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The Key Purpose of this role is to implement, entrench and improve the use and effectiveness of VPO in the plant to deliver business results.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with Safety standards and guidelines and drive a safety culture to ensure safety in the work environment.
• Management Pillar Owner for the Plant.
• Use effective Loss and Waste analysis to identify gaps in the Plant. Management system vs. VPO. Drive actions to close the gaps.
• Monthly review of VPO gap closure and score managed.
• Quarterly review of VPO managed. Monthly and quarterly updates sent to the Zone.
• Co-ordinate VPO for the Plant working with other Pillar owners to ensure an integrated VPO implementation and improvement process.
• Interface with Zone VPO team with regards to monthly and quarterly reporting for VPO for the Plant (across all Pillars)
• Identify and develop VA initiatives for future VA commitments and drive and monitor current year committed VA initiatives.
• Ensure Plant's routine meetings (MCRS and TOR's.) are documented and standardized.
• Interface with Zone VPO management Pillar and regional VPO team members to ensure Plant implementation and improvement plans meet expectations.
• Ensure and assure suitable training capability exists (material and facilitators) suitable to cover Management Pillar training needs.
• Co-ordinate, track and monitor GOPs compliance across Plant. Submit monthly compliance scores to Zone.
• Lead, coach and train team members.
• Ensure continuous improvement in engagement of people in the Plant.
• Own, guide and standardize 5S implementation across the Plant Departments.
• Co-ordinate and assure Tracking and Monitoring Management Pillars and Plant VPO information for the Plant and to the
• Zone is correct and timeously submitted.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in Manufacturing Excellence or Department Management
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Advantageous)

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The Control & Automation trainee programme is a structured 18 month programme 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 rigour of the programme should ensure that an individual that has completed the programme can be allocated an area of responsibility immediately.

Key outputs 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 the Control & Automation processes
• Apply VPO principles
• Participation in the team structures including acting roles in identified positions, i.e. within Maintenance, Planning Systems and Control Systems
• Complete and be competent in Generic Modules within VPO, Engineering Safety, Safety & Environment, Control & Automation
• Complete identified Projects within the Engineering C&A Training Programme
• Participation in projects in the Plant environment aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

Outputs:

• Manage and control manufacturing systems infrastructure, Control and automation processes, databases and applications to ensure sustained integrity and stability of the environment
• Proactively optimize manufacturing systems to improve quality, efficiency and/or functionality
• Lead users through manufacturing systems interventions and change
• Work in teams
• Coach, guide and assist with training of all production employees
• Facilitation, project management and development of systems and/or reports to satisfy the requirements of production
• Assist with ensuring that the manufacturing systems environment remains aligned with the manufacturing systems strategy
• Identify and motivate technical CAPIN justification
• Improvement of manufacturing systems, process control and database knowledge within Production
• Understand and assist with network, IT support and process control

Key competencies:

• Knowledge of systems, object-oriented programming languages, SQL databases, process modelling and report development as well as conceptual design/automation
• PLC Programming knowledge (Siemens S7)
• Extensive knowledge of business processes
• Ability to implement effective problem solving
• Sound organizational skills
• Good facilitation skills
• Team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
• A good understanding of the Change Management Process
• Enquiring and analytical thinking ability
• Highly assertive
• A self starter with high energy and a bias for action
• Working knowledge of relevant international standards (e.g. S88, ANSI-SQL)

Minimum requirements:

• BSc Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, NDip, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or relevant equivalent tertiary qualification
• Minimum 2-3 years relevant experience in Manufacturing systems Control and Automation environment