Brewing Operator - Alrode at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Overview of the Brewing process operation
• Raw materials planning and handling
• Maintain safe and healthy work environment
• Execution of 5S and ownership of ATO
• Monitoring process performance and quality

Plant and Process:

• Optimize Plant & Process Performance where appropriate
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
• Support the creation (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including quick fix routines and problems

Quality Control and Analysis:

• Where quality problems have arisen, apply the appropriate problem-solving techniques (e.g. Quick fix routines) to resolve
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to BAM

Communication:

• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews.
• Utilize the gap list 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 maintenance tasks problem-solving activities

Problem Solving:

• 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

Work in Teams:

• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• 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 normal office hours and sometimes over the weekends) to meet production

Minimum requirements:

• Grade 12 Matric Certificate/ Higher certificate
• Ability to work shifts