SAB: Brewing Operator

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Job Position: Brewing Operator

Location: Rosslyn, Gauteng

Closing Date: 18 April 2026

Job Purpose

The primary goal of this role is to ensure the safe operation of one or more discrete processes in the Brewing & Utilities plant (e.g., Wort Cooling, Yeast Management, Filtration Q&C), to carry out maintenance tasks, to conduct quality control checks and analyses, and to coach fellow team members in order to produce a consistent product of the right quality at the best possible cost.

Duties And Responsibilities

Plant andProcess

  • Optimise Plant & Process Performance where appropriate
  • Operate the Brew house Plant and Process
  • Operate Beverage Fermentation Plant and Process
  • Operate Beverage Filtration Plant and Process
  • Operate the Packaging (kegging and bottling) Plant and Process
  • Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
  • Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
  • Support the creation (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including quick fix routines and problems

Quality control andanalysis

  • Carry out the required quality +checks and analyses, and recording the results on the appropriate information system
  • Where quality problems have arisen, apply the appropriate problem solving techniques (e.g. Quick fix routines) to resolve
  • Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to BAM

Communication

  • Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews.
  • Utilize the gap list to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
  • Fully understanding the team goals and participating in team goal review sessions.
  • Making use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues.
  • Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality
  • Complete autonomous maintenance tasks problem-solving activities

Problemsolving

  • Respond rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that could result in out of control process situations
  • Apply problem solving techniques (e.g. 5Y, quick fix routines etc.) to identify and correct problems

Work InTeams

  • Develop others in own skills as well as the learning of the skills of other specialist Brewery Technicians
  • Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
  • A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
  • Demonstrate Initiative and energy
  • Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best)
  • Be available to work flexible hours (outside of normal office hours and sometimes over the weekends) to meet production

Skills And Compitencies

  • Basic PC Literacy (Microsoft/ SAP)
  • Problem solving skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work shifts

Requirements

  • Grade 12

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