Job Description

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Maintenance Systems:

• Ensure plant and equipment availability to meet production schedules and delivery dates
• Provide advanced technical guidance and advisory service to own staff and all other departments
• Implement reporting and control measures for improvement of maintenance efficiencies (cost, quality, equipment availability)

Planning

• Initiate continuous improvement programmes to ensure optimal maintenance capability
• Develop and implement a strategic plan (1-3 years) to address upgrading of plants and replacement of obsolete equipment
• Maintain the ERP plant equipment data
• Draw-up, approve and schedule maintenance task for preventative maintenance according to production schedules

Leadership and management

• Ensuring compliance to all statutory requirements with regards to plant and equipment
• Establish training requirements for all maintenance disciplines
• Develop succession plans for all maintenance disciplines
• Develop internal maintenance policies in line with broader company policies
• Contract and assess subordinates through proper goal alignment & calibrate results of assessments across departments
• Effectively communicate and build relationships with peers, subordinates, senior management and customers
• Department administration

Management of Steam Generation Facility

• Schedule and generation of steam to all production facilities according to their production schedules.
• Monitor efficiency of boilers and planning of coal deliveries.
• Ensure 3 yearly statutory inspections, repairs and any other required maintenance requirements are completed
• Monitor and ensure boiler emissions are with limits as per the relevant Atmospheric Emissions Licence

Site Services

• Maintenance of the sites terrain and piping infrastructure
• Compressed air supply to all facilities
• Electricity supply to all facilities, monitoring and measuring per facility
• Water supply to all facilities, monitoring and measuring per facility
• Maintenance of the roads in the site, gravel and tar roads
• Contract technical scoping and administration (maintenance services)

Safety Management

• Chairperson of Modification Committee
• Contractor management for maintenance work
• Perform Audits across different disciplines and implement corrective actions for audit findings in own responsibility areas.
• Incident Investigations, findings and corrective actions for Engineering facilities
• Assess safety consequences of any modification/change in plant and equipment
• Appointed as designated competent person under OHS Act, General Machinery Regulation 2.1

Job Requirements:

• Minimum BEng/BSc or BTech in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Government Certificate Competency (GCC Factories) as pre-requisite, registration as Pr Eng preferred
• Must have at least 6 years of experience in Mechanical & Electrical maintenance in a Chemical/Petrochemical Plant environment of which 3 years should have been in a supervisory/management role.
• Experience in Project Management would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of hazardous chemicals, in particular explosives, is preferred
• Must have proven knowledge and experience in steam generation (Boilers Management), refrigeration plants (Freon or Ammonia) and air compressors
• Sound knowledge of OHS Act and Legal Liability, including ISO 45001, 14001 and 9001 standards, is important
• Performance and strategic management skills
• Financial management skills would be advantageous.

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