Automated Packaging Department Manager

• Manage daily operations across vertical baggers, checkweighers, flow wrappers, and carton packing lines to ensure snack packaging targets are met safely and efficiently
• Allocate shift tasks according to technician and operator competence, ensuring full coverage of critical operational, quality, and safety routines
• Enforce rigorous compliance with approved standard operating procedures, hygiene rules, machine settings, and safety protocols without informal bypasses
• Lead rapid troubleshooting and root cause analysis during equipment breakdowns, quality defects, or material losses to restore normal operations
• Track and analyze packaging line performance metrics, including OEE, scrap rates, downtime, and line balance
• Coordinate with maintenance, quality assurance, warehousing, and processing teams to align packaging schedules, maintenance windows, and material flows
• Oversee the completion of legible, traceable, and accurate production logs, equipment check sheets, handover reports, and incident documentation
• Champion workplace health, safety, and food hygiene standards, strictly enforcing PPE use, lockout tagout procedures, and hazard reporting

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management, Industrial or Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, or Operations Management; or Higher/Ordinary Diploma in a related technical field combined with extensive operational experience
• Recognized UBTEB, TVET, or equivalent vocational and trade qualifications in engineering, packaging maintenance, or technical supervisory management
• Relevant professional certifications in quality management, occupational health and safety, or packaging operations
• 5+ years managing automated packaging departments in FMCG plants

Skills & Competencies:

• High speed automated packaging line management and line balancing
• OEE tracking and process loss reduction
• Root cause analysis and operational problem solving on packaging machinery
• Supervisory leadership, shift scheduling, and team performance management
• Digital interface competence including PLC/HMI machine screens and production reporting systems