Plant Engineer (FMCG Meat/Food Processing)

SUMMARY:
A large operation in the food and meat processing and packaging arena has an opportunity for a Plant Manager, to manage day-to-day maintenance operations in their area of responsibility, with teams of foreman and artisans.

POSITION INFO:
The role also includes project planning (prioritizing, scheduling and allocating tasks to different disciplines of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner and plant engineer) and project cost control (control of approved budget and subcategories).

Required:

• Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering GCC.
• 5 years’ trade experience, of which least 5 years in a supervisory category.
• FMCG EXPERIENCE NON-NEGOTIABLE.
  
• Drive the daily / weekly maintenance planning process for the plant – prioritising, scheduling and allocation of tasks to different discipline of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner.
• Drive and deliver the agreed strategy to reduce plant down time and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
• Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment and the plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
• Strategize the capex focus to reduce plant down time and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements, as per the Company standard, are adhere to with regards to specifying new equipment.
• Process change control documentation with regards to all equipment and plant changes with proven records for audit purposes.
• Manage and control the fixed asset register and ensure that it is updated as per the policy and that depreciation is in line with group standards.
• Ensure that all project work in the plant is carried out and completed to the highest level of trademanship quality and to safe food requirements.
• Develop and implement an effective planned preventative maintenance system for the coastal depots facilities as well as oversee major repairs of breakdowns, thus minimising R&M costs in the region.
• Ensure that all buildings and accessories are utilised as per risk, security, safety, health, HACCP AND ISO22000, 14000, 18000.
• Ensure that 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 the utilisation of assets in the region, with the objective of minimising the costs per unit.
• Drive sustainable maintenance practices throughout the plant.
• Management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests and break downs, with support from the planner and Maintenance Foreman.
• Ensure that all are working according to safety regulations and enforce food safety requirements.
• Manage costs to ensure lowest cost production and the optimal utilisation of assets.
• Report to the engineering manager on a weekly basis on actual KPI’s versus budget and work with the team to address areas of non-conformance or concern proactively and timeously.
• Report on and manage all input costs and manage any over- or under-spend appropriately to ensure that issue are escalated before significant financial losses occurs.
• Authorise plant engineering expenses within your level of authority and monitor spending activity within teams to ensure compliance to financial and ethical standards.
• Implement and encourage cost cutting initiatives within the team where these do not impact on long-term business sustainability.
• Work with the processing engineering manager to allocate spending to areas of high priority within the plant.