Operator: Brewing at The Heineken Company

Key responsibilities:

Process Operations:

• To ensure that the brewing or cider process areas are operated in and optimal manner in order to achieve production targets.
• Adhere to the shift, daily and weekly brewing plan and raise the alarm if there is a deviation.
• Utilities – raise the alarm if there are deviations.
• Inspect the plant and equipment and ensure that it is available and set up for start up and production according to plan.
• Start up, operate and shut down the plant according to the relevant SOP’s.
• Clean and sanitise the plant and equipment according to the relevant SOP’s.
• Conduct quality tests to ensure cleaning and sanitizing is done according to requirements.
• Carry out walk about inspections and take action on deviations.
• Measure and record process inputs, outputs and changes, and take appropriate action where required.

First Line Maintenance:

• To ensure the effective maintenance of the brewing plant and equipment to meet brewing production targets.
• Carry out maintenance tasks as per the schedules.
• Carry out external cleaning of the plant and work area according to standard procedures.
• Identify and communicate non-routine and breakdown maintenance tasks to relevant personnel.
• Check and accept the plant as fit and safe for use after planned and/or breakdown maintenance.
• Report deviances and equipment defects.

Quality Compliance:

• To ensure compliance to the brewing product quality standards.
• Must follow and maintain requirements and procedures as laid down in the Quality Systems Sedibeng Brewery subscribes to ( Laboratory Star System, ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
• Take samples, perform quality analysis and record data as required against laid down methods and procedures.
• Perform and ensure adherence to reference sample analysis requirements and standards.
• Perform calibration and maintenance of equipment as per laid down procedures.
• Check production performance against quality standards.
• Highlight defective raw materials and product.
• Capture, trend, display and action brewhouse data, including short interval control data sheets, process monitoring data (inputs and outputs), QC data and downtime data.

Teamwork:

• To ensure that effective teamwork occurs within and across shifts and teams at different levels.
• Participate in required shift and/or departmental SBU meeting and communicate problems and potential problems, also escalating to the next level of responsibility where applicable.
• Handover to the Operator of the next shift communicating performance, problems and changes that may impact on the shift.
• Identify and resolve conflict within the team.
• Participate in team goal setting.
• Participate in individual and team reviews and provide performance feedback.

Problem Solving:

• To ensure that brewing operational problems are identified and resolved at root cause level.
• Use brewing problem identification triggers to identify efficiency, quality and waste problems.
• Follow up on progress made to resolve problems identified.
• Participate in formal problem solving.
• Participate in developing loop closing routines.
• As an owner of the process area, utilise the brewery’s UPS system (tagging, BDA’s, RCFA’s etc.) to drive loop closure on problems experienced – essentially pushing towards eradicating the root cause of the problem.

Safety, Health & Environment

• To ensure a safe working environment where all legal requirements are met in a socially responsible manner.
• Ensure compliance with acts and procedures.
• Use PPE.
• Ensure correct storage, handling and disposal of hazardous substances.
• Report incidents.
• Adhere to safety and housekeeping standards.
• Participate in team risk management processes.
• Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education, training, and obtaining the co-operation and commitment of all staff to observe all safety rules, procedures and processes in order to drive zero accident mentality.

Housekeeping:

• Ensure that the plant and workstation are kept clean and tidy.
• Clean, tidy and organize workstation and area of responsibility in the plant, as per 5S methodology.

Qualifications:

• Relevant National Diploma
• B.Tech Process Engineering or equivalent
• General Certificate in Brewing (GCB) or working towards one
• Experience:
• 2 – 3 years relevant experience