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The Key Purpose of this role is to safely operate and maintain defined Brewing process areas, equipment and related processes to achieve optimal effectiveness.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Safety:

• Attend safety briefings covering incidents, near-misses, and risks
• Review MES/digital brew sheets for previous shift data
• Receive shift handover with process updates and equipment status
• Deep clean, inspect, and lubricate equipment
• Apply 5S for organization and efficiency
• Identify and report defects or unsafe conditions
• Conduct ATO tasks

Quality:

• Monitoring and deliver Brewing Areas parameters (Brewhouse, Cellars, Filtration)
• Perform AE (Apparent Extract) and OE (Original Extract) analysis
• Conduct beer/tank/colour/volume analysis as per schedule
• Conduct frontline problem solving
• Monitor fermentation vessel parameters: temperature, deviations, yeast activity

Cleaning & Maintenance Activities

• Perform Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) for tanks, vessels, pipelines
• Remove trub and conduct decanter bypass analysis
• Run CIP during double brewhouse downtime
• Start and monitor steam systems

Performance Monitoring & Raw Material Coordination

• Monitor equipment and report deviations
• Ensure proper handovers
• Coordinate raw materials and process orders

Cost:

Autonomous Maintenance & Plant Walkabouts

• Perform basic maintenance (valve changes, inspections)
• Conduct routine equipment walkabouts to spot early issues

Breakdown & Escalation Management

• Quickly respond to alarms or deviations
• Escalate unresolved filtration/brewhouse issues to relevant teams

Data Entry & KPI Tracking

• Capture lab, filtration, and tank data into MES
• Track and verify beer loss, plant availability, and deviations

People:

Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting

• Use tools like PFR, 5 WHY, and PTCA for root cause analysis
• Coordinate with artisans, specialists, or suppliers for resolution

Team Coaching & Leadership Support

• Receive daily coaching from Brewing Area Managers
• Assist peers with troubleshooting and process improvements

Weekend & Off-Shift Safety Leadership

• Participate in safety pillar reviews
• Lead or support initiatives (e.g. 5S, hazard elimination)

Key Attributes & Competencies:

The main role is to apply core competencies to achieve optimum plant and process performance

• 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)

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma or higher in Food Science, Industrial Chemistry or Engineering
• PC literacy (Microsoft/SAP

Additional Information:

• Band: XI
• AB-InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with AB-InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.

• Attend safety briefings covering incidents, near-misses, and risks
• Review MES/digital brew sheets for previous shift data
• Receive shift handover with process updates and equipment status
• Deep clean, inspect, and lubricate equipment
• Apply 5S for organization and efficiency
• Identify and report defects or unsafe conditions
• Conduct ATO tasks
• Monitoring and deliver Brewing Areas parameters (Brewhouse, Cellars, Filtration)
• Perform AE (Apparent Extract) and OE (Original Extract) analysis
• Conduct beer/tank/colour/volume analysis as per schedule
• Conduct frontline problem solving
• Monitor fermentation vessel parameters: temperature, deviations, yeast activity
• Perform Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) for tanks, vessels, pipelines
• Remove trub and conduct decanter bypass analysis
• Run CIP during double brewhouse downtime
• Start and monitor steam systems
• Monitor equipment and report deviations
• Ensure proper handovers
• Coordinate raw materials and process orders
• Perform basic maintenance (valve changes, inspections)
• Conduct routine equipment walkabouts to spot early issues
• Quickly respond to alarms or deviations
• Escalate unresolved filtration/brewhouse issues to relevant teams
• Capture lab, filtration, and tank data into MES
• Track and verify beer loss, plant availability, and deviations
• Use tools like PFR, 5 WHY, and PTCA for root cause analysis
• Coordinate with artisans, specialists, or suppliers for resolution
• Receive daily coaching from Brewing Area Managers
• Assist peers with troubleshooting and process improvements
• Participate in safety pillar reviews
• Lead or support initiatives (e.g. 5S, hazard elimination)

• PC literacy (Microsoft/SAP
• Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting
• Team player
• Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive

• National Diploma or higher in Food Science, Industrial Chemistry or Engineering