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 the safe operation of one or more discrete processes in the Brewing plant (e.g. FAB process, 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.

• 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 FAB Plant and Process
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
• Manage Territorial Safety and raise SIO and RNC.
• Support the reviewing and creating (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including process maps, quick fix routines and SOP)

• 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 and complete required documentation.
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to CRO or BAM

• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews.
• Utilize the Inter Action Log and Operator Checklist to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
• 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 operations 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
• GOPs reviewed and actions executed

• Coach team members on plant and operations
• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• Champion team role executed and VPO lived.
• Demonstrate Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best)
• Be available to work flexible hours (outside of standard working schedule hours and sometimes over the weekends) to meet production

• National Diploma in Science, Engineering, Food Technology, Biotechnology, or related field
• Completed IST in Brewing advantageous
• Basic PC Literacy (Microsoft/ SAP)
• Experience in a brewing, beverage manufacturing, FMCG, or process plant environment (preferred)
• Experience operating brewhouse

• 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