The South African Breweries Supply Jobs

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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 this role is to ensure that effective maintenance plans are in place for the maintenance of applicable equipment, that spares are available for the planned work, resources are available to execute. On the planned maintenance outage, monitor that the plan is effective. Makes recommendations to the maintenance controller, Brewing Area Manager and Brewing Engineer if unforeseen work arises.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation / systems
• Develop the plan
• Tags and work airings from inspection tasks are planned to carry out repairs
• Continuously improve (optimise) plans and look for opportunities to reduce the overall planned maintenance outage, whilst ensuring that all required work is carried, and plant is not placed at risk
• Communicate effectively in teams and all levels in the plant
• Contribute to self and team development
• All work is carried out using the VPO principles
• Understands, Implements and Complies to the GOP requirements
• Sustains what has been implemented

Minimum Requirements:

• Min – Trade tested Millwright (N6) Mechanical or Electrical artisan or Technician (N6)
• Min – 3 – 5 years production engineering in a FMCG environment
• 5 Years’ technical mechanical/electrical and bottling experience in a leadership capacity in a FMCG environment

Desirable:

• Mechatronics /Electrical/ Instrumentation qualifications or equivalent and trade tested
• 5 years production Engineering experience with 5 years at supervisory level
• Knowledge of Brewing and Packaging plant will be an advantage
• PC literate (Proficiency in Microsoft office applications)
• Cost management and spares inventory an added advantage.

Additional information:

• Band: VIII

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SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL 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 provide the plant with a comprehensive and professional environment and occupational health and safety system. Ensuring compliance to environment and safety systems, standards and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO environment and safety pillars as well as the environment and safety KPI’s.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain safe healthy and risk free working environment
• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance
• Ensure compliance the VPO Standards for the environment and safety pillars
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards Manage Human Resources
• Develop employees based on identified needs through OPR sessions
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage technical pipeline for key roles in safety and environment team
• Leads the management and implementation of the Safety and Environment VPO Pillar in the plant
• Ensure requirements of all 23 Blocks of the Safety Pillar are implemented
• Performs Safety and environment monitoring and audits
• Performs regular VPO Safety and environment Pillars’ audits and reviews using the Pillar Questionnaires
• Performs legal Compliance Audit Monitors and analyses leading and lagging Safety and environment KPI’s and implements interventions to improve
• Ensures all Safety and environment Incidents and Observations are captured and reported in Credit360
• Manage the problem solving process to ensure all Safety and environment accidents/incidents are captured and reported in Credit360 and escalated as per VPO requirements
• Ensures all efficient and effective problem solving and implementation of loop closure for all Safety and environment/accidents reported in Cr360 as per VPO requirements
• Ensures optimum use of Safety App or equivalent system to raise Safety and environment Incidents and Observations
• Performs Loss and waste analysis on Safety and environment Incident and Observations
• Develops an action plan to close SIO’s based on priority
• Performs safety and environment monitoring using the Supervisor or Managers Check Lists Leads the safety and environment strategies as per VPO-Safety and environment Pillars
• Implement Behavioral Safety Program at all levels
• Implement focused safety and environment interventions for critical/priority blocks
• Apply relevant Safety and environment Standards & SOPs
• Develops and coordinate Safety and environment Investment Programme
• Implement Safety and Environment VPO and associated GOP’s
• Manage progress according to glide paths set and agreed
• Implement E&S Dashboards and sustain derived improvement Manage small Safety and Environment site Capex Projects
• Manage Safety and environment requirements during Projects execution
• Project completion on time and in budget
• Ensure safety and environment compliance of all new equipment during commissioning
• Manage financial performance
• Manage ZBB and CAPEX budgeting process for Safety and Environment
• Control departmental costs
• Review financial results
• Manage and maximize By-product revenue Manage Safety and environment Pillar knowledge and awareness
• Leads organizes and participates in World Safety and environment Day/Week and other planed safety and environment awareness activities
• Shares relevant safety and environment alerts with operational teams
• Mandatory training provided to all employees to ensure as per VPO Safety and environment Pillar VPO
• Train all TL’s and UM’s on department-specific safety & environment requirements
• Ensure effective induction, training and awareness for new employee, service providers and Contractors
• Identify environment and safety legal training needs, arrange and co-ordinate training program Business Continuity & Risk Management
• Develop and standardize system emergency and disaster recovery (BCP) plans for plant
• Develops and implements approaches to mitigate obsolescence
• Ensure sharing of best practices for Safety and environment management
• Ensures implementation of Ammonia Process, Steam Process, Dust Process and Electrical Process Safety Management programs

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 year appropriate tertiary qualification i.e. BSC/ BTech: Mechanical/ Electrical
• South African Department of Labour issued Government Certificate of Competence or equivalent legal requirement for appointment to the appointment of responsible person for Safety and Environment
• Tertiary qualification in Safety and environment Management and Auditing
• Minimum 5 years experience in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods environment

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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SILO BLOCK LEAD

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 be responsible for managing the operations of the logistics function within Maltings, ensuring that raw materials and finished goods handling, storage and transportation function is executed in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner whilst ensuring alignment with zone planning. Manage both the logistics Strategy and the VPO process. Through VPO practices, this role is to ensure that there is a superior performance relating to Governance against standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining workplace safety, housekeeping and risk-free standards and report any deviation.
• Ensure compliance to the OHS Act requirements
• Provide visibility about Barley and Malt logistics, and performance indicator (Service Level, Inventory Levels, costs, performance, people development)
• Ensure autonomous operations and quality at source are executed in line with work instructions.
• Monitor barley/malt analysis to ensure good quality product is produced/shipped
• Improve Plant Hygiene, master cleaning schedule adherence, and pest control
• Compliance to GFSI standard
• Manage storage of non-conformance material to prevent block stock failure
• Develop employees and management of SKAP
• Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
• Supports employees with their PDP’s
• Provides timely and constructive feedback while effectively coaching for performance
• Coach OWS and holds accountable
• Manage time and attendance, overall absenteeism and effective leave planning
• Monitor Logistics processes to ensure production performance targets are met
• Develop ,Review and update of SOP for Dry site processes
• VPO Implementation , Example: 5S implementation and sustainability, KPI&PI trees, OWS, routine compliance, ATO
• Interpret the production plan and co-ordinate the shift teams to execute the relevant activities.
• Improve processes and manage losses. example, Reduce process losses in Pre-cleaning and main cleaning, elimination of spillages and product leaks
• Manage barley intake process and malt loading process and execute as per plan
• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
• Facilitate team problem solving
• To effectively lead the operational shift teams to optimize shiftily performance
• Manage housekeeping through daily inspections and weekly audits
• Identify and quickly removing barriers to the plan, recording and responding to delays and breakdowns in accordance with VPO principles
• Co-ordinate and perform scheduled maintenance adherence
• Check completion of works orders, breakdowns notifications on SAP and Preventive Maintenance Schedules
• Ensure plant availability for the execution of scheduled maintenance plans
• Assist maintenance team members to identify root cause of breakdowns

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Understanding of end-to-end logistics process
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Proven team leadership skills
• Strong analytical ability to convert data into valuable business insights
• Positive can-do attitude that can work with people at different levels
• Analytical problem solver and demonstrated ability at implementing effective problem solving
• Enquiring and curious mind-set
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Good understanding of Standard Work Practices and VPO methodologies
• Computer literacy, especially SAP/LIMS/MES and advanced excel skills

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-year tertiary diploma / degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Logistic or Engineering
• At least 2 years’ experience in logistics/supply/ procurement chain in an FMCG environment/agriculture industry

Additional Information:

• Band: VIII

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 TECHNICAL EXPERT

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 systemically improve equipment reliability (for selected machine groups) and optimise maintenance costs in order to achieve the Departmental Dream, by working with Zone Technical Experts, Vendor Technical Experts and brewery personnel.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe, healthy and risk-free working environment for selected machine group
• Provide equipment that is safe to operate, compliant to environmental requirements and can delivery products that meet the required quality requirements
• Support and coaching of artisans and operators to achieve 100% Uptime, Zero Safety incidents, Zero Quality incidents, VIC usages like water, energy etc. in control
• Must understand VPO, how the pillars are interconnected and support the journey to world class operations
• Drive the implementation of Autonomous Operations through hands-on execution of each of the steps
• Equipment restored to an “as new” condition, in which initial deterioration is eliminated or controlled
• Provides a stable platform from which natural deterioration linked failures can be appropriately addressed with preventive and predictive maintenance activities
• Use data driven techniques to sustain and drive systemic improvements in equipment reliability for selected machine group by developing, improving and optimising preventive and predictive maintenance plans
• Optimized maintenance costs, medium- and long-term plans and spare parts holding to achieve the agreed ZBB Budget
• Use data driven techniques to identify, develop, train and assess technical skills interventions to improve skills related performance gaps
• Improved equipment performance as a result of improved technical skills of relevant personnel
• Codification of technical knowledge through SOP’s and SWI’s
• Actively participate in problem solving (5 Why reviews, Abnormality Reports and PDCA/ITF’s) to provide deep technical knowledge to ensure correct root cause identification and that suitable preventive measures are identified and implemented
• Improved equipment performance through effective implementation of preventive measures
• Manage machine related projects for selected machine group to improve overall performance (reliability, quality and cost) as agreed with Pack Engineer or ZTE
• Project completion on time, within budget and according to agreed specification
• ZBB Maintenance budget compliance for selected machine group
• Collaboration with ZTE’s, Vendor’s and Reverse Engineering Specialist to deliver KPI’s

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• A motivated individual with high levels of resilience and the ability to operate in a high-pressure environment
• Highly developed analytical skills with excellent problem-solving capability Attention to detail and commitment to quality is non-negotiable Excellent interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization
• Proven leadership and management capability Excellent planning and organizational skills. An Innovative thinker, persuasive, assertive and a good negotiator Ability to set high standards and bring team along to achieve the standard expectation.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical, Electrical or equivalent) Additional business qualification
• Belt qualification Experience
• 2-3 Years in similar FMCG industry as controller / supervisor / senior technician

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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ENGINEERING STORES 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 this role is to ensure effective stock and resource optimization within the stores so as to provide an acceptable service level to the customers.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Interpret and implement intake and issues plan for continues shift plant
• Monitor stores processes
• Manage the team to improve process quality and productivity
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Co-ordinate autonomous maintenance and cleaning
• Facilitate effective team dynamics
• Implement performance management
• Communicate effectively in the workplace
• Ensure application of administration systems and procedures
• Administer conditions of employment for team members
• Contribute to self and team development
• Prepare and control budgets
• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
• Facilitate team problem solving
• Develop employees
• Manage and apply personnel processes
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Lead production activities in accordance with the VPO work practices
• Lead the application of work practices for the team

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Strong leadership potential demonstrated
• Proven leadership skills
• Good communicator, with effective team-related skills
• Initiative and self-managing
• Attention to detail
• Bias for action
• Analytical problem solver
• Deep understanding of maintenance practices
• Good understanding of the principles and practices VPO

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma preferably in Engineering or Business Admin
• Degree or Diploma in Engineering
• Knowledge of buying practices and experience as a buyer
• Min- 3 months on the job training
• 6 months on the job training
• 2-3 years as a Buyer / Storeman / Controller
• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (eg. COSWIN)

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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BREWING PROCESS CONTROL TECHNICIAN

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 perform optimization of process control systems. Supports the installations of process control systems. Maintain, calibrate, repair equipment, optimize brewing plant equipment and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Analytical ability and attention to detail
• Display initiative and ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization, within a team environment and with suppliers
• Motivated self-starter with high energy levels
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player
• Interpret process description specifications and conduct modifications/ optimizations of process control software as per specifications and software standards
• Identify process control software deviations and resolve or recommend solutions
• Support the process control software change management process
• Maintain process control software integrity and security
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for process control systems
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences, workshops or other training
• Provide engineering/projects support and recommendations for new and existing equipment with regard to installation, upgrades and enhancement
• Troubleshoot Brewing and E&F process control systems when required
• Uphold and contribute to a culture of quality & Food safety excellence, taking ownership of systems & processes to ensure the highest standards are met.

Core competencies of a Brewing Process Control Technician

• Good understanding of Allen Bradley PLC, HMI, SCADA programming & Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• Troubleshooting skills with high-speed manufacturing equipment such as AC/DC motors, VFDs, PLCs, servo motors, and PLC I/O modules
• Good understanding of industrial network communication – Profibus, Ethernet
• Sound knowledge of process calibration and instrumentation including but not limited to pressure, flow and temperature measurement
• Sound understanding of electrical schematics, piping & instrumentation drawings (P&IDs)

Minimum requirements:

• Instrumentation N6
• Trade Tested Instrumentation Artisan
• 2 years on the job plus Allen-Bradley, RS Batch PLC Training
• Comprehensive Brewing plant equipment and process knowledge of Brewing and E&F plant

Additional information:

• Grade: 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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BREWING OPERATOR

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 safely operate one or more discrete processes in the Brewing plant (e.g. Wort Cooling, Yeast Management, Filtration Q&C), the execution of maintenance tasks, quality control checks and analyses, and the coaching of fellow team members to produce a consistent product of the right quality at optimum cost.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Optimize Plant & Process Performance where appropriate
• Operate the Brew house Plant and Process
• Operate Beverage Fermentation Plant and Process
• Operate Beverage Filtration Plant and Process
• Operate the Packaging (kegging and bottling) Plant and Process
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected
• Support the creation (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including quick fix routines and problems
• Carry out the required quality +checks and analyses, and recording the results on the appropriate information system
• Where quality problems have arisen, apply the appropriate problem-solving techniques (e.g. Quick fix routines) to resolve
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to BAM
• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews
• Utilize the gap list to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
• Fully understanding the team goals and participating in team goal review sessions
• Making use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality
• Complete autonomous maintenance tasks problem-solving activities
• Respond rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that could result in out of control process situations
• Apply problem solving techniques (e.g. 5Y, quick fix routines etc.) to identify and correct problems
• Develop others in own skills as well as the learning of the skills of other specialist Brewery Technicians
• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• Demonstrate Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work shifts

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma in Food Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Basic PC Literacy (Microsoft/ SAP)

Additional Information:

• Band: XI

AB InBev 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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BREWING AREA 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 as a Brewing expert, lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department underpinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. the role is required to maintain a high level of control against the budgeted KPI’s as well as the variable and fixed costs controllable within the team.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Promote beer brewing quality excellence in the value chain

• Communicate brewing process and product quality information / standards
• Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards
• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department
• Apply brewing sub department quality systems in the workplace

Provide Brewing process expertise (Technical depth) and Lead problem solving processes

• Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required
• Support implementation of recommendations
• Support implementation of process and product optimisation including CAPin and VA projects and trials
• Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area
• Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO

Facilitate team problem solving and decision making

• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
• Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions
• Verifies that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved

Manage Health, Safety & Risk

• Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the area teams

Manage Productivity

• Control fixed and variable costs
• Minimize waste

Manage the brewing process

• Ensure conformance to brewing area production plans
• Ensure conformance to brewing area specifications and standards
• Ensure maintenance integrity in brewing area
• Ensure effective cost management on fixed and variable costs including byproduct
• Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets
• Support engineering integrity
• Support production and process optimisation including trials, VA and CAPEX projects
• Ensure adherence to environmental standards by area teams
• Ensure adherence to quality standards by area teams

System expertise

• Ensure adequate adherence and compliance to system processes as prescribed by MES, PTS, eQMS, PaQT and all other prescribed elements of technology for beer production through the brewing department

Management of People

• Apply performance management principles for employees (production teams)
• Apply self-performance management principles
• Develop employees for current role and future roles to ensure proper pipeline?
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage and apply personnel practices
• Provide effective leadership
• Ensure employees are trained on technical and VPO standards
• Drive the high-performance levels of autonomous teams without shift supervision

Key competencies and attributes:

• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people) and brewing technical expertise
• A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality

Minimum requirements:

• BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Completed brewing traineeship
• IBD Papers 1,2&3 completed and passed
• At least 2 years production experience, of which 1 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing

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

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Maintain a safe, healthy, risk-free working environment at all times by abiding to all rules and regulations of the safety policies
• Perform maintenance and operation on various machines while ensuring that the machine is safe before maintenance tasks are carried out
• Maintain and repair plant & associated devices at minimum cost while maintaining highest quality standards
• Optimize and improve plant, process equipment & systems in case of Electricians/ Instruments need to ensure that all tasks performed meets the requirements of South African Bureau of Standards Act 1945
• Ensure that maintenance tasks are completed to the standard work instructions set out by AB InBev
• Standby duty required as per roster set out with minimum disruptions

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 optimize usages and reduce wastage with permanent solutions
• Interpersonal Skills, Work in Teams and Collaborate
• Ability to work no supervision (strong self-management practices)
• Ability to problem solve using basic problem-solving tools (5 why, fishbone)
• Ability to reduce machine downtime to minimum while ensuring all problems have permanent solutions
• Ability to analyze various graphical data and open gaps to improve performance
• Ability to identify nonstandard work and tag the defects
• Ability to work out spares requirements for machines and request via the sap system
• Ability to be able to use electronic communication devices (e.g.) Tablets, laptops and other devices

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N3 Technical qualification or higher
• Trade test qualification in Mechanical / Electrical/ Instrumentation
• Experience in Packaging would be advantageous
• Summative assessment in current role would be advantageous
• 2 year’s post trade test experience would be advantageous
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Basic operations of electronic communication devices

Additional Information: 

• Band XI

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in- line with SAB employment equity plan and 
talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note 
that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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PACKAGING OPERATOR

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 safely operate and maintain defined Packaging equipment and related processes in order to achieve optimal effectiveness.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operating equipment and manage associated processes & performance in packaging
• Interpret and implement production plan for shift
• Operate manual and automatic machines on line as per standards
• Ensure process quality and productivity
• Perform administration work such as tracking and monitoring of processes and take action when required
• Manage PIMS & POMS and take corrective action on negative trends
• Use of OFR’s (As per triggers)
• Contribute towards AB reports as required
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Grade 12
• Post matric or equivalent (e.g. N4) -National Diploma or Equivalent
• Added advantage IOB Certificate
• Training: Min 9 months on the job training and having completed SKAP within 12 months
• Experience within a Packaging FMCG industry

Additional Information:

• Band: XI

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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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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