead of claiming SAP experience you don’t have.

Equipment Reliability and Condition Monitoring

Maintenance isn’t only about repairing broken equipment.

The technician will perform condition-monitoring activities such as:

• Visual inspections
• Temperature checks
• Monitoring vibration alerts

Abnormal conditions need to be identified and escalated before they develop into larger equipment failures.

The technician will also support asset-care initiatives such as:

• 5S
• RCA – Root Cause Analysis
• RCM – Reliability-Centred Maintenance

These activities contribute to improving equipment reliability and reducing recurring problems.

Root Cause Analysis

CCBSA expects technicians to contribute to identifying why equipment failures happen.

If a conveyor, motor, pump or other machine repeatedly breaks down, replacing the failed component each time doesn’t necessarily solve the underlying problem.

Root cause analysis helps determine why the failure is recurring and what corrective action could prevent it.

Candidates with experience participating in RCA, continuous improvement or reliability initiatives should highlight this.

Safety, Quality and Food-Safety Compliance

Because this position operates within a production environment, maintenance work must comply with applicable:

• Safety requirements
• Quality standards
• Food-safety requirements
• Environmental standards
• SHEQ requirements
• GMP requirements

Candidates should have familiarity with food safety, hygiene and SHEQ standards within a plant environment.

Lockout/Tagout and Permit-to-Work

Maintenance personnel must follow safe-work procedures, including:

• Permit-to-work requirements
• Lockout/tagout procedures

These processes are critical when maintaining machinery that could otherwise start unexpectedly or expose employees to hazardous energy.

Safety compliance isn’t optional, even when production pressure is high.

Working With Production and Engineering Teams

The technician will communicate with:

• Production
• Engineering
• Stores
• Maintenance personnel
• Maintenance Controller

This can involve discussing breakdowns, identifying required parts, planning maintenance activities and suggesting improvements.

The successful candidate may also assist with training and knowledge sharing within the maintenance team.

How Performance Will Be Measured

CCBSA identifies several Key Business Indicators (KBIs) relevant to the position.

These include:

• Planned maintenance compliance
• Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
• First-Time Fix Rate
• Job-card closure accuracy
• Job-card completion time
• Equipment uptime
• Equipment reliability
• Safety and compliance audit outcomes
• Number of repeat breakdowns

These measures show that the role isn’t simply judged by how many repairs are completed. Quality, reliability, speed, documentation and prevention of repeat failures all matter.

Skills Required

Strong candidates should demonstrate:

• Mechanical fault finding
• Electrical fault finding
• Preventative maintenance
• Corrective maintenance
• Equipment inspections
• Troubleshooting
• Condition monitoring
• Technical drawing interpretation
• Diagnostic equipment usage
• Root cause analysis
• Basic continuous-improvement knowledge
• CMMS experience
• SAP PM knowledge
• SHEQ awareness
• GMP knowledge
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Time management

Who Should Consider Applying?

This position is particularly relevant to someone who:

• Has an N6 Certificate
• Is a trade-tested Millwright
• Has 3–5 years of hands-on maintenance experience
• Has worked within manufacturing or FMCG
• Can troubleshoot mechanical equipment
• Can troubleshoot electrical equipment
• Understands industrial automation at a basic level
• Can work with pumps, motors, conveyors and gearboxes
• Can read technical drawings and schematics
• Understands preventative and corrective maintenance
• Is comfortable working with maintenance systems
• Understands industrial safety requirements

Experience within bottling or packaging could be particularly relevant.

Thabang’s Tip

Documents Required

Only applications containing the required supporting documents will be considered.

Candidates must attach:

• Updated CV
• Highest qualification
• Trade Certificate

Don’t submit the online application first and assume you’ll be asked for the documents later. The advert explicitly states that only applications with these attachments will be considered.

Internal applicants must also attach a signed Internal Application Form.

How to Apply for the Coca-Cola Beverages Maintenance Technician Position

Eligible candidates should apply through the official recruitment channel associated with the Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa Maintenance Technician – Premier Place vacancy.

Before submitting, check that your application clearly demonstrates:

• N6 qualification
• Millwright Trade Test
• 3–5 years of maintenance experience
• Manufacturing/FMCG experience
• Mechanical and electrical capabilities
• Equipment you’ve maintained
• Fault-finding experience
• Preventative and corrective maintenance experience
• CMMS/SAP PM exposure
• SHEQ and GMP knowledge
• Relevant automation experience

Finally, attach your updated CV, highest qualification and Trade Certificate.

For an experienced trade-tested Millwright, the CCBSA Maintenance Technician opportunity provides the chance to work in a production environment where technical performance is measured not only by fixing breakdowns, but by improving equipment reliability, uptime, safety and long-term plant performance.

Closing Date: 2026/09/08

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