Brewing Maintenance Controller - Chamdor Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: September 19, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Asset Care

• Manages all Brewing maintenance activities and lead a team on day shift
• Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
• Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the Brewing area by analyzing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and implementing continuous Improvements
• Reviews and Implements the Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)
• Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance, and loop closure implementation effectively
• Participate in executing the department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the Brewing department is maintained
• Draws up, coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff using OPLs, SOPs and SWIs
• Controls and oversees maintenance cost against available budget.
• Ensures engineering standards applied correctly
• Ensures compliance to Pressure Vessels and Equipment Regulations
• Supports the scoping of CAPEX projects within Brewing Plant
• Maintaining the integrity and security of maintenance management systems

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Responsible for fault finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards are taken
• Takes responsibility and coach team members to use the 4 phases of problem-solving
• Identifies the major engineering losses in Brewing area and investigates using problem solving methodologies. (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)
• Reviews emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective action
• Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs

Safety and Hygiene

• Ensures team compliance with acts and procedures
• Maintains 5S and housekeeping standards
• Ensures reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures
• Promotes safety awareness
• Ensure compliance with special work permit requirements by own employees and contractors
• Ensure compliance with Dust Explosion prevention and management standards

Administration

• Manages Level 1 & 2 team goals in Brewing area
• Manages team’s maintenance performance measures
• Conducts individual and team performance reviews and one on ones. Provides performance feedback
• Leads all VPO initiatives in the department
• Applies and sustains industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreements & core values
• Performs relevant routines and supervisory walkabouts and checks

Quality

• Ensures that Company Quality Standards and are adhered to in the utilities area

Key Attributes and competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at various levels of the organization
• Previous experience with VPO or other continuous improvement tools would be advantageous
• Ability to prioritize and manage maintenance projects in a Brewing environment
• Good knowledge of sustainable development reporting would be advantageous
• Good all-round knowledge of manufacturing
• Demonstrated knowledge of SHE policies and procedures
• Desirable, but not essential - Knowledge of Brewing plant or bottling hall production and processes will be an advantage

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Qualification: BTech in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Preventive & Predictive Maintenance concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery