About the company

Dreaming big is in AB InBev’s DNA. It is who the company is, its culture, its heritage, and more than ever, its future.

AB InBev is always looking forward and continuously finding new ways to meet life’s moments. The company looks for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, while providing teammates, resources, and opportunities to help them unleash their full potential.

The power created together, when individual strengths are combined with AB InBev’s, is unstoppable. This opportunity is for candidates who are ready to join a team that dreams as big as they do.

Job purpose

The key purpose of the Technical Trainee: Quality role is to support the acquisition of technical skills and practical experience for graduates, while familiarizing them with the company’s culture and principles.

Programme overview

The traineeship is primarily a hands-on, self-study programme. The trainee is expected to gain a full understanding of the theory, principles, and operation of equipment across various departments.

The programme combines technical learning, practical exposure, project participation, leadership opportunities, and business communication to prepare graduates for future responsibility within the organization.

Key roles and responsibilities

Technical learning and hands-on training

The trainee will be expected to:

• Gain a full understanding of the theory, principles, and operation of equipment across various departments.
• Participate in a hands-on, self-study programme.
• Develop technical skills and practical experience throughout the 18-month training period.
• Apply learning directly in the workplace.

Project participation

The trainee will participate in projects that are aligned with:

• Programme requirements.
• Brewery priorities.
• Business needs and improvement opportunities.

Operational excellence and problem solving

The trainee will be required to:

• Apply VPO principles.
• Diagnose systemic and situational problems.
• Conduct troubleshooting.
• Identify practical solutions to operational challenges.
• Communicate learnings and solutions across various levels of the business.

Team participation and leadership exposure

The trainee will participate in team structures and may be required to take on acting roles in identified leadership positions within the department.

Responsibilities include:

• Working effectively within departmental teams.
• Taking part in leadership opportunities where identified.
• Collaborating with colleagues across different business levels.
• Supporting team performance and operational delivery.

Communication and business engagement

The trainee will be expected to:

• Communicate learnings clearly across the business.
• Share solutions with relevant stakeholders.
• Engage with people at different levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with a global mindset.

Ownership, innovation, and results

The trainee will be expected to:

• Innovate with an owner mindset.
• Understand that, as owners, each employee plays an integral role in AB InBev’s success.
• Exhibit passion, curiosity, courage, and resilience.
• Take on tough challenges with determination.
• Deliver results consistently.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership.
• Show a desire to make a meaningful impact.

Minimum requirements

Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in one of the following fields: Chemistry, Food Science and Technology, Microbiology, An equivalent qualification
• Maximum of one year of full-time formal working experience.
• Geographical mobility, with willingness to move to different locations during the 18-month training programme and after completion.
• Willingness to relocate throughout the candidate’s career.
• Full proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new systems.
• Ambitious, curious, bold, and resilient personality.
• Determination to deliver results.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Desire to make an impact.

• Gain a full understanding of the theory, principles, and operation of equipment across various departments.
• Participate in a hands-on, self-study programme.
• Develop technical skills and practical experience throughout the 18-month training period.
• Apply learning directly in the workplace.
• Apply VPO principles.
• Diagnose systemic and situational problems.
• Conduct troubleshooting.
• Identify practical solutions to operational challenges.
• Communicate learnings and solutions across various levels of the business.
• Working effectively within departmental teams.
• Taking part in leadership opportunities where identified.
• Collaborating with colleagues across different business levels.
• Supporting team performance and operational delivery.
• Communicate learnings clearly across the business.
• Share solutions with relevant stakeholders.
• Engage with people at different levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with a global mindset.
• Innovate with an owner mindset.
• Understand that, as owners, each employee plays an integral role in AB InBev’s success.
• Exhibit passion, curiosity, courage, and resilience.
• Take on tough challenges with determination.
• Deliver results consistently.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership.
• Show a desire to make a meaningful impact.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new systems.
• Ambitious, curious, bold, and resilient personality.
• Determination to deliver results.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Desire to make an impact.

• Bachelor of Science in one of the following fields: Chemistry, Food Science and Technology, Microbiology, An equivalent qualification