SUMMARY:
My esteemed client, a leading entity in the manufacturing sector and a prominent member of a publicly traded group, is seeking a dynamic and resilient Engineer in the position as Deputy Manager. This role is highly demanding and requires an individual capable of excelling in a fast-paced, challenging environment. GCC required.
POSITION INFO:
VACANCY: ENGINEER (Manufacturing)
DEPUTY FACTORY MANAGER
GAUTENG
Our esteemed client, a prominent leader in the manufacturing industry and part of a publicly listed group, is seeking a dynamic and resilient Engineer in the Manufacturing domain. This is a demanding role that requires an individual capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment.
Desired Experience & Qualification
NQF Level 6/7
Degree; (Hons) or (MEng) in one or more of the listed Engineering disciplines:
- Chemical
- Mechanical
- Process
- Quality
- Electrical
- Mechatronics
- Maintenance
- Industrial
GCC Qualification required.
Job Summary
The primary responsibility of the Engineer is to ensure that production processes deliver products of the highest quality in a cost-effective, safe, and reliable manner. Additionally, the Engineer is tasked with maintaining factory assets cost-effectively to guarantee continuous and reliable production. The ideal candidate must possess extensive experience in maintenance and exhibit a hands-on approach at all times. They will be responsible for leading and managing the process and maintenance functions of the factory, encompassing strategic direction, resource management, and process excellence.
Experience & Qualifications
v A minimum of 5 years of post-qualification engineering or process experience within a manufacturing environment
v Extensive experience in maintenance will be highly advantageous.
Duties & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Asset Preservation Strategy
- Assist the Factory Manager with the development and execution of the asset preservation strategy, asset management objectives, and operational plans.
- Review and make recommendations for the asset register to determine the remaining useful life and preservation strategy based on current asset condition.
- Evaluate the previous years budget and expenses to formulate the maintenance budget and asset preservation strategy for the following year.
- Review the plants performance from the previous year to identify shortfalls, recommend, and implement focused initiatives to improve performance.
- Define and implement maintenance standards for the department to ensure cost-effective and safe maintenance execution.
- Translate the asset preservation strategy and asset management objectives into plans, budgets, and KPIs for the maintenance function, ensuring the right skill sets are identified to execute these plans.
Duties & Responsibilities
Management of Maintenance
- Oversee the effective execution of preventive and reactive maintenance work on the factorys assets to optimize performance at minimal costs and risks.
- Evaluate weekly work orders (status, backlog, schedule compliance, performance) and address any issues with the relevant department heads.
- Review and monitor maintenance costs using SAP and Excel maintenance sheets, addressing any problems with the relevant department heads.
- Assess the status of critical plant/equipment to implement a scheduled maintenance plan.
Quality and Continuous Improvement
- Drive continuous improvements in process and maintenance through KPI review meetings, defect elimination, small projects, and recognition.
- Record all continuous improvement tasks/opportunities.
- Prioritize, plan, and resource continuous improvement (CI) projects.
- Ensure the master tile specifications are valid.
- Analyse customer complaints to ensure the quality control (QC) system prevents defects from reaching customers.
- Monitor daily/weekly QC inspections from the lab to identify problems and recommend solutions.
- Identify inefficiencies and suggest improvements.
People Management
- Manage and lead the team.
- Facilitate daily operational meetings with department coordinators to review previous day performance, discuss key constraints and risks, and agree on the daily plan.
- Source and manage relationships with external and internal suppliers, OEMs, and shared resources.
- Organize workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedules.
- Oversee and coach personnel for the development of future leadership within the business.
- Ensure new joiners are trained and developed to work on factory equipment.
- Identify, train, and equip employees to work effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure individual development plans are in place for all critical and key roles.
Safety, Health, and Environment
- Ensure compliance with SHERQ regulations and systems.
- Monitor and ensure safety inspections (monthly, weekly, quarterly, and annual) are completed and records are maintained.
- Plan and coordinate internal and external audits (ISO9001, OHS Audit, Risk Audit)
- Monitor time and attendance (including overtime, time worked, and absenteeism) and address any issues with the responsible department coordinator.
- Monitor SHEQR indicators and address any problems with the responsible department coordinator.
- Ensure the safe use and regular maintenance of process equipment.
Management of Process
- Set daily, weekly, and monthly production objectives and communicate them to relevant team members.
- Ensure production outputs meet specifications.
- Schedule KPI meetings to review the previous weeks production and quality, discuss problem areas, and recommend and implement solutions.
- Prepare and present month-end reports on key metrics.
- Prepare quarterly board reports on key metrics and projects.
- Monitor the quality specifications of raw materials and manage non-conformances.
Soft Skills
- Self-motivated and independent
- Ambitious and result-oriented
- Sound judgment and decision-making abilities.
- Performance-driven
- Excellent planning, coordination, and execution skills
- Effective problem solver
- Innovative
- Committed to safety, health, and environmental concerns.
Preferred Skills
Asset Management
- Ensure that assets are managed to maximize value and mitigate risk to the business.
- Develop and evaluate contracts and contractors for critical services such as compressed air, water, gas, and raw materials.
- Oversee defect elimination according to agreed standards.
- Ensure adherence to best practices and principles for chemical, mechanical, and electrical processes.
- Ensure department heads have a comprehensive understanding of opportunity cost, time value of money, and their impact on decision-making.
- Explain and quantify the value of improvements when necessary.
- Evaluate and plan asset replacement based on life cycle costs.
- Manage capital projects within budget.
- Develop and implement an asset care plan.
- Ensure that maintenance shutdown processes are followed in line with best practices.
- Ensure compliance of work areas with company standards
- Interpret and forecast demand patterns in line with sales orders.
Package & Remuneration
- Competitive market-related salary package
- Profit-sharing opportunities
- Medical Aid Contributions
- Pension/Provident Fund Benefits
