PACKAGING ENGINEER

AB InBev Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ABInBev Group in Gauteng seeks a Packaging Engineering Leader to optimise asset care and reliability for the packaging hall. The role drives maintenance strategies, supports engineering teams and ensures safety and compliance in a high-speed production environment.

Key responsibilities include leading asset care plans, improving plant uptime, implementing modifications, and developing team capabilities while managing budgets and complex projects within SAB/ABInBev frameworks.

Qualifications

• BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree.
• Government Certificate of Competence would be highly advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep asset management expertise.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in managing people.

Responsibilities

• Partake in the asset care plan development for the packaging hall and provide expert advice.
• Implement asset care plan and ensure required competencies in the engineering team.
• Lead reliability and up-time improvements for the packaging hall.
• Verify maintenance systems data integrity and effective problem solving.
• Lead plant optimisation trials and evaluate equipment modifications.
• Motivate and develop the engineering team and conduct performance reviews.
• Ensure safety, hygiene and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Budgeting

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BSc Engineering or equivalent

Government Certificate of Competence

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 ensure optimum utilization of plant, raw materials and people, to produce quality product at minimum cost which meets customer requirements while complying with legislation.

Key roles and responsibilities

Asset Care

Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging hall, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice

Implement the asset care plan for the packaging hall, ensuring that the engineering team have the required competencies

Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into engineering team and individual goals

Audit compliance to the asset care programme by both the engineering team and the shift base teams

Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, through the training controller, ensure these are addressed

Plant Reliability

Responsible for the overall reliability and up-time of the packaging hall

Lead the engineering team in the provisioning of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams

Verifies that the engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validates quality of work

Verifies that the maintenance systems are working properly, and that data integrity and information accuracy is maintained

Reviews plant reliability to ensure that equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously

Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving technique

Plant Optimisation

Takes part in the Regional and Central Office plant optimization trials, providing advice, assistance and guidance where required

Evaluates impact of new plant and equipment, and signs off all plant and equipment modifications

Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance and initiates opportunity evaluation

Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes

Takes part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support

Ensures that continuous improvement is built into engineering team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership

Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction

Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members

Conduct regular engineering team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one‑on‑one and performance reviews

Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members

Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the engineering team

Safety and Housekeeping

Ensure that the engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks

Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping

Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits

Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging engineer is responsible for correcting this

Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall as a 2 (7) appointee

Key Competencies

• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Mental alertness and analytical ability
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
• Leadership ability (ability to lead planners, controllers and a full engineering team)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and control budgets
• Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop
• Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment

Minimum Requirements

• BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
• Government Certificate of Competence would be highly advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
• Experience of managing and running a high-speed packaging line highly advantageous
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing people

Additional Information

Band: VI

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev 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.

The South African Breweries (SAB) has reimagined what a beer company can be and has anchored this in a powerful brand purpose – We Dream Big to Create a Future With More Cheers – which articulates who we are and where we are going. At SAB it’s always about more than the beer. We are driven by our passion to demonstrate the unique power of beer to propel South Africa forward.

Since our inception over a century ago, SAB has grown to become South Africa's largest brewer, a powerful economic contributor, a leader in sustainability, and a champion of responsible consumption. SAB is one of South Africa’s admired companies and corporate brands. The company has 7 breweries and 42 depots in South Africa, a total workforce of approximately 5000, and supports a beer economy ‘from seed to sip’ of over 250 000 jobs. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes leading brands in beer and beyond such as Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Corona, Brutal Fruit, and Flying Fish