Packaging Machine Specialist - Rosslyn Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: September 15, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Operational Support

• Responsible for bottle washing maintenance in the pack hall
• Review SAP downtime in preparation of morning meeting with maintenance controller
• Advance terminator to Unit manager level
• Develop SWIs, SOPs and schedules reviewed and train operators
• Training of PEST artisans and shift artisans to close skill Gaps
• Obtain quotes for spare parts from OEM\AMM and or reverse engineering as required and manage the RTS process in order to recover ZBB.
• Perform store walkabout and review store bin holding min and max levels
• Support with shut planning by utilizing medium- and long-term action plans
• Update AWS daily and track machine specific performance and KPI’s
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the production teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner
• Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
• Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
• Participate in machine grouping improvement through the use of Artisan Workstation
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties
• Standby duty required as per roster set out with minimum disruptions
• Using MTTR and MTBF to improve performance

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Packaging experience highly advantageous (Bottle washing)
• Physically fit (Physically demanding environment)
• Ability to work independently
• Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
• Problem solving ability
• Great attention to detail with the ability to prioritize
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in teams
• Prepared to work standby and overtime when required

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N6 Mechanical engineering and trade test
• N6 Mech Eng and Millwright trade (more advantageous)
• 5 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment