Service Engineer – Filling & Packaging Lines
by SADAFCO in Food & Beverage Management
The Service Engineer – Filling at SADAFCO is responsible for planning, executing, and optimizing preventive maintenance activities for filling and packaging lines within the milk factory to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), reduce maintenance conversion costs, minimize wastage, and eliminate quality failures and customer complaints. The role includes developing and implementing preventive maintenance schedules for filling and DE machines and associated packaging equipment including printers, conveying systems, sticker and label applicators, cardboard packers, film wrappers, accumulators, cup applicators, and robots. The position requires extensive hands-on expertise in Tetra Pak aseptic filling systems including TBA 8, TBA 19, TBA 21, TBA 22, A3 Speed, and A3 Flex machines. Responsibilities include spare parts planning, maintenance budget preparation, cross-functional collaboration with spare parts stores, planning, technical, production, and quality departments, and ensuring maintenance activities align with operational targets and KPIs. The Service Engineer monitors OEE, downtime, maintenance costs, and product quality metrics, prepares weekly and monthly reports, and supports continuous improvement initiatives. The role also includes troubleshooting mechanical, automation, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, supervising start-up after preventive maintenance, participating in installation and commissioning of new equipment, ensuring aseptic packaging standards and package integrity requirements, and implementing health, safety, and food safety procedures while maintaining compliance with manufacturing and operational standards.