Website The South African Breweries (SAB)
The South African Breweries (SAB) is a subsidiary of AB InBev. Founded in 1895, SAB is South Africa’s top brewer and leading distributor of beer. For more than 120 years SAB has been an integral thread in the social fabric of our country and continues to play a crucial role in the national economy… read more. The company operates seven breweries and 40 depots in South Africa with an annual brewing capacity of 3.1 billion litres. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes some of the country’s most popular beer brands Ânamely Carling Black Label, Hansa Pilsener, Castle Lager, Castle Lite and Castle Milk Stout. SAB also owns a hop production company, The South African Breweries Hop Farms (Pty) Ltd; a barley farming company, The South African Breweries Barley Farms (Pty) Ltd; a barley malting company, The South African Breweries Maltings (Pty) Ltd; and a 60% share of the metal crown manufacturer, Coleus Packaging (Pty) Ltd. As South Africa’s leading brewer, SAB is committed to promoting responsible alcohol consumption – both inside and outside the company. As a subsidiary of AB InBev, it subscribes to the Group’s Alcohol Framework and has a comprehensive Code of Commercial Communication in place. SAB also actively seeks to encourage collaboration across the areas of education, access to information, law enforcement and parental involvement to encourage responsible alcohol behaviour. Having adopted its first equity policy as early as 1971, SAB has been a pioneer for change in South Africa. In 2009, SAB tabled its trailblazing broad-based black economic empowerment transaction, SAB Zenzele. Through its various corporate social responsibility programmes, SAB actively invests in community partnerships and works tirelessly at socio-economic and enterprise development initiatives to build a stronger South Africa. The South African Breweries 65 Park Lane Sandown Sandton
Key Outputs and Responsibilities:
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
Provide specialist support for coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
This will include standby, day shift and when requested after a time frame that standby will need expert advice or support
Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving for the plant and support to zone
Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials
Provide additional support to process artisan on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
Upskill process artisans with latest SWI for machine setups or machine restorations
PLANNED MAINTENANCE
Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
Ensure backlog meets minimum hours and schedules are reviewed as per required frequency
Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
Partake in ATO cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these required, additional resources may be called in to assist
Where problems have been uncovered, and it is required to include the work in the planned maintenance schedule, this must be communicated to the Maintenance Controller & Maintenance Planner
Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the ZCM schedule
PROBLEM SOLVING
Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request take part, as functional expert, in AB- Report, SDCA and PDCA on request
HOUSEKEEPING AND SAFETY
Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate AB-InBev policies and procedures
Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties
Present 5’s plans to team and management when required
Raise Sio’s and close Sio’s related to your machine area
RUNNING REPAIRS
On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action. Where required, specialist assistance may be called in
This may include internal resources such as Instrument
Technicians or Inspection and coding specialist or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out
This includes all SAP inputs where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window
Minimum Requirements:
Matric with Mathematics and Science
N6 or higher qualification
Trade test qualification in Electrical or Instrument
2 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment
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