Engineering Maintenance Manager

Our Client, a National blue-chip Group Leader in the FMCG industry, is seeking to URGENTLY appoint a highly experienced Engineering Maintenance Manager to be based at their Noordsberg, KZN, Manufacturing Facility [R 1.1 M to R 1.5M pa, HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE]

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• Report directly into the Factory Manager
• Provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in maintenance to ensure maximum plant availability and design capacity.
• Lead and maintain a world class FMCG Operation

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Implement preventative and reactive maintenance in line with the Asset Management (AMP) Programme.
• Partner with finance to develop maintenance budget and ensure maintenance activities are managed within budget and achieve cost synergies
• Optimize maintenance performance, by holding teams accountable to achieve the highest standards of efficiencies and quality
• Ensure the plant realises maintenance full potential and areas for improvement are identified
• Ensure compliance with relevant local legislation pertaining to factories as well as the South African OSHAct.
• Ensure talent development and performance management are embedded in local ways of working whilst leveraging support functions and resources to develop capability
• Establish and lead a problem-solving approach throughout the maintenance function to ensuring that the appropriate techniques and tools are applied to effectively resolve issues
• Model Leadership behaviours, collaborating, partnering and communicating effectively within and between teams and support functions
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations
• Adhere to and promote SHERQ & Food Safety standards
• Develop the maintenance philosophy, plans, goals and KPI’s for the maintenance team.
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required
• Oversee maintenance activities to ensure safety, efficiency, quality control, budgetary control, service, and cost-effective management of resources
• Drive reliability by making informed trade-offs and driving initiatives that will deliver greatest possible output and quality levels in line with objectives
• Report on performance in line with KPIs as well as key adverse or positive developments to Factory Manager.
• Ensure that each area of plant is maintained to achieve maximum availability and equipment capacity cost effectively
• Identify off crop & stop day work and implement maintenance activities in line with plans
• Identify areas where maintenance, equipment performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements
• Develop capability on the job and hold FLM & Engineers accountable for performance
• Manage the implementation of effective risk mitigation measures to reduce quality incidents to zero major or repeat findings during audits and inspections
• Identify areas where quality, safety and food safety management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements
• Set direction, implement and monitor effective team communication processes to drive best maintenance practices to support stable operations and sustained reliability performance
• Monitor and manage equipment technical risk compliance through robust governance processes to maintain adherence to group risk and assurance standards and requirements
• Ensure maintenance reporting is within compliance with company policy and procedure
• Provide input into business cases for key capital projects and support delivery, ensuring required economic and desired outcomes are delivered on
• Promote and adhere to Company’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT:

• Minimum BSc or BTech Degree or equivalent in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering is ESSENTIAL
• Gov’t Certificate of Competence (GCC) - Factories ESSENTIAL
• 8+ years’ experience in manufacturing machinery maintenance
• Continuous improvement knowledge and experience
• Familiarity with Maximo, AMP/TQ advantageous.
• MUST have Sugar Milling experience.

APPLY NOW, BY FORWARDING YOUR CV (indicating current remuneration) + copies of qualifications

PLEASE NOTE:

• Willingness to relocate (if not resident in KZN)
• Closing date for applications is 30TH July 2022.
• The client reserves the right to make an appointment aligned to their EE Plan.
• Should you not receive our relayed invitation for an interview with the client within two weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application has not been unsuccessful.
• The client reserves the right not to make an appointment.

SHOULD THIS OPPORTUNITY NOT BE SUITABLE TO YOU, PLEASE FORWARD IT TO A FRIEND.