Lab Technician: Trade at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to provide packaging lab governance and laboratory instrumentation management and support to the value chain by performing packaging QA checks and instrumentation verification, non-conformance management, training and troubleshooting to ensure compliance to the AB InBev standards and specifications.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Maintain and calibrate laboratory equipment.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment.
• Prepare samples and conduct sample analyses.
• Request for chemicals /reagents and other working tools from Specialists.
• Ensure equipment is maintained and calibrated according to manualized methods.
• Carry out specialized and highly specialized quality analyses for which the shift-based teams are not responsible.
• Record the results of analyses on appropriate information systems and communicate results where required.
• Conduct analysis of results to identify problems and improvement opportunities timeously.
• Assist the shift-based teams in the execution of quality analysis, where required.
• Conduct calibration of specialist equipment for which the labs are responsible and provide calibration assistance.
•  Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation.
•  Maintain safety and housekeeping standards.
•  Locate spares and calibrate relevant documentation systems.
• Adherence to PPE policies.
• Maintenance tools are in good working order.
• Carry out required maintenance as per instrumentation maintenance schedule.
• Apply problem-solving techniques to determine equipment maintenance problems or issues.
• Requests specialist assistance where appropriate.
• Verifies that maintenance has been carried out correctly and that equipment is functioning properly.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of B.Sc/HND in Biological Sciences/Microbiology or related field
• 1-2 years’ experience as a Laboratory Technician
• Good knowledge of micro laboratory systems, processes, and analyses
• Experience in the application of problem-solving techniques and statistics.
• Good understanding of HACCP, GMP standards and CIP requirements, PC literacy Good allround knowledge of AB InBev manufacturing processes and philosophies