Manufacturing

Brewing Artisan-1

The South African Breweries (SAB)·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
ManufacturingFull TimeContract
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Key Roles and Responsibilities

Operational Support

  • Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations
  • This will include standby and day shift support
  • Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving in giving support to the operators
  • Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based team on mechanical & electrical equipment, mechanical & electrical fault finding and correct responses to failure modes
  • Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
  • Take part, as functional expert, in Regional and Central plant optimisation trials
  • Planned Maintenance
  • Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
  • Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the maintenance controller for direction
  • This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work
  • Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in support during planned maintenance
  • Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
  • Partake in maintenance postmortems 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
  • If required, additional resources may be called in to assist
  • Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the CM schedule
  • Running Repairs
  • On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
  • When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
  • Where required, specialist assistance may be called in
  • This may include internal resources such as Instrument Technicians, or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
  • Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
  • Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
  • Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out
  • This includes all SAP inputs
  • Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned Window

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 Engineering Controller for direction
  • Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
  • Take part, as functional expert, in FFA's on request
  • 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 SAB policies and procedures
  • Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

Minimum Requirements

  • Matric
  • Recognised Trade Test /Fitter/Electrician
  • N3 Millwright

Key skills

Matric

At a glance

Company

The South African Breweries (SAB)

Location

Gauteng, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

June 25, 2026