Operator: Brewing

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Immediate Superior: Brewing Team Leader
Job Grade: 6
Location: Heineken S.A Sedibeng Brewery
Function: Supply Chain

Sub Function: Brewing
Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Contract

**Key responsibilities**:
**Process Operations**:

- To ensure that the brewing or cider process areas are operated in and optimal manner in order to achieve production targets.
- Adhere to the shift, daily and weekly brewing plan and raise the alarm if there is a deviation.
- Utilities - raise the alarm if there are deviations.
- Inspect the plant and equipment and ensure that it is available and set up for start up and production according to plan.
- Start up, operate and shut down the plant according to the relevant SOP’s.
- Clean and sanitise the plant and equipment according to the relevant SOP’s.
- Conduct quality tests to ensure cleaning and sanitizing is done according to requirements.
- Carry out walk about inspections and take action on deviations.
- Measure and record process inputs, outputs and changes, and take appropriate action where required.

**First Line Maintenance**:

- To ensure the effective maintenance of the brewing plant and equipment to meet brewing production targets.
- Carry out maintenance tasks as per the schedules.
- Carry out external cleaning of the plant and work area according to standard procedures.
- Identify and communicate non-routine and breakdown maintenance tasks to relevant personnel.
- Check and accept the plant as fit and safe for use after planned and/or breakdown maintenance.
- Report deviances and equipment defects.

**Quality Compliance**:

- To ensure compliance to the brewing product quality standards.
- Must follow and maintain requirements and procedures as laid down in the Quality Systems Sedibeng Brewery subscribes to ( Laboratory Star System, ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
- Take samples, perform quality analysis and record data as required against laid down methods and procedures.
- Perform and ensure adherence to reference sample analysis requirements and standards.
- Perform calibration and maintenance of equipment as per laid down procedures.
- Check production performance against quality standards.
- Highlight defective raw materials and product.
- Capture, trend, display and action brewhouse data, including short interval control data sheets, process monitoring data (inputs and outputs), QC data and downtime data.

**Teamwork**:

- To ensure that effective teamwork occurs within and across shifts and teams at different levels.
- Participate in required shift and/or departmental SBU meeting and communicate problems and potential problems, also escalating to the next level of responsibility where applicable.
- Handover to the Operator of the next shift communicating performance, problems and changes that may impact on the shift.
- Identify and resolve conflict within the team.
- Participate in team goal setting.
- Participate in individual and team reviews and provide performance feedback.

**Problem Solving**:

- To ensure that brewing operational problems are identified and resolved at root cause level.
- Use brewing problem identification triggers to identify efficiency, quality and waste problems.
- Follow up on progress made to resolve problems identified.
- Participate in formal problem solving.
- Participate in developing loop closing routines.
- As an owner of the process area, utilise the brewery’s UPS system (tagging, BDA’s, RCFA’s etc.) to drive loop closure on problems experienced - essentially pushing towards eradicating the root cause of the problem.

**Safety, Health & Environment**
- To ensure a safe working environment where all legal requirements are met in a socially responsible manner.
- Ensure compliance with acts and procedures.
- Use PPE.
- Ensure correct storage, handling and disposal of hazardous substances.
- Report incidents.
- Adhere to safety and housekeeping standards.
- Participate in team risk management processes.
- Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education, 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.

**Housekeeping**:

- Ensure that the plant and workstation are kept clean and tidy.
- Clean, tidy and organize workstation and area of responsibility in the plant, as per 5S methodology.

**Qualifications**:

- Relevant National Diploma
- B.Tech Process Engineering or equivalent
- General Certificate in Brewing (GCB) or working towards one

**Experience**:
2 - 3 years relevant experience

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. HEINEKEN South Africa is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and va