Brewing Operator

Company: AB InBev Africa

Location: Pretoria, Gauteng

Posted: 2026-02-18

Application Deadline: Open until filled

About the Job

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company, our culture, our heritage, and our future. We always look forward, serving new ways to meet life’s moments. We want people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and we give them 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?

Key Purpose

The main goal of this role is to safely operate one or more discrete processes in the Brewing & Utilities plant (e.g., Wort Cooling, Yeast Management, Filtration Q&C). You will also perform maintenance tasks, quality control checks and analyses, and coach fellow team members to produce a consistent product of the right quality at optimum cost.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Plant and Process

• Optimize plant and process performance where appropriate.
• Operate the brew house plant and process.
• Operate the beverage fermentation plant and process.
• Operate the beverage filtration plant and process.
• Operate the packaging (kegging and bottling) plant and process.
• Perform housekeeping tasks, apply 5S principles, and follow safe work practices.
• Identify and correct unsafe work practices.
• Support the creation, drafting, and documentation of standard work procedures (including quick‑fix routines and problem‑solving steps).

Quality Control and Analysis

• Carry out required quality checks and analyses, recording results in the appropriate information system.
• Apply problem‑solving techniques (e.g., quick‑fix routines) to resolve quality problems.
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to BAM.

Communication

• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews.
• Use the gap list to record issues, problems, and improvement opportunities.
• Fully understand team goals and participate in team goal review sessions.
• Use 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 issues related to plant performance and quality are addressed.
• Complete autonomous maintenance tasks and problem‑solving activities.

Problem Solving

• 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) to identify and correct problems.
• Work in teams.
• Develop others in your own skills and the learning of other specialist brewery technicians.
• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment.
• Be a team player, prepared to communicate, listen, and assist.
• Demonstrate initiative and energy.
• Show achievement drive (improvement, doing better than standard or what was done previously, being the best).
• Be available to work flexible hours (outside of normal office hours and sometimes over the weekends) to meet production demands.

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Conducting quality checks.
• Monitoring production process and control inputs.
• Taking corrective action.
• Participation in teamwork.
• Communication with internal customers and suppliers.
• Contributing to problem solving.
• Attention to detail.
• Problem‑solving ability.

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma – Chemical Engineering / Biotechnology.
• Completed IST in Brewing.
• Ability to work shifts.
• Experience in working in an NPD process environment.

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.

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short‑listing.

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