Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa: In-Service Trainee (Processing) Programme

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) invites applications for the In-Service Trainee (Processing) Programme.

Closing date: 22 March 2024

Location: Lakeside, Eastern Cape – South Africa

Job Purpose

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Manufacturing department. We are looking for agile talented individuals with relevant skills and experience for an In-Service Trainee: Processing, at our various regions in CCBSA (Midrand, Devland, Durban, Port Elizaberth, Elign, & Bloemfontein). 

The successful candidate will report directly to the Unit Manager: Processing.

Careers at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is the South African-based subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA).

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is the eighth largest Coca-Cola bottling partner worldwide by revenue and the biggest on the continent, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent.

We employ more than 17,000 people and our 40 bottling plants service over 680,000 customer outlets.

Are you a graduate or professional looking for an opportunity to kickstart your career? It’s easy. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has committed itself to providing access to further education and training, by not only supporting students financially, but also providing a refreshing perspective on education.

Employment at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is based solely on an individual’s merit and qualifications directly related to their field of competence. 

At CCBSA, our people are our enduring advantage. CCBSA is committed to driving the appointment of high quality employees into existing vacancies.

Key Duties

SPECIALIST ANALYSIS

• Prepare syrups for production lines.
• Use SAP systems to ensure governance and process requirements are met.
• Ability to monitor and predict systems and controls.
• Conduct process validations.
• Be involved in and execute projects where relevant.
• Trouble shoot basic automation and control failures.

• Conduct specialised quality analyses.
• Record the results of analyses on appropriate information systems and communicate results where required.
• Conduct analysis of results to identify problems and improvement opportunities timeously.
• Where problems or improvement opportunities have been identified, communicate these to the relevant stakeholders.

• Apply the principles of lean manufacturing.
• Conduct calibration of specialist equipment for which the laboratory is responsible and provide calibration assistance to the shift-based teams where required

QUALITY AUDITING

• Conduct required and requested quality audits, completing the appropriate documentation and communicating the results.
• Review quality analysis procedures of shift-based teams, identifying problems or training needs and communicating these to the team leader.

• Conduct regular audits of calibration procedures of shift-based production teams and communicating results.
• Where required, initiate corrective actions arising from quality audits in areas that impact the laboratory and Syrup Room.

PROBLEM SOLVING 

• Support the shift-based production teams in problem solving, providing specialist assistance and input.
• Where required, participate in FFA’s as a functional expert.
• Where required, ensure that learnings identified in problem solving sessions are incorporated into analytic and other lab procedures

TRAINING

• Support the shift-based production teams by assisting in training needs analysis.
• Participate in the CAP process, specifically in the assessment of quality analyses competence.
• Contribute to the development of training material, specifically in quality analysis.
• Where required, assist with the training of shift-based production teams on quality analyses

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Carry out specialised analyses in support of the evaluation of continuous improvement opportunities.
• Determine additional analytic work required evaluating continuous improvement opportunities.
• Where required, take part in team evaluations of continuous improvement opportunities.
• Assist with regional and divisional process optimisation initiatives as required.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Mathematics (NOT Mathematics Literacy) and physical sciences passed with 40%
• Two South African Languages passed with 40%
• Must not have previously completed the same qualification/learnership at another company or organization

• Studying towards National Diploma Chemical Engineering
• Completed theoretical modules and require practical exposure to complete the qualification.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to control stocks of raw materials.
• Analytical and decision-making ability.
• Ability to understand planning and supply chain-related tasks.
• Ability to archive data effectively.
• Ability to plan the work.

Other Requirements

• Must be a South African Citizen
• Must be Employment Equity candidate
• Must have been unemployed at the time of appointment
• Must be between 18-35 years of age
• Candidate must have a letter from the institution requesting work place experience for in order for the candidate to complete their qualification.

The In-Service Trainee programme runs over a period of 12 months.

How to Apply

A learner embarking on this Qualification needs to obtain a minimum value of 120 credits to qualify for the Qualification; this learnership runs over a period of 12 months.

Interested applicants who meet the above specifications should submit:

• Detailed CV
• Certified copy of matric certificate
• Certified copy of most recent academic transcript
• Copy of Tertiary Institute curriculum/requirements for In-Service Training

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply.