Manager: Services & Utilities

SUMMARY:
Manager: Site Services & Utilities

POSITION INFO:

MANAGER: SITE SERVICES

A food packaging manufacturing company based in Durban has a vacancy for a Site Services Manager reporting into the KZN Engineering department.

The successful candidate will be responsible for, amongst other duties:

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Ensure effective implementation of ALL maintenance relating to site utilities; water, air and electricity (incl. solar) in all Plants
• Analysis and reporting of utilities data to drive improvements and cost reduction
• Ensure service level agreements are maintained at the required standards
• Ensure contractors brought to site comply with relevant SHE requirements
• Ensure team carries out preventative and planned maintenance effectively
• Manage projects to completion and hand over
• Lead the asset care strategy
• Drafting and managing of budgets
• Ensure engineering standards are correctly applied, as per regulations
• Assist plants with problem solving of engineering/operational problems relating to utilities and ensure that appropriate corrective action is taken
• Assist in the reduction of breakdowns in the plants by analyzing breakdowns relating to utilities and implementing continuous improvement
• Support services teams with startup and shutdown of equipment, ensuring proper standby and callout roster is in place and effectively managed
• Ensuring a safe working environment by adhering to safety procedures.
• Ensuring company standard housekeeping in their areas of work and responsibility

To be considered for this position applications must meet the following criteria :

• A bachelors degree in Electrical or Mechanical
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience in managing utilities and projects in a services environment
• Hands on mechanical aptitude and a strong understanding services equipment; Transformers, Switchgear, Compressors, Chillers, Pumps and Solar.
• Strong excel and Microsoft experience, comfortable dealing with complex data
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at various levels of the organisation
• Highly self-motivated, energetic, composed and ability to motivate others
• Proficiency in English, read, write and understand clearly
• Proven track record of managing a team of artisans
• Strong safety awareness and focus
• Flexible to oversee projects that run over weekends and/or holidays in their space

If you meet the requirements kindly submit your CV to