SUMMARY:
Our client is a South African consumer goods and milling company. Manufacturing produce and broad basket of branded and private label foods in multiple categories.
POSITION INFO:
This role will report to the Engineering Manager : To manage with a dedicated focus the day-to-day maintenance operation in area of responsibility with his team of foreman and artisans. The role includes prioritizing, scheduling and allocation of maintenance tasks to different disciplines of the engineering department i.e., electrical or mechanical artisans. The maintenance manager is responsible for controlling of the approved maintenance budget. This role has a legal GMR2.7 responsibility to oversee all aspects of maintenance on the main site and Oil Plant.
Minimum Requirements:
- 8 years’ trade experience of which least 5 years in a supervisory/ management category.
- A Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- GCC factories (advantageous)
- Certified Energy Manager (advantageous)
- PRAGMA On Key EAM experience (Must have) (PRAGMA On Key is an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system developed by Pragma, designed to help companies manage their maintenance and reliability goals. It'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' s a software solution focused on optimizing asset performance, managing risks associated with assets, and controlling costs. On Key is designed by engineers for engineers, emphasizing data accuracy and real-time information)
SAP CCMS (Component Content Management System), SIX SIGMA, LEAN
- Work flexible hours and some weekends as required
- Exchange information in a clear and concise manner (both written and verbal) to senior staff and subordinates.
Knowledge and Skills
▪ Excellent understanding of mechanical and electrical engineerin
Must be able to handle problems encountered with machinery and find a solution with immediacy. Must be able to identify and address the root cause of breakdowns and not address symptoms.
▪ Exchange information in a clear and concise manner(both written and verbal) to senior staff and subordinates.
▪ Work flexible hours and some weekends as required.
▪ Self-awareness thus being able to quickly adapt with the constant changes.
▪ Quick and effective communication skills with the least amount of ambiguity.
▪ Network capabilities to find the fastest resolve without modification of equipment or process.
▪ Excellent leadership skills.
▪ Thorough understanding of the Labour Relations Act.
▪ Constantly looking and finding ways to improve plant efficiency and effectiveness.
▪ Regularly reviews and monitor progress, taking action to reschedule and re-prioritize (must be able to “think on his feet”).
▪ Understand the full implications of potential problems and minimize their impact.
▪ Recommend solutions based on rigorous and sound information research.
▪ Dedication and Loyalty to the company.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintenance Project planning
▪ Provide input into capex to reduce plant downtime and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
▪ Develop SOP’s for plant and equipment to ensure the correct and safe operation of equipment. (Sandard Operating Procedure, detailed, step-by-step set of instructions for performing a specific task or process
▪ Ensure that all maintenance project work in the plants is carried out and completed to the highest level of trade-man quality and to safe food requirements.
▪ Manage outside maintenance contractors to ensure the integrity of the maintenance team and carry out corrective action when required.
▪ Department Management – Loss control, asset management, spares utilization and stock holding, all administrative duties,
▪ Conduct weekly maintenance project meetings to insure all disciplines are aligned and that capex targets dates met in view of the year planner.
▪ Preparation of all capitalized major maintenance and capital request motivations and supporting documentation.
▪ Creating and keeping of an archive on each maintenance project for future references.
▪ Handle all maintenance-related investigations around IOD’s to establish all the facts to ensure prevention where possible and to address unacceptable or dangerous behavior that can lead to injuries.
▪ Safety control of contractors.
Maintenance
▪ Develop and implement an effective planned preventative maintenance system for the plants as well as oversee major repairs of breakdowns thus minimising R&M costs at Pretoria West Milling.
▪ Ensure all buildings and accessories are utilised into risk, security, safety, health, HACCP AND ISO22000, 14000, 18000, FSSC 22 000.
▪ Ensure all electrical equipment and installations are maintained or installed in accordance with statutory requirements and business needs.
▪ Oversee repairs and maintenance on all other utilities.
▪ Optimise efficiencies and utilisation of assets with the objective of minimising the costs per unit.
▪ Drive sustainable maintenance practices throughout the plant.
▪ Manage maintenance team and ensure that planned maintenance programmes are implemented to enable optimal asset utilisation.
▪ Ensure that maintenance practices and procurement processes are aligned to business standards.
▪ Management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests and break downs, with support from planner and Maintenance Manager.
▪ Ensure that all are working according to safety regulations and ensure the enforcement of food safety requirements.
▪ Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of team and effective maintenance of equipment.
▪ Ensure that the Planner develops a work schedule for all activities to be performed.
▪ Organises meetings with maintenance staff and prepares inspection reports.
▪ Performs work inspections and checks for completeness of tasks.
▪ Determines material, equipment, and supplies to be used.
▪ Co-ordinates daily activities of engineering personnel.
▪ Coordinates and manage, inspects, repairs, and maintains all plant and equipment.
▪ Plan and manage leave roster of maintenance staff.
▪ Act as Engineering manager carrying the GMR 2.1 responsibility in the absence of the engineering manager.
▪ Act as Engineering manager carrying the fire marshal activities in the absence of the engineering manager.
Risk Management
▪ In terms of design use and maintenance, ensure all equipment and associated maintenance activities comply with health, safety, security and other legal requirements.
Operational Engineering Management
▪ Drive the daily / weekly maintenance planning process for the plant – prioritising, scheduling and allocation of tasks to different disciplines of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner.
▪ Drive and deliver the agreed strategy to reduce plant downtime and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
▪ Responsible for health and safety with regard to all equipment and plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
▪ Maintain the integrity of the maintenance team and carry out corrective action if and when required.
▪ Ensure that the required focus is given to all audit requirements and findings.
▪ Maintain discipline and standards in area of responsibility.
Repairs and Renovations
▪ Coordinates and inspects major contract work on the electrical, mechanical and other related systems.
Provide Leadership
▪ Lead a team of artisans towards meeting the plant engineering strategy and targets – through regular communication and utilisation of full organisational talent management toolset.
▪ Deliver on agreed succession plans and develop the generation of leaders and specialists, overseeing engineering development programmes and on-the-job training.
▪ Manage to employee relations and team climate to ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained.
▪ Identifies training needs and recommends training of employees to the departmental trainer.
▪ Implements Company’s disciplinary procedure, which includes written warnings and initiation of disciplinary enquiry’s where necessary.
▪ Drives Employment Equity within the plant engineering team to ensure that diversity is achieved at all levels and that statutory targets and requirements are met.
▪ Champions training and development the team utilising available training opportunities, apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
▪ Contribute to the development of new training solutions in collaboration with regional training specialists.
▪ Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates and ensure that the process is cascaded throughout the engineering team.
▪ Develops and manages high-performance multi-disciplinary teams in order to solve problems within engineering proactively.
▪ Conducts daily operational meetings and ensures that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to within team meetings are delivered upon.
▪ Maintain the integrity of the engineering team and carry out corrective action if and when required.
▪ Management of the artisan and labour force with regard to HR and IR issues.
▪ Train and mentor his team to improve performance and reduce downtime.
Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
▪ Guides the maintenance team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved, and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance.
▪ Follows up on requirements for compliance, ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to.
▪ Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility.
▪ Suggest amendments to policies and practices within operational area of responsibility with the processing engineering manager to ensure that these are kept up to date and are aligned with company objectives and standards.
▪ Ensure documentation required within the Total Quality Management system, is
maintained and applied consistently throughout the area of responsibility and any policy and procedure training required highlighted in the training needs analysis and action appropriately.
Safety and Security
▪ Ensures engineering staff follow safety rules and regulations as per organisation’s safety plan.
▪ Ensure that security access points to the premises and BMS system is in good working condition.
▪ Reporting theft and dangers on the premises.
▪ Ensures safety equipment is in good working order e.g.fire extinguishers.
▪ Ensure that security is maintained and escalate any security concerns to the processing engineering and security manager.
Financial Management
▪ Manage costs to ensure lowest cost production and the optimal utilisation of assets.
▪ Report to Engineering Manager on a weekly basis on actual KPI’s versus budget and work with team to address and areas of non-conformance or concern proactively and timeously.
▪ Report on and manage all input costs and manage any over or underspend appropriately to ensure that issues are escalated before significant financial loss occurs.
▪ Authorises plant engineering expenses within level of authority and monitor spending activity within teams to ensure compliance to financial and ethical standards.
▪ Implements and encourages cost-saving initiatives within the team where these do not impact on long-term business sustainability.
▪ Work with the milling and technical team to allocating spend to areas of high priority within the plant.
▪ Provide input into CAPEX documentation considering return on investment, resourcing, and sustainability requirements.
▪ Manage suppliers and contracts in collaboration with the procurement team to ensure agreed service levels are met, escalate areas of concern to the Operations Executive where necessary.
▪ Manage maintenance contractors daily to ensure that correct standards of work are delivered and agreed delivery timelines maintained.
▪ Ensure that stores team maintains a supply register and inventory of equipment and spares for use by engineering.
▪ Audit with the assistance of the procurement department on a bi-annual basis the minimum and maximum stock levels of all engineering spares in stock, and adjust to manage stock at optimum, without impacting on service delivery.
