Job Openings at The Heineken Company

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

• Adhere to all safety procedures and policies.
• Ensure machines are maintained to best practice standards including safety (machine safe to use).
• Ensure proper disposal of consumables and materials.
• Ensure good food safe practices when performing maintenance.
• Ensure that problem-solving is done to best practice standards in of support higher-level problem-solving efforts, as required.
• Prompt reaction time to breakdowns and other requests.
• Assist with shutdown planning as per shutdown best practice.
• Ensure spares are in place for preventive maintenance activities.
• Proactive risk/hazard identification and mitigation).
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to process teams - operating procedures, fault finding, etc.
• Monitor and control quality practices in a manufacturing / cellar / engineering environment.
• Innovation and business improvements in support of operational and segment goals.
• Implemented initiatives of business plans.
• Assisting with installation of new equipment, projects, and improvements.
• Ensuring that administration is attended to timeously and as per best practice.
• Comply with Heineken Beverages standard operating practices.
• Excellent housekeeping.
• Perform mechanical and electrical preventative maintenance and repairs, to production machinery, utilities, and facilities, timeously and according to specification. (e.g., lighting, boilers, compressors, crossflows, heat exchangers, crushers, pumps, electrical motors, control panels, distribution boards, etc.)
• Perform welding activities.

The successful candidate must preferably have the following experience / skills:

• Minimum N3 must be a trade tested millwright
• Minimum 3 years working experience as an artisan in a cellar and utilities environment.
• Reading and understanding of electrical drawings.
• Good knowledge of electrical reticulation in a plant environment.
• Good knowledge of equipment used in wine cellars and utilities is a distinct advantage
• Ability to do in depth problem solving and fault finding (mechanical and electrical).
• Competent in argon and arc welding.
• Perform milling and turning activities will be advantageous
• Must be self-motivated, innovative, and able to work without supervision.
• Able to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Good communication skills on all levels.
• Active involvement in mini-business activities.
• Able to work within a team.
• Willing and able to work overtime and flexible hours.
• Perform standby duties.
• Have own reliable transport

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Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

• Performing accurate and timeous analyses.
• Driving business efficiency through workstation optimization and effective resource utilization.
• Ensuring leading product quality by analysing, tracking and trending reference controls.
• Maintaining the Quality Management System and Good Laboratory Practices.
• Driving reliability through governance standards framework execution including method development, verification and validation routines.
• Implementing and driving asset care programs for laboratory equipment and instruments in area of responsibility.
• Performing all relevant administrative and process duties.
• Initiating and assisting in root cause determining problem solving.
• Instilling a quality culture in his/her area of responsibility and sphere of influence.
• Building and maintaining effective and trusting relationships with internal customers and peers.
• Enhancing customer experience by achieving and/or exceeding targeted customer service levels.
• Growing the business through support of cross-functional improvement and new development projects.
• Initiating internal process improvements and the implementation thereof.
• Participating in TPM practice implementation.

The successful candidate must have the following qualification, skills and experience:

• A relevant Degree / Diploma in Natural Science (e.g. Food Technology, Analytical Chemistry, etc.) or equivalent qualification.
• Relevant working experience in an analytical laboratory (working experience in a wine-related intrinsic laboratory will be advantageous).
• Strong numerical aptitude and analytical capabilities are essential.
• Proven computer literacy in MS Office suite (knowledge of LIMS will be advantageous).
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety standards and procedures, HACCP, ISO 9001, 14001, 1841, IFS, etc
• Sound problem-solving skills
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Sound quality assurance acumen with a focus on execution culture.
• Demonstrated affinity for attention to detail.
• Proven verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
• Must be able to think innovatively.
• Ability and willingness to work shift and/or extended hours as and/or when required.
• Must have reliable transport to and from work.
• Ability to cope with the inherent physical demands of the position.

Closing Date: 03 April 2026

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Your responsibilities would include:

• Supporting the Product Owner in translating functional requirements of potential business processes automation into a buildable digital solution.
• Drive awareness and adoption for HyperAutomation in AMEE opcos accordingly identify and scale automation opportunities.
• Lead the process discovery and value engineering activities, Translating functional requirements of potential RPA business processes into actual RPA solutions.
• Accelerate HA solution delivery by participating in the full automation life cycle, being business intake, technology selection, IT readiness and all required support during development, testing and go-live.
• Understanding business requirements, assessing the complexity of these and translate and maintaining process design documentation and communication of functional and process changes.
• Ensuring the product design and implementation adheres to functional requirements and HEINEKEN standards and best practices (i.e., Quality, Architecture, Compliance & Security);
• Delivering working product enhancements with the allocated timescale and quality standards that minimize rework and aspire a zero-defect culture.
• Collaborates with Developers on the solution design to ensure it conforms to overall best practices.
• Driving Proof of Value’s and other internal team projects.
• Conducts continuous improvement analysis on existing internal processes and identifies process optimizations.

Education and Experience:

• You have Bachelor/Master’s degree, preferably in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering.
• You speak English fluently.
• You have a proven track record as Business Analyst (minimum 3+ years), with at least 2 years of experience as Automation Business Analyst.
• You have problem solving and root cause identification skills and you are not afraid to drive projects and really take ownership in making it a success.
• You are able to drive decisions and recommendations about which technology is the most suitable for the business process / problem.
• You are analytically and quantitatively strong and are highly structured.
• You have excellent communication skills (both verbal and in writing): ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical people.
• You are a team player, and you are able to work effectively at all levels of the product team with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus.
• You are able to identify and understand multiple stakeholder perspectives and "truths" and bring an open mind to understanding and build on the views of others.
• You have can-do and hands-on attitude while dealing with some uncertainty in requirements & features to deliver MVP solutions.
• You have experience of working in a deadline driven environment with rapid release cycles.
• Preferably you have experience with working in an Agile environment.
• Preferably you have experience with working with additional technologies like OCR, IDP and/or Process Mining
• You have technical skills / knowledge on Power platform (PowerApps, Dataverse, etc.) , OutSystems, RPA, and other automation technologies.

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Key performance areas include (but are not limited to):

• Analyse sales volume forecasts, demand- & stock levels.
• Computing and planning bottling requirements.
• Scheduling production lines with regard to capacities to meet required stock levels.
• Liaising with applicable supporting departments.
• Confirming requirements and co-ordinating actual bottling to plans.
• Performing related administration.
• Performing stand-in duties when required.
• Actively participating in Mini-Business (MDWT) activities.
• Ensure superior service levels (ie stock availability) to meet local and export demand;
• Optimise stock levels, production capacity utilization and reporting functions;
• Interact with relevant stakeholders and attend cross functional meetings;
• Assist with bulk scheduling when needed;
• Assist with site’s product change control (ie product upgrades and new products);
• Assist with compilation of production volume budgets/forecasts;
• Assist with timeous BOM and Master Data Updates

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills:

• National Diploma / NQF 6 in Supply Chain & Operations Management
• 1-3 yrs working in a planning environment
• Competent in the use of the Microsoft Office package (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook)
• Fully competent in using production scheduling tools on an ERP suite.
• Competence in the use of SAP
• Ability to analyse, interpret and compute sets of data.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to manage time and prioritize tasks in an organized and structured manner.
• Sound interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to cope with the inherent physical demands of the position.
• Ability and willingness to work extended hours if and when required.
• Must have reliable transport to and from work.

Closing Date: 03 April 2026

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Purpose of the Role:

• The Maintenance Engineer will take ownership of and lead the plant-level deployment of Heineken asset care / maintenance standards across the cluster. This role places strong emphasis on providing direction, driving implementation, and ensuring standardisation across both manufacturing plants.
• The role is accountable for optimising equipment reliability, performance, and operational efficiency, through the development and implementation of effective maintenance strategies, as well as the effective management of asset / maintenance lifecycles.
• Stakeholders include, but not limited to, packaging, cellars, site engineering, facilities, dry goods and warehousing, laboratory and quality assurance, intrinsics, finance, HSE, and TPM departments,

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

ASSET CARE/MAINTENANCE:

• Develop an asset care / maintenance strategy for the cluster, with implementation plan, aligned to the manufacturing strategy and business plans.
• Provide and drive a standardise approach to managing assets / maintenance by implement common systems and standards across all departments and sites.
• Define and entrench the basic principles of world class preventive, proactive and predictive maintenance based on criticality analysis and failure modes.
• Secure optimum equipment availability and reliability by tracking and analysing equipment performance.
• Manage and facilitates problem solving activities to eliminate repeat and significant equipment failures.
• Ensures the optimum performance, availability, and reliability of each component of the machines/ equipment by tracking and analysing equipment performance with the objective of no unplanned downtime.
• Establish processes to ensure that facilities, safety equipment, and tools are properly maintained and calibrated.
• Ensuring competencies and skills of asset care / maintenance personnel by implementing and sustaining a structured system.
• Improve the maintenance organisation efficiency and effectiveness by eliminating waste and losses over the whole life cycle of the equipment.
• Responsible for the integrity of asset - and equipment register for the cluster.
• Identify and mitigate asset / maintenance-related safety and environmental risks and ensure that equipment poses the least possible threat to human safety and the environment.
• Prepare and deliver balanced scorecard to monitor the health of equipment, the effectiveness of the staff compliment, and status of asset care / maintenance strategy implementation.
• Develop lifecycle replacement strategies and develop masterplans.
• Responsible for reporting the mandatory BCS metrics every month.

WORK MANAGEMENT:

• Establish and maintain an effective planned maintenance system, ensuring all work is properly scoped, prioritised, and scheduled.
• Drive compliance to the work management process.
• Ensure high-quality work order planning, including resource allocation, tools, spares, and safety requirements.
• Lead the development and optimisation of maintenance plans and ensure that maintenance tasks lists are technically sound, effective, mitigate risks, and that it adds value.
• Put systems in place to continuously improve work quality and compliance.
• Implement and maintain efficient and effective standards for work planning and controls, backlog management, maintenance days, shutdown management, calibration and validation processes, etc.
• SME for CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) and responsible to manage and optimise the use of the CMMS to ensure data integrity.

PROJECTS

• Provide technical input into projects and modifications and sign-off on new and modified installations.
• Responsible for the development of asset care / maintenance requirements new and modified installations.
• Work with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
• Ensure all asset care / maintenance related technical documentation and data are supplied.
• Register continuous asset / maintenance improvement projects.

TPM

• Asset Care / Maintenance engineer is the engineering TPM lead that is responsible to drive TPM implementation in engineering department.
• Support site TPM lead with the deployment strategy and creating the TPM roadmap.
• Implement and sustain the TPM fundamentals. (5S, VM, DCS, UPS, Zero Waste and Losses)
• Manages all stages of TPM strategy for the engineering department in accordance with the applicable TPM standards and ensure the TPM methodology is embedded as the way of working.
• Detailed planning and implementation of AM and PM Maintenance Pillar for the cluster.

SPARE PARTS STORE:

• Ensuring the right spare parts are available at the right time, quality, and quantity, to support equipment reliability and production uptime.
• Reduce working capital, but with an aim to balance the financial and maintenance requirements. 
• Prepare documented procedures for spare parts management and ensure compliance to internal controls and standards.
• Ensure that all stock items and consumables are timeously requested, correct stock levels are maintained, and stock ordered in line with company policies and procedures. (including re-order point and quantities)
• Managing all KPI’s related to the spare part store and report on it.
• Develop BOM for each equipment and ensure that material and equipment is linked.
• Criticality of spare parts.

The successful candidate must have the following qualification, skills and experience:

• Relevant Degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant plant maintenance working experience in a FMCG production environment.
• Demonstrate excellent people leadership skills.
• Be computer literate with working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Must be innovative, analytical and pro-active
• Be systematic in solving technical problems
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Have good business communication skills, both written and spoken
• Have sound planning and organising abilities
• Strategic thinking skills
• Ability to work independently and meet demanding deadlines
• An action & self-driven, motivated person.
• Strong numerical aptitude
• Attention to detail and analytical abilities are essential
• Goal & Service Orientated

Closing Date: 07 April 2026