Maintenance Team Lead (Nationwide) Nationwide

Seven-Up Bottling Company Ltd is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country. We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

 Job Title: Maintenance Team Lead

Location: Nationwide

Industry: FMCG Job Summary

Maintenance Team Lead ensure all machines and equipment are always available for production use through practice of effective maintenance programs that reduce emergency breakdowns to the barest level, and at a minimum cost.

Identify jobs and allocate same to the technician for execution Supervises junior associates to ensure that they carry out jobs according to instructions To ensure that the necessary safety precautions are observed in executing tasks Logs and documents all maintenance activities in the required logbooks Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers and stakeholders Learns best practices from outside and shares own best practices within SBC Promotes process automation and use of technology within the business Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution in plant Schedules overhaul of production lines and facilities Improves efficiencies by increasing preventive maintenance across the plant and to minimise breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures. Ensures continuous and effective assets management Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data Maintains effective systems to ensure SBC/PI products and package quality. Ensures implementation of basic cycle maintenance, lubrication, cleaning and inspection (CIL) and instill these principles to be part of the culture of operators and technicians. Ensures proper upkeep and prevent loss of the tools and equipment in the engineering department. Take lead in change management for the engineering/maintenance department related to people structure or role changes, technology enhancement, regulatory and company initiatives on productivity. Ensures that their key customer – production and management are provided with prompt and reliable service. Plans and control weekly maintenance spending within the approved budget level. Ensures no overspending without proper approvals.

A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering. 3– 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience Experience in people management Knowledge of bottling operation Coaching direct reports and mentoring others Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy. Ability to influence situations without direct control of resources Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills.

12th September, 2026.   How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [Email hidden - Login to reveal] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.