Senior Lab Technician

3 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Heineken International B.V. Full time

Key Performance Areas:
Manage:
Manage Team Performance and Safety:
- Ensures compliance of the laboratory according to 17 rules of Heineken Laboratory Star system (LSS).
- Deputy for both the technical and quality management in the case of an absence.
- Conduct laboratory audits as outlined by LSS. Ensure audits carried out by others comply with LSS.

Manage Assets
- Maintain analytical testing equipment and facilities to comply with Heineken standards.
- Ensure calibration schedules are kept to schedule.
- Ensure compliance with laboratory best practices.

Process Improvement:
Implement Improvements
- Provide expertise to TPM, PQ improvement teams.
- Trend and analyze quality results to identify opportunities for quality improvement.
- Eliminate waste.
- Work with brewing and packaging team leaders, and operators to improve process control.
- Execute specific improvement projects.
- Participate in formal problem solving, provide technical expertise and laboratory skills.
- Conduct quality audits per schedule
- To ensure the delivery of on time, accurate analysis results in order to deliver high quality products in trade.

Technical Management of Lab:
Manage Technical Aspect of Laboratory
- Implements, maintenance and improves the laboratory management system and/or the procedures for performing tests and /or calibration.
- Quality assurance of test & calibration: 1st, 2nd, 3rd line control.
- Assure non-standard methods/modified methods, self-developed methods, new equipment/instruments are validated/ verified prior to use.

Safety, Health and Environment:

- Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education and training and obtaining the co-operation and commitment of all staff to observe all safety rules, procedures and processes in order to drive zero accident mentality.

Continuous Improvement:

- Drive improvement processes and set priorities in order to develop, implement and maintain best in class standards and basic conditions.

Quality Assurance:
Ensures consistent and accurate laboratory analysis.
- Ensure accurate laboratory analysis techniques in compliance with Heineken laboratory standards.
- Maintain laboratory analysis testing to conform to sampling plan.
- Ensure timely laboratory analysis and reporting to ensure no delays to production.
- Maintain laboratory information systems.
- Conduct laboratory audits as outlined by LSS. Ensure audits carried out by others comply with Laboratory Start System.
- Ensure CTA Laboratory achieves and maintains LSS Level 2 certification.
- Must follow and maintain requirements and procedures as laid down in the Quality system (LSS, ISO 9000, ISO 22000).
- To ensure the delivery of on time, accurate analysis results in order to deliver high quality products in trade.
- To build relationships with suppliers and internal customers that are leveraged to improve quality which will result in satisfied stakeholders.
- Implement and maintain robust quality governance systems (policies, practices, procedures) to assist brewing, packaging and utilities with the production of quality products.
- To be proactive and innovative in all areas of quality that will lead to an improved performance and quality of new products and processes

Process Improvement:
Participate in Process Improvement work in Brewing and Packaging.
- Provide expertise to TPM, PQ improvement teams.
- Trend and analyse quality results to identify opportunities for quality improvement.
- Work with Brewing and packaging team leaders, and operators to improve process control.
- Execute specific improvement projects.
- Participate in formal problem solving, provide technical expertise and laboratory skills.
- Conduct quality audits per schedule.

Laboratory Maintenance:
Maintain the Analytical laboratory to a professional standard.
- Maintain analytical testing equipment and facilities to comply with Heineken standards.
- Ensure calibration schedules are kept to schedule.
- Ensure compliance with laboratory best practices.
- Maintain calibration schedules for production laboratories.
- Maintenance and Calibration of Laboratory equipment per schedule on ARMS

Staff Development:
Assist development of Brewing and Packaging Staff with respect to microbiological control and basic hygiene.
- Coach packaging and brewing staff in laboratory analysis to ensure accurate analysis is performed in production laboratories.
- Participate in brewing and packaging performance discussions with respect to analytical control.
- Participate in Formal Problem Solving, provide technical expertise and documents the process and results.
- Facilitate implementation and coaching of technical recommendations.

Safety, Health and Environment:
Ensure a safe working environment and practices within the different requirements.
- Ensure safe laboratory practices including safe chemical handling and storage.
- Identify and eliminate all unsafe, unhealthy and environmentally damaging co

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