Document Technician - Newlands Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: October 17, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• Responsible for personal safety and the safety of others in his / her designated area
• Operating, Calibrating and Maintaining equipment in packaging process areas according to VPO standards​
• Reviewing packaging quality performance against targets, addressing out of controls and process deviation using the VPO tools​
• Ensuring compliance to Food Safety Standard as described in the FS management system
• Review and improve quality at source standard operating practices ​
• Responsible for quality at source including training on and check the execution of standards by the operation executed by production teams ​
• Verify compliance with daily routines as per agenda of routine execute daily schedule
• ​Manage personal development plan

Voyager Plant Optimisation

• Champion VPO within the work area
• Understand VPO pillars and apply it to the daily tasks
• Action glidepath to help drive VPO means to deliver KPIs

Govern and Maintain Site Food Safety Management System

• Maintain food safety defence manual for site
• Lead internal food safety audit planning and execution and non-conformance closure  
• Food safety standards are in place and well understood
• Training and assess competency of personnel on food safety management system and practices
• Verification of HACCP, TACCP and VACCP programs
• Standardise food safety practices across teams, enabling audit readiness and product safety
• Maintain legal requirements for the site
• Management of site data integrity, control OD records and coordinate all site documentation

Maintenance of Equipment

• Verify food safety related equipment is maintained, calibrated and verified as per defined maintenance frequencies
• Verify the competency of technicians responsible for management of Food Safety control instrumentation

Communication

• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities ​
• Make use of relevant communication media to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Utilising VPO digital tools to improve understanding of process and standards
• Required to escalate out-of-control processes to Food Safety Team Leader, Process Owners and Quality Personnel
• Update and communicate the Quality Team LNA and Training bucket
• Communicate audit gaps, Food Safety culture initiatives and action closure to Process Owners

Problem-Solving​

• Ensure problem solving for all out-of-control processes using the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues
• Ensure QFR and 5why are done timeously

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Understanding of brewing & packaging process and environment 
• Assertive and analytical
• Proactive
• Proven leadership ability 
• Understanding of the principles and practices of manufacturing excellence

Minimum Requirements:

• Min Advanced Diploma or Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Microbiology or equivalent
• 1-2 Years in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation
• ISO22000 or FSSC Certification