SAB – Supply

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BREWING LAB SPECIALIST

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role is to manage & co-ordinate brewery quality control and to ensure quality analysis is conducted in compliance with
company standards and specifications for transformation into information.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Quality Management

• Partake in the development of required quality systems for the brewery, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice
• Implement any required quality system, or changes to current systems, ensuring the laboratory teams have the required competencies
• Ensure the functional and data integrity of the various quality systems, and identify and resolve problems
• Ensure that quality goals are incorporated into laboratory team and individual goals
• Audit compliance to the various quality systems by both the laboratory team and shift based production teams
• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of brewing and utilities plant
• Liaise with Central Office around quality, and take part in regional and divisional MDT’s

Quality Control and Analyses

• Checking and verifying that team members are carrying out quality checks and analyses and recording the information on the appropriate systems
• Verifies that the quality systems are working properly and that data integrity and information accuracy is being maintained
• Responsible for ensuring that laboratory equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Ensure that COT changes to analytical standards are implemented, through additional training where necessary
• Ensures that COT standards have been adapted to take into account regional specificity, where necessary
• Interacts with COT through various MDT as required, ensuring that regional complexities and requirements are properly understood

Team Leadership

• Lead the laboratory team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Ensuring that the laboratory team understands and adheres to the operational, quality and process standards, work instructions and calibration schedules and performance target
• Mentoring, supporting and coaching team members in the correct execution of their tasks
• Develop subordinates and ensure training needs are met by carrying out training needs analysis, one on one’s and performance reviews. Where training needs have been identified, corrective action must be initiated The QC manager must drive performance management practices (e.g. IMP), lead the development of team goals and carry out performance reviews and team goal review sessions
• Exercise budgetary controls over the laboratory

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
• Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits. Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the QC manager is responsible for correcting this

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Interpretative
• Management Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling Numeracy (budgets, statistical analysis)
• Communication, Innovation Problem-Solving
• Team Leadership

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc degree (Microbiology or Biochemistry)/ (Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry) or equivalent
• 5 years laboratory experience in supervisory or management capacity
• Well developed knowledge of Brewing / Packaging process (2 years) Analytical

Additional Information:

• Band: VII

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for shortlisting

UNIT MANAGER

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to ensure optimum utilization of plant, raw materials and people, to produce quality product at minimum cost which meets customer requirements and complies with legislation.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Packaged Volumes:

• Ensure that hl. packed by brand/pack are in accordance with plan
• Supply full beer to warehouse and agree on stock numbers
• Maintain/increase number of hl packed per day in accordance with plan and laid down factory efficiency standards

Packaged Product Quality:

• Ensure that the packaging process is controlled such that all quality standards are maintained
• Implement correct action to prevent substandard product and reinforce continuous improvement

Productivity:

• Achieve and improve all targets i.e. hl per man hour; % GLY and hl / factory hour targets; % LEF and hl / machine hour targets
• Control fixed costs, beer loss and container loss
• Prepare and implement plans that produce required outcomes, including materials, machine maintenance and subordinate deployment
• Motivate and manage human resource, including performance appraisals, discipline, administration, training, IR climate, absenteeism etc.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Comply with laid down safety standards and statutory requirements
• Ensure packaging line is clean / tidy at all times
• Report on efficiencies, downtime, and other production related issues
• Recruit, select and appoint staff
• Outplacement of staff
• Team and individual goals set and monitored
• High energy levels with a bias for action
• Proactive, good self-starting ability –ability to work with little or no supervision and taking own initiative
• Good problem-solving ability, attention to detail, logical and analytical
• Good planning and communication skills
• Business and financial acumen and strong project management and problem-solving capability
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build internal relationships
• Good negotiation skills
• Credibility with Brewery Line Management
• Candidate should be systematic and work accurately
• Ability to handle stress
• Willingness to work outside of normal working hour

Minimum Requirements

• BSc Engineering or B-Tech Mechanical / Electrical
• Packaging Traineeship (in-house)
• Packaging experience (high speed plant and equipment)
• Ability to work shifts
• Good understanding OHS and NOSA requirements
• Should have good verbal, sight and hearing abilities in order to be able to do the job as prescribed

Additional information:

Band: VI

SAB is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to take the strategic lead for the Engineering Domain at the Site. To lead related strategic initiatives, ensuring corporate governance for equipment and system integrity through the application of and adherence to relevant Standards and Legislation.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Develop employees
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage and apply personnel practices
• Maintain system integrity and change control
• Maintain and calibrate site instrumentation
• Ensure application documented standards
• Develop and update engineering standards through ZBS Maintenance
• Project completion on time and in budget
• Optimise use of planned maintenance system
• Apply formal failure analysis process
• Apply relevant engineering spares strategy
• Implement VPO and Associated GOP’s
• Manage progress according to glide paths set and agreed
• Manage ZBB Maintenance and CAPEX budgeting process
• Control departmental costs
• Review financial results

Minimum Requirements:

• Min – Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) degree Legal:
• South African Department of Labour issued Government Certificate of Competence
• Min – 3-6 months on the job training Experience
• 2-3 Years as a Packaging or Brewing & Utilities Engineer
• Additional business qualification
• 6-9 months on the job training

Additional Information:

Band: VI

SAB is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

Malt Quality Specialist

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to manage & co-ordinate  Quality Control , Analysis & Systems in compliance with company standards to ensure that the malt used in brewing meets the required quality standards and specifications.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Quality Management:

• Partake in the development of required quality systems for the Maltings Plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
• Ensure the functional and data integrity of the various quality systems, and identify and resolve problem.
• Ensure that quality goals are incorporated into laboratory team and managed through visual boards Daily, Weekly and Monthly Boards & Individual Goals.
• Audit compliance to the various quality systems in the laboratory and production.
• Maintain equipment performance report (ERI).
• Compliance to VPO Quality Pillar and other applicable VPO requirements.
• Execute VPO activities in accordance with the VPO work practices.
• Execution of activities to ensure compliance to food safety and quality management systems.

Quality Control and Analyses:

• Checking and verifying that team members are carrying out quality checks and analyses and recording the information on the appropriate systems.
• Verifies that the quality systems are working properly, and that data integrity and information accuracy is being maintained.
• Responsible for ensuring that laboratory equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
• Ensure that Zone changes to analytical standards are implemented, through additional training where necessary.
• Interacts with Zone through various MDT as required, ensuring that regional complexities and requirements are properly understood.

Team Leadership:

• Lead the laboratory team in a manner that promotes ownership, empowerment and team interaction.
• Ensuring that the laboratory team understands and adheres to the operational, quality and process standards, work instructions and calibration schedules and  performance target.
• Mentoring, supporting and coaching team members in the correct execution of their tasks.
• Where training needs  have been identified, corrective action must be initiated.
• Exercise budgetary controls over the laboratory

Safety and Housekeeping:

• Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits. Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the  QC manager is responsible for correcting this
• Adherence to PPE policy
• Unsafe conditions and work practices are identified and actioned
• Chemicals and reagents are handled as per manualized procedure
• Hazardous substances are stored, handled and disposed of as per procedures
• Adherence to documented lab safety rules, guides and practices
• Incidents are reported and actioned as per procedure.
• House keeping schedules are adhered to.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc degree (Microbiology or Biochemistry)/ (Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry) or  equivalent
• 3-5 years laboratory experience 
• Well developed knowledge of Maltings Process.
• Management Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling  Numeracy (budgets, statistical analysis)
• Proven team leadership skills
• Highly assertive
• Outstanding interpersonal and facilitation skills.
• Analytical problem solver and demonstrated ability at implementing effective problem solving
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Good understanding of Standard Work Practices and other VPO methodologies

Additional information:

BAND: VIII

SAB/ is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements.

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

PACKAGING TEAM LEADER

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to manage packaging shift teams, within safety criteria, to ensure production volume plan is met. All production should be packaged in accordance with ABINBEV quality process specifications.

Key outputs and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for safety of all team members on shift
• Manage PPE compliance and has the authority to take action against non-compliance
• Responsible for Machine safe practices, PTW , LOTO and SAM
• Accountable for all process checks to be done as per prescribed frequency
• Manage operator compliance Responsible for quality packaged product delivered to the warehouse
• Ensure Problem solving for all out of control processes
• Verify compliance with daily routines as per Agenda of Routine

Execute Daily schedule :

• Production, changeovers, cleaning and lubrication, autonomous maintenance inspections and fixes
• Operate line equipment where needed, provide shop floor hands on support
• Train on and check the execution of standards by the operation
• Escalate Major issues to the Performance & Continuous Improvement Manager and Packaging Manager
• Ensure end of shift results report is complete to enable shift handover Ensure QFR, 5 why and Abnormality reports are done according to triggers
• Facilitate planned training
• Control the hourly employees work hours Resolve issues on shift Develop team
• TNA plan

Minimum Requirements:

• Min: National Diploma (Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental)
• Completed Packaging traineeship /ABINBev Learnership /Artisan Training
• At least 3 -5 years factory production experience
• Demonstrated experience in shift production
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem solving and continuous improvement

Additional information:
•Band : VII

SAB/ ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum rquirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.

Engineering Trainee

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

Job Purpose

The Key Purpose of this role is to address the acquisition of technical skills and experience for graduates as well as familiarize them with the company culture and principles in an 18-month structured programme. The rigor of the programme should ensure that an individual that has completed the programme can be allocated an area of responsibility immediately.

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

• The Traineeship is primarily a hands-on, self-study program where the Trainee is expected to gain a full understanding of the theory, principles and operation of equipment across the various department
• Participation in projects is aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Apply VPO principles
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting
• Participation in team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within the department
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

Minimum Requirements

• BSC, BEng or Btech or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Energy or Mechatronics
• BSC Chemical Engineering
• BSC/BTech Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry or Chemistry or Biology

Additional Information:

• BAND: VIII

SAB is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing

Maintenance Controller

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of the role is to co-ordinate, coach and control the activities of the level one maintenance teams in the production environment and to provide specialist technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Maintaining the integrity and security of maintenance systems
• Developing and maintaining documentation as well as its integrity
• Coach, guide and assist with training of all maintenance staff
• Assist with ensuring that system architecture environment remains aligned with the regional asset care strategy and beer division standards
• Developing a strong understanding of the relevant SAP system modules
• Organizing the systems and business preparations for SAP take-on procedures
• Maintain maltings maintenance integrity
• Plan and implement maintenance priorities
• Manage Maintenance performance indicators
• Optimise plant availability/perform plant walkabouts
• Manage plant backlog within standard
• Sharing of learning’s internally and throughout the division
• Conduct administration/prepare and manage annual budget for maintenance
• Perform 1 on 1 and performance of reports
• Deliver SKAP/support for team development
• IR management
• Live and own VPO
• Comply to Safety and VPO requirements in all areas
• Support continuous improvement
• Manage Problem Solving and RCA

MinimumRequirements

• Role is based in Caledon, Western Cape ​
• N6 Mechanical/Electrical Control & Automation qualification
• Trade Test
• At least 4 years of experience in a supervisory role, within a maintenance workshop environment.
• Detailed mechanical knowledge of plant with in-depth understanding of electrical and instrumentation aspects
• PC literacy (Microsoft office package/SAP)
• Budgeting and cost management
• Execution and solution driven
• Self starter/initiative

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.

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