Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

The primary purpose for this role is to provide support to operational and line management to ensure the functioning of a comprehensive and professional Occupational Health and Safety System. To provide support to all new employees, service providers and contractors ensuring compliance to all site access requirements including but not limited to safety training & induction and ensuring compliance to Safety systems, standards and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO Safety Pillar and Safety KPI’s.

The Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance
• Maintain a safe work environment
• Ensure requirements of all 23 blocks of the VPO Safety Pillar are implemented  
• Perform safety monitoring and audits
• Performs risk assessments as per the VPO standards
• Ensures all employees are aware of all work hazards & all control measures     
• Ensures safety incidents and observations are identified, reported and closed 
• Ensures all safety incidents and observations are captured in Credit360
• Ensures optimum use of Safety App to raise safety incidents and observations
• Performs loss and waste analysis on safety incident and observations
• Develops action plan to close SIO's based on priority   
• Performs safety monitoring using the supervisor check lists 
• Leads and participates in World Safety Day/Week activities
• Shares relevant safety alerts with operational teams        
• Uses dashboards to drive improvement in safety performance   

• Min – National Diploma Risk Management / Safety Management
• Completion of the following courses/training is advantageous:
• Advanced Risk Management Programme – UNISA
• National Diploma: Safety Management;
• SAMTRAC: Safety, Health and Environment lead auditors training.
• Incident Investigation Course – Accredited Institute
• Accredited Institute Formal Risk Identification and Assessment
• Internal Auditing Course
• FPA Certificate SA (NADSAM preferable)
• Min – 3 to 6 months on the job training
• Understanding of ABInBev Safety, Health & Environmental Management Systems (VPO) and proficient use of ABInBev problem solving tools (5-Why, Abnormality reports) advantageous
• Working towards Legal qualification (Accredited Institute Training in Safety Legal compliance advantageous)
• 2-3 years experience as a maintenance Controller/Planner, team leader or equivalent
• 3 years experience in safety risk management advantageous
• Computer literacy.

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.

1. Internal applicants require Line manager approval
2. Kindly attach CV in PDF format
3. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested candidates who meet the above specifications may apply no later than 23 November 2021.

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