BREWING OPERATOR

Vacancy Announcement

Position Title: Brewing Operator

Number of positions: 2

Locations: Kilinto

Application Deadline: September 14, 2026

Job Purpose:

Ensure safety agenda in the daily job. Operate and execute in a qualitative way the process and product related tasks, while improving the key performance indicators and production losses, leading to a safe working environment on machine/area. Performs tasks assigned by line manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Works in line with the defined and implemented safety, environmental and food safety standards. Following the 5S, Housekeeping and HACCP related to the workplace.

• Support all safety improvements using appropriate corrective measures (e.g. TPM, Bowties, ORR teams, positive interventions, minor interventions).

• Apply LSR principles, including do's and don'ts and updates others on safety improvements relating to observed unsafe conditions.

• Take action where unsafe situations or behaviours occur, give feedback and report to the relevant people.

• Safely shut down and start up equipment for the weekly maintenance.

• Act in compliance with HEINEKEN and local safety rules, standards, and procedures.

• Identify water and energy losses in their area of responsibility and suggest solutions.

• Implement environmental good practices.

• Makes all the quality checks in line with the standards and procedures as per the Heineken Brewing process standards (BPS) in all sections.

• Eensures timely supply of all raw, auxiliary and cleaning & disinfection material at the place of use.

• Identify quality issues in their area and Monitors quality of the product & process.

• Take part in improvement actions to prevent quality issues and contribute to quality-related analyses (e.g. DAS, RCFAs)

• Clean and disinfect to the expected level in line with recipe standards, SOPs and CILT.

• Perform quality checks in line with standards and take corrective decisions and actions when there is a quality issue.

• Executes the tagging process, CILT and applies problem solving tools. Participates in the improvement teams.

• Use the digital tools available to report the information required for the DCS (e.g. shift handover list, downtime reports, shift performance information).

• Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor excellence tools displayed in digital applications (e.g. Swipe guide, Parsable and 5S).

• Participate in APM team methodology, steps 0-3.

• Take part in TPM improvement activities related to safety, quality, the environment, and performance losses in their area (BDA, RCFA, Kaizen, tag, De-tagging)

• Identify losses in the operation (extract, water, energy, material losses…etc).

• Executes all the Brewing operations on simple machines in line with the valid standards and manage documentation and reporting for the working area.

• Operate the equipment according to demand and seasonality (Peak and low Season).

• Perform basic standards for the Brewing process in their own area (all planned and routine activities – sampling, cleaning, start up and shutdown according to Standard Operating Procedures and machine processes).

• Contributes to the continuous improvement activities and in case of deviations reports it to the Brewing team leader.

• Operates the Brewing machines in your assigned section.

• Safely operate equipment in line with specifications and demand and ensure delivery OTIF.

• Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor (Swipe Guide, Parsable and 5S /GMP/GHP).

• Apply tagging and de-tagging, prioritize the tags and eliminate equipment anomalies.

• Perform process and equipment checks to avoid deviations and production stoppages.

• Performs other duties assigned by the line manager

Job Requirements

Education

• Minimum bachelor’s degree level in Chemical Engineering

Experience and skills

• Minimum 0-1 years of production experience in a beverage or food manufacturing Company (FMCG).