Vacancy title:
Brewing Lab Specialist
Jobs at:
Zambia BreweriesDeadline of this Job:
Tuesday, February 20 2024
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 06 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
• 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 the continuous improvement of process and product quality by providing technical advice and facilitating problem solving and decision making in order to drive quality assurance in the value chain.
Kery Roles and Responsibilities:
• Communicate process and product quality information
• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality
• Apply the quality system in the workplace
• Assess technical requirements
• Support implementation of recommendations
• Optimise availability of measuring equipment and test samples
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles
• Interacts with production management, QC manager, lab technicians and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions.
• Verifies that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved
• Communicate effectively in the work place
• Contribute to self and team development
• Reviews regularly the auditing schedule to identify the monthly, quarterly or ad hoc quality audits required.
• Interacts with lab technicians, production and operational teams to obtain required information for quality audit.
• Completes the audit reports and provides feedback to the QC manager and findings at feedback meetings.
• Carry out required maintenance as per instrumentation maintenance schedule.
• Apply problem-solving techniques to determine equipment maintenance problems or issues.
• Requests specialist assistance where appropriate
• Verifies that maintenance has been carried out correctly and that equipment is functioning properly.
• Coaching of core lab and production staff
• Reviews’ training needs analysis and quality audits to identify teams and individuals requiring coaching.
• Completes CAP assessments for quality as required.
• Interacts with lab technicians, production and operational teams on an ongoing basis to identify coaching needs.
• On an ongoing or ad hoc basis coaches lab technicians and production teams on quality and quality analysis.
• Trade product quality
• Taste results
• Brewing and Utilities IQMS
• Consumer Quality index
• Quality information reports and trends generated
• Laboratory records for specialized process and product analysis
• Availability of SOPs and updated lab manuals
• Inter-Lab Error Control Survey
• Reference Sample Management
• Equipment maintenance schedules developed and adhered to
• Equipment Reliability Index
• Updated maintenance and calibration records
• Adherence to manualized calibration frequencies
• Lab consumables
• Overtime management
• Formative assessments on quality analyses for Lab Technicians and Process Operators
• Stop any brewing and Utilities process which does not conform to ABI Standards
• Translate any authorized process change
• Train and coach brewing team members where the need arises.
Profile:
• Min – Bachelor of Science in Food Technology or equivalent
• Ideal – Bachelor of Science in Food Technology with IBD Diploma
• 1-2 years as a Laboratory Technician, Qualified Advanced Taster
• Min – 2-3 months on the job training
• Ideal – 3-6 months on the job training
Additional Information:
• Band : VIII
• 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
Education Requirement: No Requirements
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months:
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