Brewing Process Operator - Newlands Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities

Plant and Process:

• 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 Packaging (kegging and bottling) Plant and Process
• 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:
• 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.
• 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.
• Fully understanding the team goals and participating in team goal review sessions.
• Making use of relevant communication media (out-of-control 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:

• Develop others in own skills as well as the learning of the skills of other specialist Brewery Technicians.
• 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
• Basic PC Literacy (Microsoft/ SAP)
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work shifts