SAB – Supply Vacancies

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LAB TECHNICIAN (MICRO)

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 quality analysis and procedures are compliant to the company standards and specifications on packaging production lines and teams. The key purpose of this role is to carry out sampling, sample preparation and analysis of packaging raw materials, in -process samples of packaging product from
packaging production Lines.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Aseptically Sampling, Handling and Preparation for microbiological analysis
• Sterilization of Culture media using techniques like autoclaving and Isolation of Microorganisms

Perform various Micro Techniques, such as:

• Colony counts (e.g., pour plating, spread plating).
• Microbial identification using biochemical tests, staining techniques (e.g., Gram stain), and microscopy.
• Molecular techniques (e.g., PCR) if trained and required.
• Operate and calibrate specialized lab equipment, including microscopes, incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges, and other analytical instruments.

Quality Control and Assurance:

• Maintain detailed and organized records, ensuring traceability and regulatory compliance.​
• Analyze and interpret data from tests, including reading plates for bacterial counts and evaluating microbial growth.​
• Assist with report writing and presentations as needed.​
• Monitor and maintain an adequate inventory of reagents, media, supplies, and consumables.​
• Maintain a clean, organized, and sterile laboratory environment including waste management of biohazardous substances etc.​
• Participate in the development and optimization of microbiological methods and procedures.

Governance:

• Standards are in place and well understood
• Training and operational assessments are done against the specified methods
• Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
• Verifying Quality Control and Analysis in utilized by packaging, raw materials and quality production team s 
• Ensuring for quality packaged product is delivered by designated production lines
• Ensuring execution of required quality checks and analyses, and accuracy of results inputted on the appropriate information system
• Ensure that VPO tools are utilized and imparted to production teams

Maintenance of Equipment:

• Ensure and conduct autonomous operations as defined for the instrumentation
• Ensure equipment is operated according to SOP’s 
• Perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and calibration of laboratory equipment. 
• Develop work instruction to empower autonomous maintenance of equipment, to ensure its uptime 
• Identify defective equipment, and report these to the Team Leader, Instrumentation Technician and Lab Specialist 

Communication: 

• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record 
• issues, problems and improvement opportunities 
• Make use of relevant communication media to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Utilizing VPO digital tools to improve understanding of process and standards
• Required to escalate out-of-control processes to all Stakeholders
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are 
• communicated

Problem-Solving:

• Ensure Problem solving for all out-of-control processes using the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues
• Ensure QFR and 5why are done timeously

Minimum Requirements:

• MSc/BSc Microbiology, Biotechnology or equivalent
• Minimum of 1 – 2 years working experience in FM CG industry
• Understanding of brewing & packaging process and environment
• Assertive and analytical
• Proactive
• Proven leadership ability
• Understanding of the principles and practices of Manufacturing Excellence
• Available immediately

Additional Information:

• BAND: X

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​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 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 Roles 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 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
• If carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered du ring routine maintenance, these required, additional resources may be called 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

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
• 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 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 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
• Always looking for opportunities to improve MTTB and shorten MTTR

Minimum Requirements:

• N6 or higher qualification
• Mechanical OR Millwright

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 PROCESS 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 for this role is the operation of the process area according to work instructions, the execution of non-destructive quality checks and carrying out of routine maintenance. The process artisan has a primary focus on the asset care activities of the team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
 

Operating and Process Control

• Operating the process area according to the work instructions and adhering to usage standards.
• Carrying out the required quality checks as described in the quality control and analysis work practice.
• Recording waste on the appropriate documentation or information systems and reviewing waste trends to identify problems or
  opportunities timeously.
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target and completing all short interval control documentation.
• Responding rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that result in stoppages.
• 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.

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment

• Carry out in-depth cleaning, lubrication, and inspection of machines according to the work instructions, and following the schedules supplied by the maintenance planner.
• Carrying out routine maintenance activities according to the maintenance schedule
  Where routine maintenance reveals larger problems, and the process artisan is unable to resolve these, it must be escalated.

Minimum Requirements:

• N3 Qualification, Mechanical or Electrical
• Trade Test Mechanical or Electrical
• Work experience as a day Artisan

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.

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

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SITE MASTER ELECTRICIAN

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 Description

They key purpose of this role is maintaining and managing electrical systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure. This includes overseeing electrical plant availability, executing shutdowns, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage Electrical Network/Reticulation
• Ensure Electrical Plant Availability
• Manage Shutdowns and Provide Plant Support
• Provide Continuous Improvement
• Manage Resources and work execution
   

Key Attributes and Competencies:
 

Behavioral:

• Integrity
• Ethical
• Professionalism
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Leadership:

• Team player
• Mentoring and Development
• Results orientated
• Customer focused
   

Knowledge:

• Power Plant equipment Maintenance, Transformers, Switchgears, Cables, Motors
• Emergency Response and Electrical Safety Management
• Use of Electrical Specialized Tools and Test Equipment
• Low and High Voltage Systems up to 132KV
• Operating Regulations (ORHVS) authorizations as Appointed Operator/Person
• Metering, Protection and Testing of Substation Equipment
• Electrical Engineering Theoretical knowledge
• Basic DC/Power Electronics Systems, Batteries, Rectifiers, Power Supplies, Chargers, VFD, UPS.
• Electrical Installations Regulation and SANS10142-1
• Electrical Machinery Regulations
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Skills:

• Engineering Designs and can read Drawings
• Compile Engineering Documentations and Reports
• Analytical and Technical problem solving
• Communication, Verbal and Written
• Flexible and Resilient

Minimum Requirement:

• N4 Electrical Engineering (HC)
• Electrician’s Trade Test
• Registered Installation Electrician, IE (Preferable MIE)
• 3years or more technical experience in Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
• MV/LV Installation/Electrification, Operating and Maintenance

​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 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 deliver 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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MAINTENANCE DATA CAPTURE CLERK

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 capture maintenance data for the Packaging Department into relevant, planned maintenance systems to achieve optimal reporting capability and to perform engineering data capturing administrative duties for the packaging department which could also include SOP / SWI write-ups, filing, photocopying, and disseminating of information.

Key Roles and Responsibilities :

• Receive job cards from Engineering Planner artisans
• Capture the information on the job cards into the system
• Run reports on maintenance performance
• Assist planner with the planning of maintenance priorities.
• Run the job-cards from the system
• Capture ad-hoc requests into the system and run schedules.
• Issue the schedules to the engineering controllers for maintenance days
• Collection of schedules after maintenance day and capture and closure if all maintenance schedules
• Generation and display of Packaging engineering and individual artisans performance indicators
• Communicate effectively in teams
• Contribute to self and team development

Key Attributes & Competencies:

• Self-starter
• Knowledge of Manufacturing way strategies and initiatives
• Good knowledge of packaging production processes and technologies
• Familiarity with maintenance systems e.g. COSWIN or SAP-PM and SAP- MM
• Computer literate essential

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Post-Matric Qualification i.e. Technical Qualification (N4)
• FTC mechanical/electrical qualification
• 1 year experience in similar data capturing environment
• Min- 3-6 months on the job training, a maximum of 12 months on the job training
• Pipeline cover for maintenance planner

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 shortlisting.

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Performance & Continuous Improvement 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 improve packaging unit / hall performance through continuous improvement initiatives. Execute non routine activities such as NPD, trials, projects to allow operations and maintenance teams to focus on routines. Point of contact for packaging process technical specifications.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Occupational Health, Safety and Risk Ensure that Brewery quality and safety targets are met.
• Ensure overall reliability of production Process optimisation and asset management and plant availability
• Adherence to AB InBev and global packaging quality standards
• Ensure Packaging strategy implementation and support
• Ensure line audits are complete by machine as per Zone Technical Experts guidelines
• Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging shift team
• Provide coaching and mentorship to Packaging Levels 1,2,3
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for performance improvement and waste reduction
• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Problem Solving
• Proven people management
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem
• solving and continuous improvement
• Excellent understanding of VPO Effective communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Self-managed and assertiveness
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business Creative and broad-minded thinker
• Dynamic personality
• Must be a Change agent (Influential power), Self-starter and energetic
• Provide operational support to autonomous shift-based teams on process problem solving, supplying
• expert advice and guidance
• Willingness to challenge the “status quo” and uphold process a quality standard within the operational environment
• Coaching and mentoring: with deviations addressed through the non-conformance management procedure and capin process.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Degree (Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental)
• Belt training
• Packaging Technical / Management / Global Management Trainee
• At least 3-5 years factory production experience and a management level

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.

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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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