RB 389992 - Workshop Manager – Richard’s Bay

Employer Description

Our client is a leading global supplier of equipment for the mining, metallurgical, sewage, wastewater, pulp and paper, food, and chemical industries.

Job Description

Reporting to the MD, You will be responsible for:

• Effective management of the service centre and field services team.
• Create a stable, reliable and safe work platform in order to support the service business for the benefit of both the customers and the company.
• Optimise quality, quantity, time and cost on each job to ensure total customer satisfaction at
  required margins.
• Maintain and grow the Service business to increase the Service Order Intake and Sales numbers for the workshop
• Managing the service centre and field services.
• Manage a staff compliment of 15 employees
• Manage the daily, weekly and monthly maintenance and workload scheduling using capacity planning
  as the base
• Coordinate the day to day support activities
• Ensure that all of the Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality requirements are complied with
• Visit the various field services sites at regular intervals to ensure successful execution off the
  maintenance activities
• Liaise with the customer’s representative at engineering/management level
• Material control of stock and operational material
• Implement proper management systems to execute activities efficient and effectively
• Manage the commercial systems relevant to the service centre
• Maintain control system of specifications, documents, technical reports etc.
• Development of personnel through appropriate training

Qualifications

• BSc/BEng/BTech Engineering
• Project Management qualification

Skills

• Ability to manage and run an Engineering Service Centre/Workshop
• Ability to manage staff, including remote site work and deal with all issues
• Ability to work on several projects at a time
• Experience or a sound track record as a project manager.
• Working knowledge of separation and pulp and paper or similar machines.
• Good skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Experience in costing, estimating and completing of proposals.

Benefits

• Medical Aid
• Pension Fund
• Group Life