Utilities Controller

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The Key Purpose of this role is to provide multidisciplinary Engineering and Operations skills to ensure general maintenance within 
utilities area is carried out within prescribed procedures and time, in order to achieve maximum equipment availability.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Manage all utilities maintenance activities and lead a team of employees across on day shift

• Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs

• Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the utilities area by analysing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and 

• implementing Continuous Improvements

• Review and Implementation of Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)

• Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and 

• predictive maintenance effectively

• Participate in executing the department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the utilities department is 

• maintained

• Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff

• Control and oversee maintenance cost against available budget

• Ensure engineering standards applied correctly

• Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOPs

• Responsible for fault-finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the utilities area by ensuring that the 

• appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken

• Takes responsibility and coach team members to use the 4 phases of problem solving

• Identifies the major engineering losses in utilities area and investigates using problem solving methodologies (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)

• Review emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective action

• Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs

• Ensure team compliance with acts and procedures

• Maintain 5 S and housekeeping standards

• Ensure reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures

• Promote safety awareness

• Ensure compliance with special work permit requirements by own employees and contractors

• Manage Level 1 & 2 team goals in utilities area.

• Conduct individual and team performance reviews and one on ones

• Provide performance feedback

• Lead all VPO initiatives in the department

• Apply and sustain industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreements & core values

• Ensures that Company Quality Standards and are adhered to in the utilities area

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical Engineering / (N6) Mechanical Engineering and Trade Test

• Knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation functions preferred

• Applied knowledge in ammonia/ refrigeration systems, boilers, air compressors is preferred

• Maintenance Diploma would be advantageous

• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Preventive, & Predictive Maintenance of concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day 

• inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery

Additional Information: 

• BAND: VII

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and 
talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note 
that only short-listed applicants will be contacted