Packaging Maintenance Controller - Alrode Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: September 18, 2026

Key Role and Responsibilities:

Asset care:

• Manage all brewing electrical maintenance activities and lead a team of 6 employees across on day shift
• Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
• Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the brewing area by analyzing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and implementing Continuous Improvements
• Review and Implementation of Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)
• Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance effectively
• Participate in executing the department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the brewing department is maintained
• Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff
• Control and oversee maintenance cost against available budget
• Ensure engineering standards applied correctly
• Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOPs
• Support Brewing Process Artisans
• Coach Artisans on AWS

Problem Solving and Decision Making:

• Responsible for fault-finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the brewing area by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken
• Identifies the major engineering losses in brewing area and investigates using problem solving methodologies. (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)
• Review emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective action
• Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs

Safety and Hygiene:

• Ensure team compliance with acts and procedures
• Maintain 5 S and housekeeping standards
• Ensure reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures
• Promote safety awareness
• Ensure compliance with special work permit requirements by own employees and contractors

Administration:

• Manage Level 1 & 2 team goals in brewing area
• Conduct individual and team performance reviews and one on ones • Provide performance feedback
• Lead all VPO initiatives in the department
• Apply and sustain industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreements & core values QUALITY
• Ensures that Company Quality Standards and are adhered to in the brewing area

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at various levels of the organization
• Previous experience with VPO or other continuous improvement tools would be advantageous
• Ability to prioritize and manage maintenance projects in a brewing environment
• Good knowledge of sustainable development reporting would be advantageous
• Good all-round knowledge of manufacturing
• Demonstrated knowledge of SHE policies and procedures

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical/Electrical/Millwright
• Trade: Fitter and Turner/Millwright/Electrical
• Maintenance Diploma would be advantageous
• 3 -5 years’ experience in Preventive, & Predictive Maintenance of concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery