Job Description

Well-established manufacturer is looking to employ an Engineering Manager to provide all-inclusive asset management for the safe and efficient operations of plant and equipment. Goodwood based.

For the position you would be required to have:

• Minimum BEng/BSc or BTech in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Government Certificate Competency (GCC Factories) a MUST; registration as Pr Eng preferred.
• Must have at least 6 years of experience in Mechanical & Electrical maintenance in a Manufacturing Plant environment of which 3 years should have been in a management role.
• Experience in Project Management would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of hazardous chemicals, in particular explosives, is preferred
• Proven knowledge and experience in steam generation (Boilers Management) and air compressors preferred
• Sound knowledge of OHS Act and Legal Liability, including ISO 45001, 14001 and 9001 standards
• Performance and strategic management skills
• Financial management skills would be advantageous

Responsibilities would include you to:

• Ensure plant and equipment availability to meet production schedules and delivery dates and provide advanced technical guidance and advisory service to own staff and all other departments
• Implement reporting and control measures for improvement of maintenance efficiencies (cost, quality, equipment availability)
• Initiate continuous improvement programmes to ensure optimal maintenance capability
• Develop and implement a strategic plan (1-3 years) to address upgrading of plants and replacement of obsolete equipment
• Maintain the ERP plant equipment data
• Draw-up, approve and schedule maintenance tasks for preventative maintenance as per production schedules
• Ensuring compliance to all statutory requirements with regards to plant and equipment
• Establish training requirements for all maintenance disciplines and develop succession plans for all maintenance disciplines
• Schedule and generation of steam to all production facilities according to their production schedules.
• Monitor efficiency of boilers and planning of coal and oil deliveries.
• Ensure 3 yearly statutory inspections, repairs and any other required maintenance requirements are completed
• Maintenance of the sites terrain and piping infrastructure, compressed air and electricity supply
• Water supply to all facilities, monitoring and measuring per facility
• Maintenance of the buildings
• Contractor management for maintenance work
• Perform Audits across different disciplines and implement corrective actions for audit findings in own responsibility areas.
• Incident Investigations, findings and corrective actions for Engineering facilities
• Assess safety consequences of any modification/change in plant and equipment Contract technical scoping and administration (maintenance services)

Please apply online or contact Jan van Dyk on 021 - 531 2015 for more information

The Key Recruitment Group