PACKAGING ARTISAN

The South African Breweries; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BAND XI

Job summary

The South African Breweries is seeking a Maintenance Technician to sustain and optimise plant and associated devices, ensuring high output and quality at minimal cost. The role requires enforcing safety policies, performing machine maintenance, and collaborating with operations to meet SAB standards.

You'll contribute to reducing downtime, training operators on 5S and basic problem-solving, and supporting SAP-based spare-parts planning in a fast-paced packaging environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum N4 Technical qualification or higher.
• Trade test qualification in Millwright/Mechanical.
• Experience in Packaging would be advantageous.
• 2 years post trade test experience would be advantageous.
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, healthy, risk-free working environment by following safety policies.
• Perform maintenance and operation on machines ensuring safety before tasks.
• Maintain and repair plant and associated devices at minimum cost with high quality.
• Optimise plant and process equipment when electricians/instrument personnel are involved to meet standards (SABS Act 1945).
• Ensure maintenance tasks comply with standard work instructions (AB-InBev).
• Standby duty as per roster with minimal disruptions.

Skills

Problem solving

Technical communication

Training and coaching

Process optimization

Teamwork

Self-management

Root cause analysis

Data interpretation

Spare parts planning

Electronic devices usage

Education

N4 Technical qualification or higher

Trade test Millwright/Mechanical

Tools

SAP system

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to maintain, repair and optimise plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe, healthy, risk-free working environment at all times by abiding to all rules and regulations of the safety policies
• Perform maintenance and operation on various machines while ensuring that the machine is safe before maintenance tasks are carried out
• Maintain and repair plant & associated devices at minimum cost while maintaining highest quality standards
• Optimise and improve plant, process equipment & systems in case of Electricians/ Instruments need to ensure that all tasks performed meets the requirements of South African Bureau of Standards Act 1945
• Ensure that maintenance tasks are completed to the standard work instructions set out by AB-InBev
• Standby duty required as per roster set out with minimum disruptions

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability to solve problems on FMCG machines
• Ability to communicate technical knowledge to operation staff improving their skills sets
• Ability to train, coach and mentor operation staff on ATO and 5’s principles
• Ability to optimise usages and reduce wastage with permanent solutions
• Interpersonal Skills, Work in Teams and Collaborate
• Ability to work no supervision (strong self-management practices)
• Ability to problem solve using basic problem-solving tools (5 why; fishbone)
• Ability to reduce machine downtime to minimum while ensuring all problems have permanent solutions
• Ability to analyse various graphical data and open gaps to improve performance
• Ability to identify non-standard work and tag the defects
• Ability to work out spares requirements for machines and request via the sap system
• Ability to be able to use electronic communication devices e.g. Tablets, laptops and other devices

Minimum Requirement:

• Minimum N4 Technical qualification or higher
• Trade test qualification in Millwright/Mechanical
• Experience in Packaging would be advantageous
• Summative assessment in current role would be advantageous
• 2 year’s post trade test experience would be advantageous
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Basic operations of electronic communication devices

Additional information:

• BAND: XI

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements.

We are a companythatpromotes gender equality.

Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted