Materials Handling Attendant - Caledon at The South African Breweries (SAB)

The key purpose of this role is to manage and control Silo activities, to Perform barley intake, effect malt loading, conduct barley and malt quality at source analysis, and manage the operation of the Pellet plant facility. 

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Ensure that barley samples are taken timeously;
• Ensure that barley trucks are only offloaded after with an “Authorization to Offload” slip has been issued by the laboratory and that unlike barleys are not mixed;
• Authorization to Offload” slips are collected timeously from the laboratory and that intake proceeds at >90 t/Hr continuously, no underweight trucks are offloaded;
• Pre-use checklist on shunting unit are used on shift;
• any deviations, if any, are reported to the artisan;
• Ensure diesel usage is recorded by updating graph (fuel efficiency graph);
• Ensure all safety and operating instructions are adhered to;
• Ensure movements of Contractor vehicles in the loading and off loading bay area are effected safely; and
• Rail trucks are correctly placed and safely moved on site.
• Ensure that trucks are suitable for malt loading are clean, properly sealed and signed off on Malt Analysis Dispatch Sheet in order to prevent loss of malt during transportation;
• trucks are accurately weighed;
• correct tonnage is loaded into all malt trucks (Rail=36 t & Road=34 t);
• all rail trucks are cleaned and sealed before leaving loading area; and
• no spillages occur on top of malt trucks.
• the correct truck number, depot, destination, product classification, first and second weights are captured for barley and malt trucks;
• information relating to the above is correctly printed onto weighbridge tickets;
• barley / malt data is correctly entered into Silo Reference Book;
• truck cards and malt analyses sheets are completed for malt dispatch;
• the correct truck card is displayed on each truck;
• a copy of the malt analyses is attached to inside of truck hatch before sealing;
• sufficient truck cards are available;
• correct information is supplied to the Production Clerk; and
• Complies with all ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 requirements regarding adherence to systems and completion of documentation.
• Conduct Screenings, By-product and Damage Index analysis
• Check for oil/diesel spillages on shunting units and reporting same to artisan immediately;
• Ensuring barley intake and malt dispatch areas are kept clean and free of spillage at all times
• Reporting on housekeeping deviations in entire Siloblock
• Ensure application of administration systems and procedures  
• Contribute to self and team development 
• Maintenance of Operator Work Station

Profile:

• Matric  
• Valid Locomotive drivers license
• 2 - 5 years experience in a malting environment 
• Previous experience in a process controlled manufacturing environment, ideally in food FMCG products.
• 3 months on-the-job training
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles