Technical Manager

SUMMARY:
Our client, a leading O.E.M., seeks your technical expertise to lead the Toolroom and Engineering resources, whilst influencing Maintenance and Project Management to achieve company objectives.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Job Requirements:

• Matric, with Maths & Science and pref. Technical Drawing.
• Qualified Artisan (Fitter or Turner).
• N6 Level or City and Guilds Technical Diploma.
• B.Sc. Mech.Eng. or N4 Technical Diploma with adequate hands-on experience, a strong advantage.
• Min. 7 years post-Apprentice experience in a Tooling Workshop environment.
  • Tooling used in the processes, e.g. CNC, injection or blow moulding.
• Experience in project management.

• Support in the growth of the business through effective support of projects.
• Support in the improvement of the business through effective support of continuous improvement plans.
• Support in the sustainability of the business excellence through the continual improvement of the tooling and machine building and maintenance expertise.

• Monitor and manage the Head office toolroom, both the human capital resources invested in addition to the machinery and equipment.
• Give input and direction on tooling design and manufacture.
• Manage engineering tool changes and make decisions on internal capacity and capability, or external services.
• Monitor plant tool management and give input to improvements and best practices.
• Support the ongoing improvement of machines and tooling concepts in the plant.
• Manage new process introductions, with design of concept up to commissioning and hand over to production (project management scope).
• Ensure new equipment and tooling meets capability and capacity requirements.
• Contribute to project feasibility, initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
• Provide Technical support to manufacturing for improvement of production efficiencies, alternate raw materials, technologies and processes.
• Commission machinery and equipment and validate new products and processes.
• Conduct research and development of new/existing technologies, products, and processes.
• Develop and execute Continuous Improvement Programs (CIP) with a cost down mind-set and quality focused.
• Develop and execute departmental training needs analysis.

• Develop department specific budgets and monitor performance against budget (expense control, variance analysis, corrective actions).
• Initiate investment requests for new business, technology, improvement, and corrective plans.
• Conduct project feasibility studies to establish the viability of proposed projects.
• Participate in the audit process.
• Protect company assets (working capital & fixed assets).

• Ensure that all new equipment complies with HSE standards.
• Adhere to and enforce compliance to company SHEQ policy.
• Identify potential hazards and critical safety issues in the workplace.
• Address workplace hazards and risks immediately.
• Comply with the requirements of the Quality Management Systems.

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