Jobs at International Breweries

The key purpose is to provide specialised electrical artisan skill and knowledge to the shift team, and to support the operation and maintenance of E&F plant and to perform and assist in problem solving.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environment

• Comply with safe, health and environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Identification of unsafe practices through SIO's
• Safety inspections conducted
• Safe maintenance practices audited
• Adherence to PPE policies
• Maintenance tools are in good working order

Maintain and repair plant & associated devices

• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation and or systems
• Plan and prepare the job
• Carry out repairs / maintenance
• Operate workshop equipment

Work in teams

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

Work orders complete

• Backlog
• Generate tags for follow on work
• Satisfied customers – no rework

Operational Support

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving
• This must be undertaken in support of the Process Artisan. This role can also be the Process Artisan on shift

Planned Maintenance

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance outage in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques

Running Repairs

• Partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Process Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs carried out as per Computerized Maintenance Management System requirements

Problem Solving

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Maintenance Controller for direction
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems

Housekeeping & Safety

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate AB InBev policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of HND/B.Sc/B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Artisan – Trade Tested (added advantage)
• Min- 2-3 months on the job training
• Ideal- 3-6 months on the job training
• 1-2 years as an Electrical Artisan in a similar industry

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The key purpose of the Process Artisan is to optimize processes on the packaging line.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining, repairing and optimizing plant equipment and associated devices
• Operating and monitoring equipment when required
• Optimizing plant performance in terms of productivity, quality, delivery, cost and safety
• Maintaining a safe and healthy working environment
• Applying the VPO Principles and Practices
• Applying problem solving processes

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability to communicate well
• Must be a team player
• Ability to adhere to instructions, work in shifts with minimum supervision and action oriented
• Sober mind, self-starter, physically fit and honest

Minimum Requirements:

• HND or B.Sc in Electrical field.
• Advanced Certificate in Electrical Engineering
• 2 years working experience in Manufacturing

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The key purpose of this role is to maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.​

Key Roles and Responsibilities:​

Operational Support

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations, this will include standby and day shift support. Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding and correct responses to machine failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Assess Operators and Artisans ability to carry out tasks. Take part, as functional expert, in regional and central office plant optimisation trials. Adhere to work practices that support shift-based teams

Maintenance

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned, routine and opportunity maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner
• Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
• Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance
• Planner must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs has carried out (this includes all SAP inputs) where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned window

Problem Solving

• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
• Take part, as functional expert, in AB reports on request
• Where necessary, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Analyse machine performance, conduct loss and waste analysis and develop action plans to improve performance

Housekeeping and Safety

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Physically fit (Physically demanding environment)
• Ability to self-manage, with initiative and bias for action
• Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
• Problem solving ability
• Great attention to detail with the ability to prioritise
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in teams
• Prepared to work standby

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N6 Engineering
• Trade test qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Millwright or Instrumentation
• Matric with Maths and Science
• 2 years' experience in an FMCG Environment
• Packaging experience highly advantageous