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Heineken Ethiopia Job Vacancy

Heineken Ethiopia KilintoApplication Closing Date:November 08, 2026

Role description

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Heineken Ethiopia ventured into the Ethiopian beer market by acquiring Harar and Bedele breweries. In 2015, we inaugurated Kilinto Brewery near Addis Ababa with an investment of EUR310 million. Since then, we have been bringing people together over a beer, embracing Ethiopia as our cherished home and its diverse, hospitable people as our community.

Position 1: Packaging Operator (Harar)

 Job Purpose:

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The Packaging Operator will ensure the safety agenda in the daily  job. Operate and execute in a qualitative way the process and product-related tasks while improving the key performance indicators and production losses, leading to a safe working environment on machine/area.

Key Responsibilities

  • Works in line with the defined and implemented safety, environmental, and food safety standards. Following the 5S, Housekeeping and HACCP are related to the workplace.
  • Identify the safety risks in their department.
  • Apply LSR principles, including do’s and don’ts.
  • Take action where unsafe situations or behaviors occur, give feedback, and report to the relevant people.
  • Safely shut down and start up equipment for the yearly overhaul.
  • Act in compliance with HEINEKEN and local safety rules, standards, and procedures.
  • Identify water and energy losses in their area of responsibility and suggest solutions.
  • Implement good environmental practices.
  • Make all the quality checks in line with the standards and procedures on simple packaging machines.
  • Perform quality and food safety checks in line with standards and safety procedures.
  • Identify quality issues in their area.
  • Take part in improvement actions to prevent quality issues from arising and contribute to quality-related analyses (e.g., DAS, RCFAs, problem-solving).
  • Clean and disinfect to the expected level in line with recipe standards, SOPs, and CILT.
  • Executes the tagging process, CILT, and applies problem-solving tools. Participates and starts leading the improvement teams.
  • Use the digital tools available to report the information required for the DCS (e.g., shift handover list, downtime reports, shift performance information).
  • Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor excellence tools displayed in digital applications (SOP, OPL, CILT activities, and 5S).
  • Apply APM team methodology, steps 0-3.
  • Take part in TPM improvement activities related to safety, quality, the environment, and performance losses in their area (BDA, MSR, Kaizen, RCFA)
  • Identify losses in the operation (extract, water, energy, material losses, etc.).
  • Executes all the packaging operations on simple machines in line with the valid standards. Manage documentation and reporting for the working area.
  • Operate the equipment according to demand and seasonality.
  • Perform basic standards for the packaging process in their own area (all planned and routine activities – sampling, cleaning, start up and shutdown according to Standard Operating Procedures, etc. – and machine processes).
  • Operates the simple packaging machines. Executes basic maintenance tasks according to standards
  • Safely operate equipment in line with specifications and demand and ensure delivery On Time In Full.
  • Captures and interprets performance data and executes corrective actions
  • Restore and sustain basic conditions using the shop floor (SOP, OPL, CILT activities, and 5S).
  • Apply tagging and de-tagging, prioritize the tags, and eliminate equipment anomalies.
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Job Requirements

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Experience and Skills

  • 0 – 2 years’ of experience, preferably in beverage/logistic operation shop floor experience

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or related fields

Interested applicants can apply through: https://forms.gle/qCeAexpVh5Xw154Z9

Position 2: Utilities Operator

Job Purpose:

Reliable operations and supply of utilities section. When necessary, execute tasks deemed important for the business as requested by the immediate supervisor.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Executes/operates utilities in a Safeway.
  • Reports unsafe behaviors, unsafe conditions, near misses and high potential near misses and take the lead to investigate the high potential near misses initiate analysis for high position safety tags.
  • Takes part in the ORR team to reduce operational risk.
  • Follow all local, national and internation safety regulations and standards.
  • Participate in ongoing safety training to stay updated on best practices and emergency procedures.
  • Promote a culture of safety by encouraging safe work practices among team members.
  • Maintain high standards of sanitation and hygiene in all utility operations, especially those related to water, steam generation, CO2 recovery and compressed air.
  • Implement and execute regular cleaning and maintenance schedules to prevent contamination.
  • Adhere to food safety standards such as HACCP (Hazard analysis and critical control point).
  • Makes equipment safe to work on and guards’ safety during work.
  • Executes/operates Utilities work according to required quality specifications.
  • Adhere to all local, national and internation quality standards.
  • Cleans, verifies, and calibrates inline measuring instruments.
  • Operates and controls various utilities equipment and machineries, including pumps, fans, and compressors to provide uninterrupted supply to production at optimum level of performance.
  • Runs technical support checks and operations anomalies, i.e. vibration monitoring, pressure checks, blow downs, lubrication checks, etc.
  • Works closely with other team members and departments to ensure efficient and effective operations.
  • Make sure readiness of stand by equipment’s, clean parts and -tools.
  • Identifies anomalies and tags.
  • Manages work permit / installation handover for utilities.
  • Collects and register energy, water, and other utilities consumptions.
  • Initiate BDA and reports red alarms that help in MTBA deployment.
  • Performs routine checks, repairs and minor maintenance on equipment and systems.
  • Works together with the Utilities Zone Technician and reports to the Utilities Manager.
  • Supports all Utilities maintenance  jobs.
  • Recovers equipment from fault conditions into standard condition.
  • Champions SFE.
  • Participate and engage well on APM role out.
  • Validates solution for breakdowns.
  • Initiate and Participate BDA and RCFA (5 why)
  • Validates repairs in Utilities section and take over from maintenance team
  • Creates Utilities breakdown WO’s with the required quality, hence ensuring proper BDA and -follow-up for future improvement.
  • Registration of alarms and Touches.
  • Records energy and water data.
  • Registration and trending of triggering points
  • Uses one-2-Improve to raise tag and initiate BDA
  • Keep record of parameter in new installation that help in performance guarantee.

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Experience and Skills

  • >2 years working experience within utilities.
  • General knowledge of maintenance and good knowledge of operations.

Education

  • Bachelors in chemical engineering or related
Locations: Kilinto
Application Closing Date: November 08, 2026