Zone Project Maltings Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Provide high level scopes and budgets in consultation with the Global, Zone and regional teams for annual planning purposes
• Consider environmental legislation, government regulations, potential environmental hazards and other factors in the planning & risk analysis phase 
• Actively reviews State of the Art  technical solutions that are available in the market with a view to implementing them in cases where there is a compelling business case that delivers operational performance improvement
• Reviews existing Malting Installations and make recommendations to simplify and modernise as required so that plant safety, operational performance and maintenance practices are optimised/improved to support business strategy
• Leads the Design Management of the total scope and enables this by planning and organising the engineering and design work for the project. Oversees, directs and coordinates this work
• Understands and implements all design, technical specifications and engineering requirements for projects from concept to detailed design (FEP 0 to FEP3) level of detail so that RFQ’s can be prepared and detailed design supported
• Ensures that FEP3 designs are implemented in the project Build Phase and any significant changes that may affect quality, cost, time or outputs are documented and approved via the project management system with decision support notes
• Review and approve malting engineering specifications that form part of OEM equipment supply
• Participate as required in the technical supplier adjudications to assist with appropriate appointments that meet the Companies operational performance, reporting requirements, usage monitoring and safety KPI’s
• After supplier appointments have been made, provide support to the Implementation team to ensure that detailed integration work can be carried out between the various contractors
• In conjunction with the rest of the Development team, review and optimise plant layouts to ensure lowest cost installation and operation of plant and equipment. Enables a value engineering mind-set to the design review process
• Participate and/or arrange for suitably qualified process personnel to participate in FAT’s Hazop’s and quality assurance interventions. as required

Reporting Requirements:

• Regular update of project development tracker
• Project status reports as per routine 

Profile:

• A bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent  with 4-6 years work experience, some of which as a contractor or Raw Materials Consultant
• At least 3 to 5 years FMCG or malting's experience would be an advantage
• A checked out Brewing or Eng & Capex trainee , with IBD quailifcations would be an advantage
• Design experience in malting's operations and projects at a senior level and in value in excess of $10m
• Working knowledge of major malting's functional blocks (materials handling, steeping, germination, kilning, utilities, etc.)
• Good understanding of best in equipment solutions to enable accurate technical reviews and adjudication of contractors bids.
• Good understanding of QC and laboratory methodology for malting operations
• Solid understanding of project management tools and techniques such as PMBOK. A Project Management Qualification would be an advantage

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Good communicator with the development team to ensure that design requirements are defined timeously by other disciplines to ensure designs are completed on time.
• Process orientated and assertive to ensure that projects are executed in accordance with well proven and established practices and safety requirements
• Proven experience in solving project related problems with pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent organisational skills that enable systematic prioritisation to logically complete tasks and deliver results.
• General commercial and financial understanding.
• Leadership skills, interpersonal skills and strong team player
• Ability to manage people and conflicts
• Computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.)
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time

Additional Information:

• Band: VII
• Based in *SA BU (as per Zone structure)
• Reporting to Zone Projects Development Manager