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The key purpose of this role involves reporting to the Manufacturing Systems Manager, ensures the integrity of Control and Automation (C&A): Responsible for the designing, coordinating and implementing the installations of new process control systems within the plant in accordance with standards ensures sustainable integrity and stability of the C&A infrastructure proactively recommends best practices within the control and automation space assesses business continuity risk and associated equipment obsolescence’s in the assigned area and testing and executing disaster recovery procedures.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Governance & Standards

Support plant with C&A project implementation and ensure that they adhere to the C&A standards within the project
To support the plant with control and automation project implementations by ensuring correct control and automation standards are followed and advising on technologies where applicable
Assist with technology selection by providing the plant with insight into new technologies and making recommendations around these technologies
Provide the plant with Global Technical Specifications (GTS) and Zone Technical Specifications (ZTS) where they exist or assist the plant in developing new standards in conjunction with the regions
Provide the plant with advice of technology implementation during design and commissioning of projects
Lead design and architecture workshops and ensure that a sound design and architecture solution is developed
Ensure that the correct technologies are selected to deliver the solution
Co-ordinate with System Integrators to ensure our C&A standards are adhered to during divisional control and automation projects
Review, update and specify C&A standards
To be the custodians of all manufacturing standards by reviewing standards, updating these standards and developing new standards
Understand current standards and know why and how to implement these
Coach plant staff on current standards
Review standards and make recommendations to improve standards
Create new standards for new technologies and get plant manager approval
Train systems staff in new standards
Audit plant against C&A standards and ensuring compliance
Conduct an unbiased audit on specified systems and process within the manufacturing system’s environment
Document findings of the audit and assist the plant in creating action plans and to close out gaps
Assist with implementation of standards and processes where applicable and having follow-up meetings

Maintenance & Support

Resolve issues that have been escalated or assigned as quickly as possible
Log issues that have been escalated and report on these on a weekly basis
Communicate root cause and resolution details
Interact with vendor to ensure quick resolution of issues escalated
Escalating issues to vendors where required by logging the call with them and keeping track of root cause and resolution
Provide vendors with feedback on software tested and work with them to resolve any issues
Escalate issues that cannot be resolved, to vendors.
Keep track of vendor escalated issues
Support the change control process at the plant to ensure that approved changes are made in accordance with approved procedures and vendor recommendations to the control and automation
system as specified by the plant manager and site engineers
Follow-up on the effectiveness and sustainability of changes made
Ensure plant efficiency by maintaining C&A systems uptime and resolution of C&A breakdowns in as short a time period as possible
Attending to and resolving C&A breakdowns both during and after office hours either remotely or by coming to site
Conducting after action reviews to engineer, design and execute sustainable preventative measures
Support plant with problems experienced in the Control and Automation layer that has been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions
To support plant with operational control and automation issues that have been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions

Key attributes and competencies:

Support plant with problems experienced in the Control and Automation layer that has been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions
To support plant with operational control and automation issues that have been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions
Audio visual support for projectors, zoom rooms, auditoriums, training rooms and boardrooms
Escalation points for all help desk issues
Ensure that manufacturing server checks are being done including Avmar backup checks – part of workflow verification to ensure backups are done – hardware, cluster health, server operating system, server
application, time sync, SQL, anti-virus, SCCM, SCOM, incidents being driven to closure and deviations are being resolved or incidents logged by manufacturing systems resources or Solutions
Ensure that Inter plc network maintenance – switches for inter plc network not managed by the network team but by region – is being done
Act as single point of contact for outsourced Solutions services: Cameras, IT generators, IT UPS, IT networks

Continuity & Risk

To ensure and maintain control and automation systems uptime by continuously assessing and mitigating risks, resolving breakdowns and instituting sustainable prevention measures
Conducting C&A risk assessments and recommending mitigation as per the site risk assessment process
Executing mitigation efforts in reduction of the risks identified
Developing and Testing Disaster Recovery Procedures including ensuring data and configuration back-ups can be successfully restored
In the event of a disaster or unforeseen event – executing the disaster recovery procedures in accordance with the Business Continuity Plan
Correctly scope project and CAPEX to reduce or eliminate high risk items including but not limited only to hardware and software obsolescence and operational technology (OT)
Assist identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities in partnership with Security Operations Centre and Solutions
Ensure antivirus and anti-malware systems are up-to-date and functioning correctly

Skills

Improve control and automation knowledge at the plant to ensure faster escalation of issues
Prepare material for and participate in weekly knowledge sharing sessions
Develop own and close Skills Acquisition Process (SKAP) training plan
Supports the pipeline development of apprentices, instrument artisans and Technicians
Projects (Investments)
Provide input to the Business Case by reviewing business cases and making recommendations to the plant
Provide the plant with advice of technology implementation during design and commissioning of projects
Provide technical leadership for divisional control and automation projects in a timely manner
Assist with determining scope of the project through communication session with the business, stakeholders and users and documenting the requirements
Manage development and testing of solution
Lead commissioning of the solution at the plant
Execute small optimization projects, hence adding value in terms of cost saving
Coordination of Control and Automation aspects of CAPEX projects

Optimize

Support plant process optimisation in terms of Quality, Cost and Speed improvements
To support the plant with process optimisation efforts in terms of improving quality, cost and speed of plant processes
Provide insight and feedback on how processes are controlled to plant management team so that optimisation proposals can be engineered
Analyse and resolve long-term operational issues experienced in the plant

Minimum requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Electronics, Mechatronic Engineering or Computer Science
In-depth knowledge of Process Control
Specialization in Industrial Control & Automation
At least 3 years in industrial control and automation or completion of Control and Automation
technical traineeship
FMCG or beverages experience in industrial control and automation

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.