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The Key Purpose of this role is to improve packaging unit / hall performance through continuous improvement initiatives. Execute non routine activities such as NPD, trials, projects to allow operations and maintenance teams to focus on routines. Point of contact for packaging process technical specifications.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Occupational Health, Safety and Risk Ensure that Brewery quality and safety targets are met.
• Ensure overall reliability of production Process optimisation and asset management and plant availability.
• Adherence to AB InBev and global packaging quality standards.
• Ensure Packaging strategy implementation and support.
• Ensure line audits are complete by machine as per Zone Technical Experts guidelines.
• Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging shift team.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to Packaging Levels 1,2,3.
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for performance improvement and waste reduction.
• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Excellent understanding of VPO Effective communication skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Self managed and assertiveness.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business Creative and broad-minded thinker.
• Dynamic personality.
• Must be a Change agent (Influential power), Self starter and energetic.
• Provide operational support to autonomous shift based teams on process problem solving, supplying expert advice and guidance.
• Willingness to challenge the "status quo" and uphold process an quality standards within the operational environment.
• Coaching and mentoring : with deviations addressed through the non-conformance management procedure and capin process.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Degree (Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental)
• Belt training
• Problem Solving
• Packaging Technical / Management / Global Management Trainee
• At least 3-5 years factory production experience and a management level
• Proven people management

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The Key Purpose of this position is to safely operate and maintain defined brewing equipment and related process to achieve optimal effectiveness.

The Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Operating equipment utility process areas according to VPO standards.
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target, and recording short stops and correcting any out of controls using the VPO tools.
• Recording waste and movement of product on the appropriate documentation or information systems. Review trends to identify & resolve problems.
• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas.
• Identify defective plant, and report these through to the process artisan or team leader to assist with resolution.
• Assisting the process artisan/machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift.
• Carrying out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system.
• The list of quality checks to be executed is contained in the work instructions.
• 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.
• Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues.
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated.
• Where problems occur, use the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc/HND in Sciences or related Engineering course,
• Min - 2 years in FMCG environment

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The key purpose of this role is to operate, maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• 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

Key attributes and competencies:

• Prepared to work shifts
• The main role is to 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)
• Management skills.
• People handling ability.
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Conceptual skills.

Minimum requirements:

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

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The Key Purpose of this role is to provide specialized dual artisan skill and knowledge to the shift team, and to support the operations, maintenance and problem solving activities of the shift teams.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

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 Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift based teams on mechanical equipment, mechanical faultfinding and correct responses to mechanical failure modes 

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 post mortems 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 CMMS 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 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 AB InBev policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

Key Attributes and Competencies:

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

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical)
• Min – 3 - 5 years in a packaging bottling or FMCG  production environment
• Experience: 1-2 Years technical mechanical/electrical experience in a FMCG environment
• 1-3 Years technical mechanical/electrical and bottling experience in a leadership capacity in a FMCG environment