Mechanical Technician

Job Description

About Us

East African Breweries PLC (EABL) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with an outstanding collection of brands that range from beer, spirits and adult non-alcoholic drinks (ANADs), reaffirming our standing as a total adult beverage (TAB) company.

EABL has extensive operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with breweries, distilleries, support industries and a distribution network across the region. It also runs a growing export operations business within and outside of the wider Eastern Africa region. The group’s diversity is an important factor in delivering the highest quality brands to East African consumers and long-term value to East African investors.

EABL operates within a multi-cultural, multinational, multi-currency environment, dealing with various regulatory, tax and compliance requirements

EABL is a Public Listed Company (Plc) listed on the Securities/Stock Exchange in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

About the role

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Technician to support the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of our manufacturing processes and equipment. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out preventive maintenance activities, leveraging maintenance system data to drive performance improvements, ensuring full compliance with safe work practices and procedures, and contributing to the achievement of key safety, quality, service, cost, and asset care targets. Working closely with the Operations team, you will champion continuous improvement initiatives and drive Manufacturing Management System (MMS) activities at shift level to deliver operational excellence and sustainable business results.

Top accountabilities

• Ensure compliance to maintenance regulatory standards within the area
• Work with maintenance Leaders and Craft teams to identify areas of plant under performance and support improvement plans
• Responsible for managing SAP data integrity with respect to plant and equipment structures, maintenance plans, Task lists and work orders for business areas of responsibility in accordance with Diageo Work Planning and Scheduling standards
• Work with Asset Care Leaders and Asset care Technicians to ensure work request undergo adequate technical assessment and planning prior to scheduling work
• Engage and Coach store teams to support effective and efficient planning through use of job knitting in accordance with Diageo Work Planning and Scheduling Standards
• Support and Energize deployment of MMS Asset Care Strategy and practice at business area of responsibility with Equipment Owners, Asset Care Technicians and Operators
• Lead weekly Asset Care integrated planning meeting providing scheduled maintenance requirements, performance reporting and agree improvement actions with stakeholders
• Support Daily Operational review meetings to report Asset care performance and support actions to improve compliance and performance
• Action any non compliance of scheduled work to prioritize and reschedule
• Continuously follow Leader Standard Work and ensure weekly maintenance schedules optimize use of resources, time and materials
• Continuously drive for the next level of performance. Be bold on action planning and delivery
• Develop Team Morale, recognize great performance and take timely action to address underperformance where necessary
• Have appropriate behavioral safety conversation - comfortable challenging each others and visitors
• Demonstrate self awareness and own self development plan
• Commit to grow own capability and experience to the benefit of self, your team and Diageo
• Prepare and complete own P4G documentation. Be receptive to feedback and willing to learn from mistakes
• Analyse Spare parts Inventory equirement and Continuous improvement in Inventory Controls
• Implement Facilities Management’s procurement requirements for spares, materials and outsourced work.

Qualifications:

• Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Skills & Experience:

• 3 Years experience/competence  in operations, maintenance, process control and performance measurement in a brewery or drinks or food manufacturing environment.

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, 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.

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Recruitment Scam Warning

Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com or @eabl.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money.

Worker Type

Regular

Primary Location

Mwanza

Job Posting Start Date

2026-07-02