Brewery Microbiologist and Food Safety Specialist at AB InBev | October 2024

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 define, develop and implement optimal brewery wide food safety and microbiological standards and work practices to ensure compliance to food safety and microbiological process and product specifications for a food and beverage manufacturing plant.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Manage interactions with external Suppliers (cleaning contractors) and internal stakeholders (Brewing, Packaging, Engineering, etc.) in relation to implementing and optimizing food safety and hygiene standards and work practices to prevent risk to both the brewery and customer/consumer
Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and practices and facilitate team problem solving
Apply a holistic understanding of Quality VPO to Brewing and Packaging processes to prevent microbiological contaminations and food safety risk
Apply appropriate reporting to ensure brewery personnel are aware of Food safety and microbiological performance in the brewery
Revise and develop best operating practice standards and procedures to improve compliance within brewery
Conduct audits and surveys to identify opportunities for improvement in work practices and support gap closure
Conduct training and assessments in the workplace to improve overall compliance to Food safety microbiological standards and work practices • Audit microbiological laboratory to ensure compliance policies, procedures and MMSP
Manage the microbiology laboratory and the technician
Minimum Requirements:
Tertiary Qualification in Microbiology, Food Science, Chemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (BSc Hons or Equivalent)
Experience Required: 3-5 years in a quality assurance discipline with solid understanding and knowledge of brewery processes
Quality VPO understanding, implementation of the Pillar would be an advantage
Auditing experience • Good knowledge of micro laboratory policies and processes
Experience in the Management Pillar and it’s with focus on problem solving routine tools and routines
Good understanding of GFSI standards
Good understanding of CIP and COP standards
PC literacy • Good all-round knowledge of beer manufacturing processes and policies • Good verbal and written communication skills
Analytical ability
Communication skills (verbal and written)
Ability to lead people
Ability to work in teams
•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