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QUALITY 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 manage, lead and support the Quality Assurance team and to support internal customers (Plant Management – S&D, and Manufacturing and Innovation/marketing) so that product quality and integrity are maintained across the value stream and business is conducted in an environmentally friendly and safe manner.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Maintain safe, healthy and risk-free working environment • Implement safety, health/environmental procedures and legislation
  • Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
  • Manage Human Resources
  • Develop employees
  • Ensure a positive employee relations climate
  • Manage and apply personnel practices
  • Quality control governance for the brewery
  • Standards are in place and well understood
  • Training is done against the specified methods.
  • Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
  • Ensure that equipment is calibrated and is functioning as per original standard
  • Highlight of any deviations to the Brewing manager, Packaging manager and Plant manager for action and stopping of the process when necessary
  • Manage quality control environment
  • Conform to value chain requirements
  • Manage QC administration
  • Optimise the availability of measuring equipment
  • Maintain and control consumable stock levels
  • Optimise quality control management system
  • Optimise team performance
  • Facilitate effective team dynamics
  • Maintain performance management system
  • Communicate effectively in the workplace
  • Lead Quality strategy as per VPO
  • Improve quality compliance and management on site and reduce reputational risks for the site
  • Achieve VPO targets and Quality KPI and PI targets for the site

Key Attributes and Competencies:

  • Assertive and analytical
  • Proactive
  • Proven leadership ability
  • Good understanding of the principles and practices of Manufacturing Excellence Knowledge of Core Laboratory practices
  • Communication / interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels
  • Conceptual thinker. Analytical. High level of numeracy
  • Problem solving
  • Conducts audits, interprets results and disseminates information to ensure operational efficiently
  • Sets and manages department costs within budget constraints.
  • Ensures safety standards are adhered to
  • Develops, monitors and controls the QA department
  • Develops Quality procedures and systems for approval and subsequent implementation
  • Develops and manages the Supplier Partnership Programme.
  • Provides leadership in the area of the application of quality principles and techniques across the value chain

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific/technical field.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Quality Assurance or Quality Control leadership role, preferably within a manufacturing, brewing, or FMCG environment.
  • 2-3 Years in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing excellence principles and quality management systems (e.g., ISO, HACCP, GMP).
  • A formal qualification in Quality Management or related certifications is an advantage
  • Proven experience in managing quality systems, audits, and compliance in line with industry standards

Additional Information:

  • Band: VI

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

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Packaging Process Operator-3

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 operate and maintain the packaging process to achieve minimal variability in product quality and maximum throughput whilst minimizing waste.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Operating sub processes of the packaging plant according to the standard operating procedures, supporting the plant control system and verifying that process control is being maintained
  • Assure quality of raw materials by monitoring conformance to company and regional standards and any deviations corrected
  • Preparing plant for start-up by ensuring brand and process changes correctly identified, all inputs are available including utilities, documentation and verified and calibrated equipment is available, and plant is visually inspected for availability to produce and set up in accordance with SOP’s
  • Starting and operating the packaging process by complying with OH+S requirements whilst taking corrective action when deviations occur to prevent non-standard product. Ensuring that non-standard operations are documented and that the Concession/Permit procedures are fully adhered
  • Shutting down the plant in accordance with WI and any deviations recorded
  • Carrying out CIP cleaning, sampling and measuring CIP outputs, external cleaning of plant and work area, and visual cleanliness inspections
  • Controlling inputs usage i.e., stock levels maintained as per region requirements, regular quality checks on stock, usage ratios checked, and all inputs stored in correct demarcated areas
  • Ensuring plant availability via ensuring that scheduled maintenance plans happen, identifying ad hoc maintenance tasks and referring to others to correct, giving on-going assistance to team members to identify root causes of breakdowns, observing required ‘lock-out’ procedures and other OH+S Act requirements
  • Constantly reviewing process performance against target and recording short stops. Where process performance does not meet target, or trends indicate the existence of problems, corrective action must be initiated
  • Recording waste on the appropriate documentation or information systems and reviewing waste trends to identify problems or opportunities timeously
  • Responding rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that could result in out-of-control process situations
  • Appropriate problem-solving approaches, as detailed in the problem-solving work practice must be followed
  • Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices. Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected
  • Assisting fellow team members in the execution of their tasks
  • Carrying out in-depth cleaning, lubrication and inspection of plant equipment according to the Standard Operating Procedures and/or maintenance schedules
  • Performing autonomous tasks, in accordance with the maintenance schedule, and where required requesting the assistance of an artisan
  • Identify maintenance problems, and report these through to the team leader for resolution
  • Assisting Packaging Artisans in executing running repairs on shift
  • Completing all documentation including job cards, COSWIN notifications and other shift documentation
  • Carrying out the required quality checks/analyses as per standard operating procedures and recording the results on the appropriate information system
  • Constantly reviewing quality performance against targets and conducting trend analysis to identify problems timeously
  • Coaching, mentoring, verifying and transferring knowledge whist providing assistance to fellow team members in the execution of quality checks
  • Where quality problems have occurred, identifying and resolving them using the correct problem-solving approaches
  • Actively participating in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions
  • Using gap lists to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
  • Understanding the team dashboards and participating in team target review sessions
  • Making use of relevant communication media (e.g., shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
  • Completing required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated
  • When problems occur, applying the appropriate techniques (e.g., Quick Fix Routines, 5 Why, etc.) to identify and correct the problem
  • Where a problem cannot be resolved escalate to the team leader
  • Where problems have been resolved, verify that the problems have been eliminated
  • Participate in, where required, team problem solving activities ​
  • Using Short Interval Control charts to review trends and to identify opportunities for the removal of waste and variation in the process
  • Constantly seeking opportunities for continuous improvement and ensuring these are recorded on the gap list
  • Participate in regional or divisional plant optimization trials
  • Execute all shift routines in accordance with Voyager Plant Optimization principles
  • Continuously improve own competence and support competence development of team members in accordance with the Global Competence Framework (commonly known as CAP)
  • Conduct self-management of own performance and participate in team and individual performance management practices in accordance with the company’s performance management system

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Matric (Technical or with Mathematics and Science)​
  • N3 as a minimum
  • Mechanical or electrical aptitude
  • One year experience in an FMCG environment
  • English proficiency
  • Basic PC literacy (Microsoft Office)

Additional Information:


Band: XI

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with 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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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 Roles 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
  • 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
  • Conduct performance reviews, address training needs, and facilitate career planning for team members.
  • Identify opportunities for process enhancements and develop plans to optimize resources effectively.
  • Manage discipline and grievance issues within the team to maintain a positive work environment.
  • Demonstrate strong team leadership, analytical abilities, attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

  • 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 hours

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/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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PACKAGING MACHINE 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 maintain, repair and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.

Key outputs and responsibilities:


Operational Support:

  • Provide specialist support for coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
  • This will include standby, day shift and when requested after a time frame that standby will need expert advice or support
  • Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving for the plant and support to zone
  • Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimization trials
  • Provide additional support to process artisan on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
  • Upskill process artisans with latest SWI for machine setups or machine restorations

Planned Maintenace:

  • Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
  • Ensure backlog meets minimum hours and schedules are reviewed as per required frequency
  • Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
  • Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
  • Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance:

  • Partake in ATO cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
  • If carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these required, additional resources may be called in to assist
  • Where problems have been uncovered, and it is required to include the work in the planned maintenance schedule, this must be communicated to the Maintenance Planner
  • Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the ZCM schedule


Minimum Requirements:

  • Minimum NTC / N6 qualification ​Trade test qualification in Electrical or Millwright
  • Knowledge or experience of working in a production environment particularly in FMCG ​

    Additional Information:

    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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Energy & Fluids 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 lead the Process Engineering function in the Brewery. This includes optimizing the generation and utilization of all utilities within the process. The role involves identifying and implementing initiatives that achieve significant performance improvements and enhance process stability, ultimately realizing the true capability of the process. ​

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Apply engineering principles in assisting Brewing and E&F production teams to achieve optimal plant performance
  • Provide line support for situational and systemic problem-solving
  • Execute identified process optimization initiatives
  • Execute identified process capability studies
  • Provide design support for regional capital projects
  • Support the execution of regional capital projects
  • Lead small CAPIN projects in Brewing and/or E&F plants
  • Provide coaching to process engineering trainees
  • Assist with the identification and closure of Brewing and E&F technological gaps
  • Manage, co-ordinate and implement improvement projects to ensure optimization of Brewing and E&F plant and process

Key Attributes and Competencies:

  • Knowledge of problem techniques and process optimization
  • Rigorous analytical skills and ability to apply them to complex problems
  • Ability to develop project plans and meet project deadlines
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Work on his/her own initiative

Minimum Requirements:

  • Minimum BSc Chemical engineering or equivalent qualification
  • Checked out Process Engineer
  • 3 –5 Years’ Experience
  • Deep understanding of E&F and Brewing plant, Process Controls and Automation, design and commissioning

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 short-listing.

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PACKAGING MAINTENANCE PLANNER

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 the relevant Maintenance Systems, spares management, generation of routine and planned maintenance schedules, provide support to maintenance teams in the execution of maintenance and ensuring relevant Permit-to-Work are in place.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Maintenance Planning

  • Facilitate and lead the planned maintenance pre-meeting with a focus on required work, problems to be addressed and resource requirements
  • Plan all required work on the planned maintenance schedule
  • Ad hoc tasks should be included and prioritisedand relevant works requests generated
  • Determine resource requirements to complete work and assign tasks to specific resources
  • Interaction with departmental heads to obtain resources necessary for task completion
  • Partake in planned maintenance period in support of the maintenance team, assisting with problem solving, work prioritisationand resource re-allocation
  • Reschedule incomplete work to the next planned maintenance period and capture all required information from the planned maintenance period on the maintenance systems
  • Facilitate and lead the maintenance postmortems and document any problems encountered, opportunities identified, and lessons learned

Problem Solving:

  • Where problems have occurred during routine or planned maintenance activities, apply structured problem-solving approach to resolve
  • Where required calls in additional resources to assist in problems solving or escalate to engineer for direction
  • Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
  • Take part, as a functional expert, in FFA’s on request
  • Ensure maintenance and cleaning day and annual shutdown programs are completed
  • Ensure all required asset care work is carried out and complies with asset care standards
  • Ensure spares needed to support asset care program are available on time and within costs
  • Identify asset care training needs in the Machine Specialist’s as well as in the shift teams and make recommendations
  • Analyse SAP maintenance system to identify recurring problems and make recommendations to enhance the asset care schedules
  • Co-ordinates resource allocation of process artisans and machine specialist on maintenance and cleaning day and annual shutdown
  • Participate as a subject matter expert in asset care problem solving sessions

Minimum Requirements:

  • Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) or equivalent
  • 3 to 5 years production Engineering
  • Solid SAP experience
  • PC literate (Proficiency in Microsoft Office package)
  • Understanding of Maintenance Processes and Practices
  • In depth knowledge of Packaging plant equipment and processes
  • Assertive leadership, good people management
  • Strong diagnostic ability

Additional information:

  • BAND: VII

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.

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PACKAGING ARTISAN

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 provide artisan skill and knowledge to the team, to support operations and maintenance in problem solving activities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Operational Support

  • Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations including standby and day shift support.
  • Assist as a functional expert in problem solving (where requested).
  • Provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on machine operation, machine fault. finding and correct responses to machine failure modes (where requested).
  • Provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams.
  • Assess Operators and Artisans ability to carry out tasks.
  • Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials.
  • Adhere to work practices that support shift-based teams.

Maintenace

  • Take part in maintenance planning meetings, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required.
  • Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner.
  • Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction. This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising outstanding work.
  • Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows.
  • Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance.
  • Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities.
  • Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements.
  • Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner.
  • Resolve issues by using the appropriate problem-solving techniques.
  • Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule.
  • Call additional resources to assist where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where applicable).
  • Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, problems had been addressed.
  • Complete administration tasks relating to any running repairs carried out (this includes all SAP inputs).
  • Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window.

Problem solving

  • Assist fellow team members to resolve problems (on request).
  • Take part, as functional expert, in AB reports (on request).
  • Call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction (where necessary).
  • Analyse machine performance, conduct loss and waste analysis and develop action plans to improve performance.

Housekeeping and Safety

  • Operate in a safe manner at all times and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected.
  • Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate SAB policies and procedures.
  • Carry out housekeeping tasks and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties.

Minimum Requirements:

  • N3 Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering or Instrumentation (with intention to move towards N6).
  • Grade 12
  • Trade Tested Millwright (with a strong electrical bias).
  • 2 Years’ experience in an FMCG Environment.
  • Packaging experience (highly advantageous).

Additional Information:

  • BAND: X

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.

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PACKAGING INSPECTION & CODING

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 maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

  • Provide specialist support for coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
  • This will include standby, day shift and when requested after a time frame that standby will need expert advice or support
  • Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving for the plant and support to zone
  • Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials
  • Provide additional support to process artisan on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
  • Upskill process artisans with latest SWI for machine setups or machine restorations

PLANNED MAINTENANCE

  • Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
  • Ensure backlog meets minimum hours and schedules are reviewed as per required frequency
  • Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
  • Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
  • Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

  • Partake in ATO cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
  • Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these required, additional resources may be called in to assist
  • Where problems have been uncovered, and it is required to include the work in the planned maintenance schedule, this must be communicated to the Maintenance Controller & Maintenance Planner
  • Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the ZCM schedule

PROBLEM SOLVING

  • Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
  • Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request take part, as functional expert, in AB- Report, SDCA and PDCA on request

HOUSEKEEPING AND SAFETY

  • Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
  • Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate AB-InBev policies and procedures
  • Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties
  • Present 5’s plans to team and management when required
  • Raise Sio’s and close Sio’s related to your machine area

RUNNING REPAIRS

  • On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
  • When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action. Where required, specialist assistance may be called in
  • This may include internal resources such as Instrument
  • Technicians or Inspection and coding specialist or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
  • Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
  • Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
  • Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out
  • This includes all SAP inputs where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window

Key Attributes and Competencies

  • Ability to solve problems on FMCG machines
  • Ability to communicate technical knowledge to operation staff improving their skills sets
  • Ability to train, coach and mentor operation staff on ATO and 5’s principles
  • Ability to optimise usages and reduce wastage with permanent solutions
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Work in Teams and Collaborate
  • Strong self-management practices
  • Ability to problem solve using basic problem-solving tools (5 why; fishbone) and involved in high level problem solving to identify root causes and loop closures – AB Reports, SDCA, PDCA
  • Ability to reduce machine downtime to minimum while ensuring that all problems have permanent solutions
  • Ability to analyse various graphical data and open gaps to improve performance
  • Ability to identify non-standard work and tag the defects with root causes
  • Ability to identify required spares for restorations tasks and communicate with suppliers for the best possible price thus showing savings on ZBB
  • Ability to be able to use electronic communication devices e.g. Tablets, laptops and other devices to help you understand the specific machines in more in detail
  • Ability to understand camera technology and different type of algorithms
  • Ability to understand software, bus systems (Asibus, Profibus, Canbus, Ethernet, EtherCAT)
  • Always looking for opportunities to improve MTTB and shorten MTTR
  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Deep accountability and strong team work ethic
  • Analytical and conceptual problem solving skills
  • Ability to communicate technical knowledge
  • Ability to train, coach and mentor apprentices
  • Knowledge of basic project management
  • Ability to optimize usage of resources and reduce wastage
  • Owner Mindset

Minimum Requirements:

  • Matric with Mathematics and Science
  • N6 or higher qualification
  • Trade test qualification in Electrical or Instrument
  • 2 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment

Additional Information:

  • BAND: X

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

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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

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