South African Breweries Laboratory Jobs in KwaZulu-Natal
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The Key Purpose of this role is to ensure that quality analysis and procedures are compliant to the company standards and specifications on packaging production lines and teams. The key purpose of this role is to carry out sampling, sample preparation and analysis of packaging raw materials, in-process samples of packaging product from packaging production Lines.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Aseptically Sampling, Handling and Preparation for microbiological analysis
- Sterilization of Culture media using techniques like autoclaving and Isolation of Microorganisms
Perform various Micro Techniques, such as:
- Colony counts (e.g., pour plating, spread plating).
- Microbial identification using biochemical tests, staining techniques (e.g., Gram stain), and microscopy.
- Molecular techniques (e.g., PCR) if trained and required.
- Operate and calibrate specialized lab equipment, including microscopes, incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges, and other analytical instruments.
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Quality Control and Assurance:
- Maintain detailed and organized records, ensuring traceability and regulatory compliance.?
- Analyze and interpret data from tests, including reading plates for bacterial counts and evaluating microbial growth.?
- Assist with report writing and presentations as needed.?
- Monitor and maintain an adequate inventory of reagents, media, supplies, and consumables.?
- Maintain a clean, organized, and sterile laboratory environment including waste management of biohazardous substances etc.?
- Participate in the development and optimization of microbiological methods and procedures.
Governance:
- Standards are in place and well understood
- Training and operational assessments are done against the specified methods
- Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
- Verifying Quality Control and Analysis in utilized by packaging, raw materials and quality production team s
- Ensuring for quality packaged product is delivered by designated production lines
- Ensuring execution of required quality checks and analyses, and accuracy of results inputted on the appropriate information system
- Ensure that VPO tools are utilized and imparted to production teams
Maintenance of Equipment:
- Ensure and conduct autonomous operations as defined for the instrumentation
- Ensure equipment is operated according to SOP’s
- Perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and calibration of laboratory equipment.
- Develop work instruction to empower autonomous maintenance of equipment, to ensure its uptime
- Identify defective equipment, and report these to the Team Leader, Instrumentation Technician and Lab Specialist
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
- Make use of relevant communication media to stay informed and inform others of issues
- Utilizing VPO digital tools to improve understanding of process and standards
- Required to escalate out-of-control processes to all Stakeholders
- Complete required handover to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated
Problem-Solving:
- Ensure problem-solving for all out-of-control processes using the VPO problem-solving tools to resolve and record the issues
- Ensure QFR and 5why are done timeously
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Minimum Requirements:
- MSc/BSc Microbiology, Biotechnology or equivalent
- Minimum of 1 - 2 years working experience in FM CG industry
- Understanding of brewing & packaging process and environment
- Assertive and analytical
- Proactive
- Proven leadership ability
- Understanding of the principles and practices of Manufacturing Excellence
- Available immediately
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