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PACKAGING ENGINEER

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 while complying with legislation.

Key roles and responsibilities:
Asset Care

• Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging hall, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice Implement the asset care plan for the packaging hall, ensuring that the engineering team have the required competencies
• Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into engineering team and individual goals Audit compliance to the asset care programme by both the engineering team and the shift base teams
• Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, through the training controller, ensure these are addressed
• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of the packaging hall

Plant Reliability

• Responsible for the overall reliability and up time of the packaging hall
• Lead the engineering team in the provisioning of asset care and engineering support to the shift based production teams
• Verifies that the engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validates quality of work
• Verifies that the maintenance systems are working properly and that data integrity and information accuracy is maintained
• Reviews plant reliability to ensure that equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the engineering team is applying the correct problem solving techniques

Plant Optimisation

• Takes part in the Regional and Central Office plant optimization trials, providing advice, assistance and guidance where require d Evaluates impact of new plant and equipment, and signs off all plant and equipment modifications
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance and initiates opportunity evaluation
• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes
• Takes part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support
• Ensures that continuous improvement is built into engineering team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership

• Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
• Conduct regular engineering team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one on one and performance reviews
• 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 engineering team

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
• Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
• Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging engineer is responsible for correcting this Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall as a 2 (7) appointee

Key attributes and Competencies:

• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintain inequality
• Mental alertness and analytical ability
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
• Leadership ability (ability to lead planners, controllers and a full engineering team)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and control budgets
• Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop
• Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
• Government Certificate of Competence would be highly advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
• Experience of managing and running a high
• speed packaging line highly advantageous
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing people

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.

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 Keypurposeof this role is to systemically improve equipment reliability ( Bottle ,Crate and Pallet Conveyors ) by optimizing  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 ( Bottle ,Crate and Pallet Conveyors )
• 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 Contractors  to achieve 100% Uptime, Zero Safety incidents, Zero Quality incidents, VIC usages like water, energy , Luebe etc. in control
• Must have a deep  understanding  VPO, The Safety , Maintenance , Quality, Management and Logistic pillars.
• Must know how the VPO pillars are interconnected  to support the journey to world class operations
• Drive the implementation of Autonomous Operations (ATO ) through hands-on execution of each of the ATO  steps .
• Equipment to be restored to an “as new” condition, in which initial deterioration is eliminated or controlled during MEOP windows .
• Provides a stable maintenance platform from which natural deterioration linked failures can be appropriately addressed with preventive ,  predictive and restoration  maintenance activities.
• Continuously check the maintenance Plan for 16 weeks ahead  in advance to identify resources , spares and required time for the outages .
• Manage the backlog within (4 to 7) weeks and improve MTTR YOY while increasing  the MTBF YOY.
• Set up Base line Budgets yearly  for ZBB / VIC / UPP maintenance costs for Short  ,Medium- and long-term plans and ensure spends are within the approve budgets .
• Optimize budgets to meet the daily , weekly , monthly and yearly budget agree spend by ensuring root causes for failures has been identified and loop closures are implemented to preventive high cost .
• Continuously look for improvement in spares material by redesigning and reproducing it with an improved lifespan ensuring it meets the quality standards and at a lower price than OEM/OMM
• Actively participate with coaching contractors and line team members  in problem solving (5 Why reviews, Problem Terminator ,  Abnormality Reports and PDCA , ITF’s) to provide deep technical knowledge to ensure correct root causes has been identified so that suitable preventive measures has been implemented to prevent repeat failures from reoccurrence.
• 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 GTS specifications , all gaps identified and close off including spares parts , manuals and training material is available for team.
• Collaboration with ZTE’s, Vendor’s and Reverse Engineering Specialist to deliver KPI’s
• Use data driven techniques to identify gaps  in machine performance 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 to be created and role out to current / new employees checking for competencies.
• Regular assessments to be carried on equipment identifying gaps and plan in place  to be closed out in a suitable time frame .
• Monthly use data driven techniques to sustain and drive systemic improvements in equipment reliability for selected machine group by developing, improving and optimizing preventive and predictive maintenance plans
• Build Data base for critical spares to be created in the system and ensure that the maintenance package (Bill of materials) is regularly updated.
• Stores walkabout to be done regularly identifying unused spares to be written off and  ensuring all critical spares is in good condition and available incase of breakdowns .
• Liaise with  different suppliers and hold them responsible for quality of spares.
• Draft up an SLA with contracting company for Labour to maintain , lubricate and clean conveyors in a safe manner following SAFE  process .
• Ensure all contractors is knowledgeable of the different VPO pillars allowing them to maintain the equipment

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 organisational 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:

• National Diploma (Mechanical, Electrical or equivalent)
• Bachelors Degree (Mechanical, Electrical or equivalent) Additional business qualification advantageous
• Belt qualification
• 2-3 Years in similar FMCG industry as controller / supervisor / senior technician

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.

MICROMALTING 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 ensure the execution of raw material processing trials through the use of various techniques and equipment, including the operation and maintenance of the micro malting equipment and the daily running of the analytical laboratory.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Ensuring that sampling is carried out as per manualised   methods.
• Samples are identified, verified and handled to retain integrity as per manual
• Samples are prepared as per manualised method.
• Relevant apparatus, equipment and reagents are prepared as per manualised method.
• Analysis is performed using fundamental laboratory techniques and practices.
• Accurate results generated at specified times.
• Results are recorded and reported as per standard manuals.
• Equipment is maintained and calibrated according to manualized methods.
• Equipment calibration frequencies are adhered to.
• Calibration/maintenance records available and updated.
• Problem solving (5Y, abnormality reports).
• Adherence to PPE policy.
• Unsafe conditions and work practices are identified and actioned.
• Chemicals and reagents are handled as per manualized procedures.
• Hazardous substances are stored, handled and disposed of as per procedures
• Adherence to documented lab safety rules, guides and practices.
• Incidents are reported and actioned as per procedure.
• Housekeeping schedules are adhered to.

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma in Chemistry, Microbiology or Food Technology
• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or equivalent (desirable)
• Completed QA learnership National Diploma (desirable)
• 1-2 Years in Laboratory, Brewing, Malting or Packaging operation

Key Competencies:

• Understanding of process control within a brewing/ malting environment 
• Assertive and analytical 
• Proactive 
• Proven leadership ability 
• Good understanding of the principles and practices of Manufacturing Excellence      

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 short-listing.

SHUNTER

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 shunt malt and barley trucks as per planning schedule and malting production requirements; To coordinate and assist in barley sampling, and loading of malt rail and road trucks

Key roles and responsibilities:

Raw Materials handling and storage

• Interpret and execute barley out loading and malt loading plans
• Interpret and implement storage plans
• Monitor temporary staff for barley sampling and malt loading activities
• Perform barley offloading and malt loading activities
• Plan shift activities to ensure efficient simultaneous barley offloading and malt loading
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment  
• Performs all autonomous operations (ATO) tasks as per designated requirements

Gate till Hopper

• Opening gate at 06:00 and 14:00 (unless otherwise stated) to allow Spoornet to enter site
• Ensure no authorised people enter site
• Take imported barley samples and remove to Lab
• Weighing in and out of barley, malt and coal trucks and ensure that consigned and received weights are not more than 200kg out
• Check barley hopper is clean prior to off loading
• Responsibile in executing 5S and ATO activities
• Allocate Silo’s
• Trucks to be offloaded within 1 hour after receiving ATO slips

Dispatch

• Check that all road / rail trucks are QC passed before malt loading
• Checking trucks are cleaned before malt loading
• Brooming malt trucks (36 tonnes per truck) and M/S and A/S
• Ensure that malt out loading area is cleaned daily once trucks dispatched
• Ensure trucks are not leaking oil
• Ensure malt trucks are sealed prior to dispatch and that all documentation are faxed to Spoornet

Hygiene

•  Cleaning of all weighbridges
• Cleaning of all rail points
• Cleaning of spillages that occur during shift, hopper, and weighbridges

Perform administration

• Completion of all shift reporting systems (MES)
• Updating planning board
• Completion of Shunter checklist per shift
• Complete shift handover sheet
• Contribute to self and team development
• Ensure application of all administration systems and procedures 
• Communicates on an ongoing basis with Silo Block Lead (Or Process Lead on weekend Standby) to establish activities and sequences of activities and to report problems.
• Responsible for ongoing checks and observation to ensure correct functioning of equipment in span of control. 
• Takes corrective action, which includes stopping faulty equipment and reporting problems to Silo Block Lead (Or Process Lead on weekend Standby)

Problem solving

• Apply VPO techniques for problem solving and decision making
• Apply frontline problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles through the Quick fix routine procedures and Problem Terminator Digital Tool

Key attributes and competencies:

• Basic human relations skills i.e. ordinary courtesy and effectiveness in dealing with others. 
• Concern for safety, tidiness and cleanliness.  
• Able to read simple instructions and standardised forms of limited content  
• Basic writing ability.
• Customer engagement – transporters, technical services team, quality team, production team 
• Ability to understand and execute instructions timeously 
• Enquiring nature – ability to ask questions, take initiative for new tasks, suggest ideas for improvement, and continuously learn.
• Computer literate – MS Office
• Moves railway trucks loaded with materials from specified origin to specified destination. 
• Stores material according to set standards. 
• Refuels and conducts daily inspections according to checklist. 
• Adheres to safety standards at all times. 
• Maintains a high standard of housekeeping. 
• Cleans up spills
• Lives ABInbev safety value at all times

Minimum requirements:

• Matric.
• Valid Locomotive truck drivers license
• 2-3 months on-the-job training
•  2 to 6 weeks on the job training. 
• Ordinary communication skills. 
• Verbal ability. 
• Good eyesight in both eyes. 
• Numerate.
• Physically Fit

Additional Information:

Band: XII

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

Logistics Operator x8

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 Silo Block Plant Operations• Barley intake and pre-cleaning systems – startup, operations, changeovers and shutdown as per operating procedures

Key roles and responsibilities:

Performs Silo Block Plant Operations

•  Malt blending, Malt polishing and Dispatch systems – startup, operations, changeovers and shutdown as per operating procedures
• Malt blending and Polishing transfer systems – startup, operations, changeovers, transfers and shutdown as per operating procedures
• Cleaning of C4 – C7 shiftly
•  Ensure silos were cleaned prior to usage
•  Ensure intake to correct silo as per out loading plan
•  Adherence to Blending plan
•  Adherence to malt sales cleaning plan
• Assist Barley Operator with Funkey driving
• Fumigation monitoring
• Performs all autonomous operations (ATO) tasks as per designated requirements

Malt quality at source analysis

• Ensures that samples are taken and analysed for each batch and correctly identified
• Takes samples for QA / QC analysis for Blending and Polishing
•  Samples to be put back in system once analysis completed
• Obtain authority to blend sheet
• Checks BC 33 and MA bin at end of blend for Malt
• Blend samples to be taken to the Lab timeously and collected once analysis are completed to put back into the system
• Representative sample to be collected at all times
• Achieves required standard of housekeeping in the workhouse area
• Dips malt silos daily
• Understands fully the operating principles, procedures and design capabilities of all plant and equipment and its functions
• Checks correct functions of all machinery and equipment continuously including by product checks, recording of dust filter pressure, and reports problems
•  Ensure correct flowrates and must also ensure that efficiencies (in terms of by-product or waste separation) are achieved at all times

Hygiene Standards in Silo Block Maintained

• Ensuring that all ATO tasks are performed timeously and to standard, and deviations escalated
• Responsible for picking up of all spillages on your shift
• Perform daily third-party hygiene checks (cleaning contractor) and scoring
• Daily update of master cleaning schedules
• Hygiene issues escalated immediately

Perform administration

• Ensure application of all administration systems and procedures 
• Contribute to self and team development 
• Maintenance of Operator Work Station
• Complete and verify MES transactions
• Complete job cards for any deviations
• Communicates on an ongoing basis with Silo Block Lead (Or Process Lead on weekend Standby) to establish activities and sequences of activities and to report problems.
• Responsible for ongoing checks and observation to ensure correct functioning of equipment. 
• Takes corrective action, which includes stopping faulty equipment and reporting problems to Silo Block Lead (Or Process Lead on weekend Standby)

Problem solving 

• Apply frontline problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles through the Quick fix routine procedures and Problem Terminator Digital Tool.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Customer engagement – transporters, technical services team, quality team, production team 
• Ability to understand and execute instructions timeously 
• Enquiring nature – ability to ask questions, take initiative for new tasks, suggest ideas for improvement, and continuously learn.
• Computer literate – MS Office
• Lives ABInbev safety value at all times
• Awareness of role on quality and hygiene – maintains a high standard of 5S and housekeeping

Minimum requirements:

• Matric or equivalent e.g. NQF level 4 
• 3 months on-the-job training
• 2 – 5 years experience in a malting environment 
• Previous experience in a process-controlled manufacturing environment, ideally in food FMCG products.

Additional requirements:

Band: XI

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

BREWING ENGINEER

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 Identifying and delivering initiatives to deliver step change performance improvement and process stability in order to realise true process capability.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Asset Care:

• Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the brewing, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice
• Implement the asset care plan for the brewing, ensuring the engineering team have the required competencies
• Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into engineering team and individual goals
• Audit compliance to the asset care program by both the engineering team and shift based teams
• Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the engineering team
• Where training needs have been identified, through the training specialist, ensure these are addressed
• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of brewing

Plant Reliability:

• Responsible for the overall reliability and uptime of brewing plant
• Lead the engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift based production teams
• Verifies that engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validates quality of work
• Verifies that the maintenance systems are working properly and that data integrity and information accuracy maintained
• Reviews plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that engineering team is applying the correct problem solving techniques

Plant Optimisation:

• Takes part in regional and central office plant optimization trials, providing advice, assistance and guidance where required
• Evaluates impact of new plant and equipment, and signs off all plant modifications and changes
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance, and initiates opportunity evaluation

• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes
• Takes part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support
• Ensures that continuous improvement is built into engineering team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership:

• Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
• Conducts regular engineering team goal review session, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
• 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 engineering team

Safety and Housekeeping:

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

Key attributes and competencies:

• Ability to ensure that all equipment and resources are available for an effective maintenance system
• Ability to manage and ensure an effective spares stock levels and to ensure that costs are within budget
• Ability to ensure that principles of VPO are implemented within brewing department
• Ability to ensure that plant start-ups and shut downs are done safely and properly
• Knowledge of the OH&S Act and NOSA standards
• Ability to effect good HR processes to ensure that people are disciplined, motivated, developed and properly managed to ensure effective team performance
• Analytical and evaluative skills
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills – Articulate
• Conceptual skills
• Accurate, decisiveness and persuasiveness
• People handling and leadership skills

Minimum requirements:

• BSc Engineering or equivalent tertiary education
• 3-5 years as a Section Engineer ideally in an FMCG company
• Experience with modern VPO Maintenance Pillar
• Previous exposure in brewing or similar process
• Government Certificate of Competence would be an advantage

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.

BREWING 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 equipment in an as new condition, assuring reliable performance to standard through inspections, corrective actions to restore equipment back to inherent condition, problem solving to address root cause of failures and loop closure and provide input into the ZBB maintenance budget. Coaches’ operators in the correct way to operate equipment and perform autonomous operations.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT:

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving
• This must be undertaken in support of the Process Artisan Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams

PLANNED MAINTENANCE:

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE:

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate PS techniques

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
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out as per SAP requirements

PROBLEM SOLVING:

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request Take part in FFA’s on request

IMPROVEMENT:

• Improve SWI’s, SOP’s and maintenance tasks on an ongoing basis to ensure that the loop is closed out to prevent issues arising

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:

• Min – N6 Technikon qualification
• Trade test qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Millwright

Training:

• 3 – 5 years in a Brewing or production environment

Experience:

• 1-3 Years technical mechanical/electrical and brewing/bottling
• Experience in a leadership capacity in a FMCG environment

Desirable but not essential

• National Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical)
• Brewing maintenance workshop experience in a brewing plant
• Brewing / Bottling Hall and production experience
• Machine specific experience

Key attributes and competencies

• Management skills
• People handling ability
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Conceptual skills
• Engineering Specialist SME – Subject matter expert

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.

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, calibrate, repair equipment, optimize Packaging equipment and associated devices to ensure availability and product quality.​

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Key roles and responsibilities:​

Operational Support​

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations​
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving. This must be undertaken in support of the Process Artisan​
• Where requested, Provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on mechanical equipment, mechanical fault-finding and correct responses to mechanical failure mode​

Planned Maintenance​

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required​
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner​
• Partake in maintenance post-mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities​
• Update AWS as per the standard- incorporate medium term plan into maintenance plans
• Execute schedules and work arising according to plan and provide written feedback on follow on work

Routine Maintenance​

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner​
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule​
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques.​

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​
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out as per SAP requirements​

Problem Solving​

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve​
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction​
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request Take part in FFA’s on request​​

Improvement​

• Create or Improve SWI’s, SOP’s and maintenance tasks on an ongoing basis as issues arise to ensure that the loop is closed out to prevent issues arising​​​

Housekeeping and Safety​

• Always operate in a safe manner, 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:

• Minimum N6 in mechanical/electrical Engineering
• Millwright Trade
• 2 – 3 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment
• Must reside in the Eastern Cape

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.

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.

Malt Operator x4

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 the operation and cleaning of the germination out transfer systems, kilning, Malt Analyses Bins and monitor the effluent system. Through the execution of VPO routines which include but not limited to the execution of quality control checks, analyses and problem solving. Training, coaching and assessing (OWD) of other team members and supporting the maintenance department in execution of their routines.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Safety and environment

• Lead and execute the territorial safety ownership and checks
• Monitor safety and environment risks on shift
• Implement mitigation measures to eliminate risks

Shift based production performance and processes

• Interpret production plan for shift and ensure kilns are ready on time for the pieces
• Monitor kilning processes on shift 
• Monitor effluent systems
• Ensure process quality analyses are done and recorded on shift
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment  
• Co-ordinate autonomous operations and cleaning
• Ensure transfer systems and vessels are cleaned to standard through hygiene audits
• Ensure 5S and ATO execution

Shift team performance

• Communicate effectively in the workplace with all key stakeholders (i.e. MTO, Boiler House, Silo Block)
• Engage in handover meetings through updated OWS (handover books and SIC boards)
• Ensure effective transfer of information between shifts
• Follow escalation processes 

Perform administration

• Ensure application of VPO and associated digital tools
• Contribute to self and team development 
• Ensures all checks and analyses are recorded in respective charts / sheets / SIC / digital tools and Boards
• Review SOPs according to review plan and or OWD plans

Problem solving

• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles 
• Problem solving terminator or any other problem-solving tool relay to be followed
• Ensure root cause analyses is completed for all deviations according to problem solving trigger list, including process and breakdown triggers

Key attributes and competencies:

Communication

• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. making use of the action log to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
• Fully understand the team goals and participate in team goal review sessions
• Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. operator workstations/team rooms) 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 and maintenance are communicated

Problem-solving

• Where problems occur (or triggers are met), use quick fix routines and Problem Terminator 5Y’s to identify the possible root cause and escalate to Process Lead where support is needed
• All breakdowns must be logged on SAP and the root cause element be done on problem terminator

Continuous improvements

• Identify sources of waste and report these to the Process Lead
• Drive KPI’s to achieve Plant Excellence
• Raise innovations on the correct platforms
• Recognise peers on the associated platforms and participation in routines such as Results Sharing

Minimum requirements:

• Matric or equivalent e.g. NQF level 4
• Min – 6 months on the job training

Desirable but not essential:

• Post Matric qualification
• National Diploma or equivalent in Engineering/Sciences
• General Certificate in maltings (GCM)
• 12 months on the job training
• 100% SKAP in at least one other role
• 1 – 3 years experience in a malting environment 
• Previous experience in a process-controlled manufacturing environment, ideally in food FMCG products.

Additional information:

Band: XI

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.

In accordance with South African Breweries Pty (ltd) duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is safe for of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the community at large from infectious diseases that may be reduced by vaccinations, we require all new appointments to be vaccinated as a condition of employment at our company.

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