Technical Services Manager

About this role

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 take the Strategic lead for the Engineering and Utilities functions in the Brewery. This includes the operational management of Environmental plant and equipment. To lead related Strategic Initiatives in the Brewery, ensuring Corporate Governance for equipment and system integrity through the application of and adherence to relevant Standards and Legislation.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

 Maintain safe healthy and risk-free working environment

• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards

Manage Human Resources

• Develop employees based on identified needs through OPR sessions
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage technical pipeline for key roles
• Manage apprenticeship and artisan development for site

Ensure manufacturing systems and instrumentation integrity

• Maintain system integrity and change control
• Maintain and calibrate site instrumentation

Ensure engineering standards compliance

• Ensure application documented standards
• Develop and update engineering standards through ZBS Maintenance and Energy & Fluids

Leads the maintenance strategy as per VPO-Maintenance Pillar

• Optimise use of planned maintenance system
• Apply formal failure analysis process
• Apply relevant engineering spares strategy
• Implement VPO and associated GOP's
• Manage progress according to glide paths set and agreed
• Implement Energy & Fluids tool kit and sustain derived improvements

Manage all site projects

• Project completion on time and in budget
• Ensure compliance to MOC

Manage financial performance

• Manage ZBB Maintenance and CAPEX budgeting process
• Control departmental costs
• Review financial results
• Manage the utilities usages
• Ensure accurate reporting and quick action taken for any deviations

Manage identified VA & SWEEP Initiatives

• Source funds to implement VA initiatives
• Monitor for result improvements
• Implement Energy & Fluids Global processes and best practices (GOPs, SWEEP, Levers etc.)

Business Continuity & Risk Management

• Develop and standardise system Utilities availability BCP plans for plant
• Develops and implements approaches to mitigate obsolescence
• Ensure sharing of best practices for Utilities management
• Monitors Utilities quality parameters (IQMS)
• Implements Ammonia and Steam Process Safety Management programs

Manage Safety, Upholding (UPP) and Cost CAPEX portfolios

Ensure a 3-year plan exists for:

• Maintenance and replacement of Plant Equipment across Sites
• Maintenance and replacement of C&A infrastructure due to obsolescence

Manage the operational requirements of the brewery Environmental function

• Ensure that environmental plant and equipment is operated and maintained as per best practice guidelines
• Ensure revenue streams from waste and by-products are optimised

Minimum Requirements:

• Appropriate tertiary qualification, i.e. B-Tech: Mechanical or Electrical, BSc. Mechanical or Electrical
• ERB certified
• Minimum 7 years' experience in a FMCG environment

Additional Information:

• BAND: VI

KBL/AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in- line with KBL/AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.