Energy & Continuous Improvement Manager - East London

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Energy & Continuous Improvement Manager - East London, Eastern Cape

An automotive manufacturing company in East London is looking for a certified Energy Manager to monitor and manage the energy efficiency of the organization by implementing conservation measures, monitor energy consumption, assess business decisions for sustainability and seek out opportunities for increasing energy efficiency. Develop and monitor improvement processes and
performance within their organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

Energy Management

• Develop and Implement Energy-Saving Strategies.
• Implement energy-related cost-saving measures.
• Calculate the budget, project energy savings, and identify the goals for each project.
• Calculating current energy costs as well as the potential savings of upcoming projects.
• Prepare budget reports and cost estimates.
• Devise a strategy for reducing energy costs and environmental impact.
• Coordinate Sustainability Programmes, including committees, ESG reporting and Sustainable Development Activities.
• Ensure achievement and compliance with ISO 50001 certification.
• Coordinate Management reviews for Energy Management Systems.
• Coordinate energy committee and energy champions.
• Develop a programme of energy-saving projects.
• Maintain a register of energy-saving opportunities.
• Keep abreast of potential energy and water saving products.
• Collect and collate demand profile data from electricity suppliers and corresponding data for fuel consumption.
• Conduct or arrange energy audits and surveys, performance tests and investigations.
• Collate comparative data and yardstick figures for benchmarking purposes.
• Participate in energy benchmarking groups.
• Provide training on Energy Saving, Energy Management & Improving the Use of Energy & Resources for all plants.
• Perform Energy Audits at various facilities for energy efficiencies.
• Create and oversee the implementation of short and long-term projects and strategies that increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimize unnecessary consumption.
• Carbon footprint reduction initiatives.
• Help the Energy Team to identify progress and setbacks at each plant.
• Provides technical analysis/review for energy projects and project risk assessment.
• Identify and establish working relationships with all engineering departments to execute energy recommendations.
• Member of Group sustainability working group

Continuous Improvement (CI)

• Analyzing company processes and procedures.
• Developing process enhancement strategies.
• Establishing norms and standards of company performance.
• Collaborating with other stakeholders to enhance productivity and staff satisfaction.
• Communicating ideas and opinions to other members of management.
• Training, mentoring, and guiding team members in new processes.
• Staying up to date with developments in management and process optimization.
• Handle in-house training on CI tools and methodologies and guide employees.
• Support CI initiatives and company teams post event for completing action items.
• Perform postmortem meetings after events and address to-do list items.
• Provide weekly report on company activities to director of continuous improvement and management team.
• Create periodic format presentations on company implementation progress to management.
• Offer technical expertise to the company on statistics, Six Sigma methodology, tools and practices.
• Assist departmental improvements.
• Set up standard work on best practices and update system on identified enhancements.
• Lead company’s Continuous Improvement Program.
• Review company’s business processes for enhancing effectiveness and benchmark with Industry Best Practice.
• Lead continuous improvement project teams on strategic projects within plant operations.
• Assess processes with set up continuous improvement techniques for performance optimization.
• Lead team meetings, document clear actions and enable timeline achievement.
• Handle information with parties during feedback sharing and drive enhancements.
• Train and mentor on Lean concepts to employees throughout the organization.

EXPERIENCE/Skills

• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret plans, specifications, contract documents, control drawings, service bulletins, technical procedure manuals, equipment specifications, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Knowledge and experience with HVAC, control, electrical systems and proficiency with energy analysis tools.
• A strategic and analytical mindset.
• An excellent communicator with top-notch presentation skills.
• Dynamic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Confidence in your abilities to lead organizational change.
• Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Business Process Improvement, Change Management, 5S and Kaizen.
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written). Proficient in English, strong numeric and business acumen.

Qualification & Experience

• Minimum of 5 – 8 Manufacturing et Environment Experience in Energy and /or Continuous Improvement.
• Must have an Engineering Qualification [diploma/degree]-preferably Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial.
• Certified Energy Manager [CEM]-qualification, or Certified Energy Auditor [CEA]-will be greatly beneficial.
• ISO 50001 implementation and certification. Including Auditing and Identifying Opportunities.
• Experience with similar management systems would be beneficial. [ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, IATF 16949 etc.]
• Results driven and a good understanding of Value Chain Operations Excellence,
• Lean Manufacturing, Process Control and Optimization Concepts such as Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, TQM/TPM etc.
• Sound knowledge of MS office applications (Excel, Word, Power-point and Projects)

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