Maintenance Team Lead

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Seven Up Bottling Company is hiring a Maintenance Team Lead to oversee equipment availability, preventive maintenance programs, and engineering team performance across its nationwide FMCG operations. The role requires a B.Eng. or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, 3–5 years of hands-on FMCG maintenance experience, and strong people management skills. Applications close on 12th September, 2026.

• Nationwide role across multiple bottling plant locations in Nigeria
• Requires B.Eng. or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• 3–5 years relevant FMCG operation and maintenance experience needed
• Application deadline is 12th September, 2026
• Apply by sending CV to careers@sevenup.org with job title as subject

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Maintenance Team Lead (Nationwide) at Seven Up Bottling Company ⏲ Aug 19, 2026, 11:15 AM ⋕ View all Manufacturing & Production jobs 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. Responsibilities: Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management Learns best practices from outside and shares own best practices within SBC Establishes and maintains productive relationships with team, internal customers and stakeholders Develops and coaches, and provides feedback to team members for better performance Supervises junior associates to ensure that they carry out jobs according to instructions 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. Plans and control weekly maintenance spending within the approved budget level. Ensures no overspending without proper approvals. Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data To ensure that the necessary safety precautions are observed in executing tasks Identify jobs and allocate same to the technician for execution Ensures proper upkeep and prevent loss of the tools and equipment in the engineering department. Schedules overhaul of production lines and facilities Maintains effective systems to ensure SBC/PI products and package quality. Logs and documents all maintenance activities in the required logbooks Promotes process automation and use of technology within the business Ensures continuous and effective assets management 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. Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution in plant Ensures that their key customer – production and management are provided with prompt and reliable service. Improves efficiencies by increasing preventive maintenance across the plant and to minimise breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures. Requirements: Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills. Knowledge of bottling operation Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things Coaching direct reports and mentoring others Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes Ability to influence situations without direct control of resources Experience: in people management A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering. Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy. 3– 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience: How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email. Application Deadline: 12th September, 2026. View all Jobs in Nigeria Ogun State and 36 other locations Ogun State , Abia State , Anambra State , Edo State , Kano State , Oyo State , Plateau State , Borno State , Bauchi State , Kaduna State , Katsina State , Kebbi State , Kwara State , Niger State , Sokoto State , Zamfara State , Benue State , Yobe State , Imo State , Adamawa State , Cross River State , Gombe State , Ebonyi State , Ekiti State , Nasarawa State , Delta State , Bayelsa State , Enugu State , Kogi State , Ondo State , Osun State , Akwa Ibom State , Jigawa State , Taraba State , Lagos State , Rivers State , Abuja Maintenance Team Lead job vacancies in Nigeria