MARYANNE KOTE

• Lead kaizen activities and technical trials to improve evaporation, extract recovery, filtration stability, and yeast performance; record results and present findings.

• Work with engineering to improve equipment, instrumentation, and automation reliability; prioritize actions by process risk and production impact and verify permanent fixes.

• Recommended medium- and long-term improvements to brewing processes, equipment, and workflows to enhance operational efficiency.

• Assist with technical diagnostics and root-cause analysis, develop corrective and preventive actions, and support breakdown response and quality investigations.

• Tracked first time right (FTR) performance, prepared weekly and monthly reports and dashboards to translate KPI trends into actionable insights.

• Supported technical performance across brewhouse, fermentation, maturation, filtration, bright beer, utilities, beer transfers, and packaging operations to ensure consistent quality.

• Coordinate with brewing supervisors, QA, packaging, utilities, and supply chain to maintain stable beer supply, review raw material quality, and share technical risks and priorities.

Supported daily brewing operations to keep production aligned with safety, quality, and efficiency standards.

• Filled in for brewing manager, providing guidance, decisions, and coordination across brewing, utilities, QA, and engineering.
• Managed shift handovers, production planning, and execution of brewing schedules to ensure seamless operations.

Tracked brewhouse KPIs such as Total Brewing times, extract loss, evaporation rates, yeast performance, and filtration stability, and flagged deviations early.

• Conducted root-cause analysis for process interruptions, implementing corrective and preventive actions to enhance reliability.
• Responded quickly to process breakdowns, equipment faults, and instrumentation issues to reduce downtime and protect product quality.
• Coordinated with technicians and engineering teams to resolve complaints, escalate critical failures, and restore assets on time.

Shared technical feedback with engineering to help drive permanent fixes and reduce repeat failures.

• Supervised brewhouse operators to maintain discipline, competency, safety, and quality standards.
• Provided on-the-job coaching, performance feedback, and skills development for brewing staff.
• Fostered accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement initiatives across brewhouse operations.

• Supported audits, quality reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Worked with QA, packaging, utilities, and engineering to keep production flow stable and beer supply consistent.

Shared daily performance risks and priorities with brewing manager and key stakeholders.

• Participated in Kaizen activities focused on process improvement., improvement projects, and operational reviews.

Drove first-time-right performance through brewing standards, recipe control, and monitoring of critical process parameters.

Led continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and enhance process reliability, supporting capacity and asset planning.

Tracked brewing KPIs, reviewed deviations, and facilitated root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.

Maintained quality, safety, and compliance by managing brewing records, SAP accuracy, audit readiness, and QA investigations.

Supported brewing department operations across brewhouse, fermentation, filtration, and beer supply while maintaining safe, efficient, compliant output.

Worked with engineering on breakdown response, asset recovery, maintenance priorities, and permanent fixes for repeat failures.

Partnered across packaging, utilities, QA, supply chain, and engineering; reported performance and priorities to senior leadership and represented brewing in plant meetings.

• Supported cellar tank farming and filtration operations during brewing, solving technical problems during shifts. Strong safety and environmental compliance maintained through alignment with company occupational health, safety, and environmental policies and safety guidelines. Participated actively in daily safety toolbox talks, daily control meetings, and shift handover communications. Accurate water sampling and quality testing completed for free chlorine, total hardness, p-alkalinity, conductivity, total dissolved solids, pH, and turbidity. Quality sampling and sample analysis completed using centrifuge machine, photospectrometer, pH meters, conductivity meters, nuclear counters, water baths, and turbidity meters. Clear analysis delivered for acids, caustic, total hardness, and p-alkalinity through titration method. Training in ISO 9001 QMS, HACCP, CCP system, tagging and de-tagging, LOTO equipment isolation, and OHS and environmental safety policies supports controlled, compliant work. Conducted business data analysis to identify opportunities for operational efficiencies., Performed root cause failure analysis to pinpoint issues and enhance troubleshooting., and Conducted 5-Whys analysis to determine underlying causes. activities benefit from active participation and process input. Executed routine equipment checks, followed up on deviations, and supported verification testing and calibration checks to ensure operational compliance and maintain quality standards.
• Maintained brewery equipment across South Pacific Brewery production lines.
• Inspected machinery for faults, leaks, and wear before shifts.
• Repaired pumps, conveyors, and packaging systems during daily operations.

• Facilitated laboratory operations at mine site by collecting, preparing, and analyzing samples to ensure accurate results.
• Coordinated with lab technicians to collect samples from process plant sampling points for assaying, ensuring timely submission to main lab.
• Performed wet chemistry testing for chromite hexavalent (Cr3+) and iron (Fe3+) using acid digestion, heating, dilution, and titration methods.
• Conducted ICP-OES testing for Ni, Co, Mg, Al, and Fe concentrations.
• Conducted oil contamination checks for machinery, performed total suspended solids testing for environmental samples, supervised lab technicians, and compiled daily and monthly reports for lab and geology superiors.

• Identified safety hazards within and around mining area, prepared reports, and entered data in corrective action register for incident review by HSE Manager. .
• Prepared correspondence, reports, and records for management review
• Coordinated administrative support for Ramu Nico Management Limited operations teams
• Scheduled meetings and tracked action items across departments

• Gained practical experience through on-the-job training in a professional setting.
• Supported quality control in water analysis for chemical strength and residual sludge; conducted EQC checks on packaging materials and tested beer samples for diacetyl, bitterness, turbidity, original gravity, pH, color, yeast consistency, and final attenuation using AAS instrument and lab methods.
• Assisted in microbiology lab analysis for bacteria and fungi.