Process Artisan at AB InBev Tanzania

The Key Purpose of this role is to safely operate and maintain defined packaging equipment (filling and labelling process areas which have a bigger business impact costs and consumer quality) and related process in order to achieve optimal effectiveness. The process artisan provides engineering support to the maintenance function through the repairing, replacing or manufacturing of parts for plant, machines and equipment in manufacturing.

Operating and Process Control:

• Operating the process area according to the work instructions and adhering to usage standards.
• Carrying out the required quality checks as described in the quality control and analysis work practice.
• Recording waste on the appropriate documentation or information systems and reviewing waste trends to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target and completing all short interval control documentation.
• Responding rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that result in stoppages.
• Appropriate problem-solving approaches, as detailed in the problem-solving work practice, must be followed.
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5S principles and following safe work practices.
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
• Assisting fellow team members in the execution of their tasks.

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment:

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas
• Identify defective plant and report these through to the Team Leader to assist with resolution
• Assisting the Machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows.
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Quality Control and Analysis:

• Carrying out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system.
• The list of quality checks to be executed is contained in the work instructions.
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplies

Communication:

• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute in achiving it. 
• Make 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 and maintenance are communicated.

Problem Solving:

• Where problems occur, use the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Technical Qualification/ National Diploma OR bachelor's degree in electrical engineering           
• Electrical aptitude    
• Machine specific experience
• 9 months on the job training plus Manufacturer Basic Maintenance Training.
• SKAP Completed
• 1-2 years as an Artisan

Additional information:

• BAND: X

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