Brewing Process Control Artisan at The South African Breweries (SAB)

• The Key Purpose of this role is to operate, maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and  product quality Maintain equipment and process control equipment systems in a manufacturing facility. Conducts maintenance and  troubleshooting on measurement and control.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Plan and prepare the job
• Carry out repairs or maintenance
• Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace
• Operate and control the process according to SOP’s
• Participate in and coach autonomous operations
• Support quality at source
• Improve personal competence and flexibility Apply problem solving processes
• Utilise loss & waste and short interval control to identify problems
• Apply problem solving techniques to resolve situational problems
• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of measurement & control instrumentation by consulting manufacturers manuals to determine tests and calibration procedures.
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for measurement & control instrumentation
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts.
• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of measurement & control instrumentation by consulting manufacturers manuals to determine tests and calibration procedures.
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for measurement & control instrumentation
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure  replacement parts.
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences,  workshops or other training.
• Provide engineering/projects support and recommendations for new and existing equipment with regard to installation, upgrades and  enhancement.
• Maintain standard instrumentation test equipment and analyze results to evaluate performance and determine need for adjustment.
• Record instrumentation calibration and specification data on calibration sheets and maintenance schedules.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Grade 12
• N4 Engineering Studies
• Instrumentation Trade Test
• Min 2-3 months on-the-job training
• Instrumentation maintenance experience
• Prior experience in an FMCG environment