Job Openings at International Breweries

Job Purpose

Opportunity exists for Technical Services Trainees. The Traineeship scheme is a structured 18-month program which is designed to address the acquisition of technical skills and experience for graduates as well as familiarize them with the company culture and principles. The rigor of the program should ensure that an individual that has completed the program can be allocated an area of responsibility immediately.

Key roles and responsibilities

• The Technical Traineeship is primarily a hands-on, self-study program where the Trainee is expected to gain a full understanding of the theory, principles and operation of Utilities equipment across the Brewery
• Participation in projects in Utilities aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Apply VPO principles
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting
• Participation in Utilities team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within Utilities
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

 Profile

• The occupant of this position should possess:
• Minimum of BSc or B-Tech Qualification/Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering
• 2 years Utilities Experience advantageous

Reporting structure:

Direct reports (Solid line)

• None

Dotted line reports:

• None

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Key Purpose Statement

Opportunity exists for a highly skilled Packaging Process Artisan, Electrical. The Successful candidate will operate, maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Operate machine and equipment
• Optimize production performance and process
• Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises
• Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment
• Work in teams.
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied
• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems, and improvement opportunities.
• Fully understand the team dream and contribute to achieving it.
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated

Expected Standards:

• Management skills.
• People handling ability.
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Conceptual skills.
• Engineering Specialist- Subject matter expert.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Min. of B.Sc./HND/B.Tech in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 2-3 Years’ experience in Packaging/FMCG environment
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Traits & Competences Required:

• Prepared to work shifts
• Apply core competencies to achieve optimum plant and process performance.
• Manage a process area according to VPO principles and standards
• A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment.
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist).
• Initiative and energy.
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best).

Reporting Lines

Reports To – Team Leader

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Reference ID: 30008732
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Description

• We are recruiting for a highly skilled Data Capture Clerk - Packaging. The Successful candidate will perform engineering data capturing administrative duties for the Packaging department which could also include SOP / SWI write-ups, filing, photocopying, and disseminating of information.

Duties and Responsibilities
Capture Data:

• Receive job cards from Maintenance planner, artisans
• Capture the information on the job cards into the system.
• Run reports on maintenance performance.

Maintenance Planning:

• Assist planner with the planning of maintenance priorities.
• Run the job-cards from the system.
• Capture ad-hoc requests into the system and run schedules.
• Issue the schedules to the engineering controllers for maintenance days.
• Collection of schedules after maintenance day and capture and closure for all maintenance schedules.

Downtime Trending:

• Generation and display of Packaging engineering and individual artisans’ performance indicators.

Work In Team:

• Communicate effectively in teams.
• Contribute to self and team development.

Visual Management:

• Relevancy of data displayed – content and date
• Apply 5S to own workspace
• Communicate effectively in teams.

Data Management:

• Accuracy of data captured.
• Accuracy of generated reports
• Backlog of data to be captured.
• Reports generated in time.
• Validate information if something does not seem correct.

Reporting:

• Capturing of maintenance data into CMMS
• Maintain data integrity
• Extract reports
• Capture problem solving documentation
• Achieve optimal reporting capability and accuracy of data captured

Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required

• B.Sc / HND qualification or equivalent in Engineering.
• Computer literate essential.
• One-year experience in similar data capturing environment.
• Familiarity with maintenance systems eg. COSWIN or SAP-PM and SAP-MM
• Self starter.

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Computer skills.
• Numerate and accurate.
• Communication ability.
• Attention to detail and good admin.

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Key Purpose Statement

Opportunities exist for highly skilled and result driven Micro Laboratory Specialist in Port Harcourt Plant reporting to the Brewery Microbiologist & Food Safety Specialist. The incumbent will implement optimal brewery wide microbiological standards and work practices to ensure compliance to microbiological processes and product specifications.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Manage interactions with external suppliers (cleaning contractors) and internal stakeholders (Brewing, Packaging, Engineering, etc.) in relation to implementing and optimizing hygiene standards and work practices to prevent microbiological contamination within the brewery.
• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and practices and facilitate team problem solving. E.g. Lead the Hygiene Steering Committee comprising of team leaders and department heads to assess and analyses hygiene practices and identify alternatives for resolution.
• Apply a holistic understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) practices critical to Brewing and Packaging processes to prevent microbiological infections.
• Apply appropriate reporting to ensure brewery personnel (including operators and heads of department) are aware of microbiological performance in the brewery.
• Revise and develop best operating practice standards and procedures to improve microbiological compliance within brewery.
• Liaise with functions such as safety to assess possible alignment of operating practices that are both safe and hygienic.
• Conduct audits and surveys to identify opportunities for improvement in work practices and support gap closure.
• Conduct training and assessments in the workplace to improve overall compliance to microbiological standards and work practices.
• Audit microbiological laboratory to ensure compliance to hub and global microbiological methodology and frequencies.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in technology through the implementation and tracking of QA campus projects that could result in improvement of microbiological compliance.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise to optimize microbiological work practices through problem solving
• Best Operating Practice (BOP), SPP (Supplier Partnering Program) interaction involves managing a formalized system with which to engage with supplier to enhance hygiene performance in brewery
• Governance for Hygiene will also be a key responsibility for this individual Supplier Partnering Program (SPP)

Safety and Healthy Work Environment

• Adherence to PPE policy
• Unsafe conditions and work practices are identified and actioned
• Chemicals and reagents are handled as per manualized procedure
• Hazardous substances are stored, handled and disposed of as per procedures
• Adherence to documented lab safety rules, guides and practices
• Incidents are reported and actioned as per procedure.
• Housekeeping schedules are adhered to

Process Control

• Sampling is carried out as per manualized methods
• Samples are identified, verified and handled to retain integrity as per manual
• Samples are prepared and dispatched, if necessary, as per manualized method.
• Relevant apparatus, equipment and reagents are prepared as per manualized method
• Analysis is performed using fundamental laboratory techniques and practices.
• Accurate results generated at specified times.
• Results are recorded and reported as per standard manuals
• Non-conformance identified
• Out of control procedure adhered to

Lab Equipment

• Equipment is maintained and calibrated according to manualized methods.
• Equipment calibration frequencies are adhered to
• Calibration records available and updated

Qualifications & Experience

• Min. of B.Sc./HND in Microbiology, Laboratory Technology or other related courses.
• 2-3 Years in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation

Traits & Competences Required

• 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
• Knowledge of AB InBev manufacturing processes and philosophies
• Proven knowledge and experience in integrating a multidisciplinary group of skills, specialists, and functions
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good auditing skills
• Information systems knowledge.
• Analytical ability.
• Communication skills (verbal and written).
• Problem Solving
• Ability to work in teams