Irrigation Controller at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: October 14, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Health, Safety and Environment

• Comply with safe, health and environmental procedures and legislation.
• Maintain safety and 5S implementation, execution and ownership of area
• Identification of unsafe practices through SIO's.
• Safety inspections conducted.
• Safe maintenance practices audited.
• Adherence to PPE policies.
• SAM and LOTOTO procedures practised.
• Adhering and Leading according to AB Inbev Policy in terms of Safety, Health and Environmental issues
• Implementation, execution and audits of VPO

Maintain and Repair Plant and Associated Devices

• Locate equipment, spares and relevant documentation and or systems.
• Plan and prepare the job.
• Carry out basic and routine repairs and maintenance. Escalate major repairs and maintenance accordingly.
• Ensure correct usage, maintenance and storage of tools and equipment.

General Hop Farm Tasks

• All tasks related to the growing of hops
• Perform all activities related to hop harvesting.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks as instructed by the Farm Manager.

Problem-Solving

• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles. (i.e. Implementation, execution and documentation of 5 Why).
• Effective PI and KPI reporting.
• SIC management and applicable problem solving techniques applied.

Co-ordinate Seasonal Workers

• Oversee seasonal workers throughout the year to ensure the irrigation system runs efficiently in the field and that they adhere to the AB Inbev Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure that seasonal workers adhere to the AB Inbev Safety Policies and Procedures

Irrigation

• To attend to the day-to-day irrigation of the hop fields as per instructions to ensure that water is efficiently managed
• Responsible for the entire irrigation process which occurs from the extracting of water from the dam to the imitters in the hop fields
• Operate irrigation controllers as per instructions
• Select or irrigate plots as per instruction and according to irrigation probe readings.
• Ensure efficiency of irrigation during cycles.
• Repair below and above ground pipes and valves.
• Operate and utilise fertigation systems on drip irrigation camps.
• Any other reasonable task related to the irrigation of hop fields.

Minimum Requirements

• Numeracy and literacy - Grade 12 will be ideal
• License to drive a tractor
• 1 - 2 years' farming work experience.
• 1 - 2 years in operating farm machinery.
• 2 years' operating irrigation systems

Behavioural Competencies

• Supervision skills.
• Mental alertness and problem solving skills.
• Conceptual skills.
• Subject matter expert.