Job Description

Operational Engineering Management

• Drive the daily / weekly maintenance planning process for the plant xe2x80x93 Prioritizing, scheduling and allocation of tasks to different disciplines of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner.
  
• Drive and delivery 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 plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
  
• Maintain the integrity of the engineering team and carry out corrective action if and when required
  
• Ensure that the required focus is given to all audit requirements and findings.
  
• Management of the day-to-day activities and out puts of each discipline of the engineering department.
  
• Maintain discipline and standards in area of responsibility.
  

Maintenance

• Drive sustainable maintenance practices throughout the plant.
  
• Manage maintenance team and ensure that planned maintenance programmes are implemented to enable optimal asset utilisation.
  
• Ensure that maintenance practices and procurement processes are aligned to business standards.
  
• Management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests and break downs, with support from planner and Maintenance Foreman.
  
• Ensure that all are working according to safety regulations and the enforcement of food safety requirements.
  
• Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to insure optimal performance of team and effective
  

maintenance of equipment.

• Ensure that the Planner develops a work schedule for all activities to be performed.
  
• Organizes meetings with engineering staff and prepares inspection reports.
  
• Performs work inspections and checks for completeness of tasks.
  
• Determines material, equipment, and supplies to be used Plan and manage weekend maintenance tasks and projects against budget.
  
• Co-ordinates daily activities of engineering personnel.
  
• Ensures the neatness of the buildings and premises
  
• Coordinates and manage, inspects, repairs and maintains to all plant and equipment and grounds.
  
• Plan and manage leave roster of engineering staff Act as Engineering manager when he is not available and carry the GMR 2.1 responsibility.
  

Repairs and Renovations

• Coordinates renovations of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities Coordinates and inspects major contract work on the electrical, refrigeration, mechanical and plumbing, and other related systems.
  
• Ensures that the building has adequate heating, lighting, and ventilation and that it is properly cleaned, maintained and in good working condition.
  

Provide Leadership

• Leads a team of artisans towards meeting the plant engineering strategy and targets xe2x80x93 through regular communication and utilisation of full organisational talent management tool set.
  
• Deliver on agreed succession plans and development the generation of leaders and specialists, overseeing engineering development programmes and on the job training.
  
• Manage to employee relations and team climate to ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained.
  
• Drives Employment Equity within the plant engineering team to ensure that diversity is achieved at all levels and that statutory targets and requirements are met.
  
• Champions training and development the team utilising available training opportunities, apprenticeships and on the job training.
  
• Contribute to the development of new training solutions in collaboration with regional training specialists.
  
• Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates and ensure that the process is cascaded throughout the engineering team.
  
• Develops and manage high performance multi-disciplinary teams in order to solve problems within engineering proactively.
  
• Conducts daily operational meetings and ensure that records area kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to within team meetings are delivered upon.
  
• Maintain the integrity of the engineering team and carry out corrective action if and when required
  
• Management of the artisan and labour force with regards to HR and IR issues, Train and mentor his team to improve performance and reduce down time.
  
• Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
  
• Guides the engineering team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of non-compliance.
  
• Follows up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to.
  
• Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility.
  
• Suggest amendments to policies and practices within operational area of responsibility with the processing engineering manager to ensure that these are kept up to date and are aligned with company objectives and standards.
  
• Ensure that and documentation required within the Total Quality Management system, is maintained and applied
  
• consistently throughout the area of responsibility and any policy and procedure training required highlighted in the training needs analysis and action appropriately.
  

Safety and Security

• Ensures engineering staff follow safety rules and regulations as per organisationxe2x80x99s safety plan Ensure that security access points to the premises and BMS system is in good working condition.
  
• Reporting theft and dangers on the premises.
  
• Ensures safety equipment is in good working order e.g. fire extinguishers.
  
• Ensure that security is maintained and escalate any security concerns to the processing engineering and security manager.
  

Financial Management

• Manage costs to ensure lowest cost production and the optimal utilisation of assets
  
• Report to engineering manager weekly on actual KPIxe2x80x99s versus budget and work with team to address and areas of non conformance or concern proactively and timeously.
  
• Report on and manage all input costs and manage any over or underspend appropriately to ensure that issue are escalated before significant financial loss occurs.
  
• Authorises plant engineering expenses within level of authority and monitor spending activity within teams to ensure compliance to financial and ethical standards.
  
• Implements and encourages cost-cutting initiatives within the team where these do not impact on long term business sustainability.
  
• Work with the processing engineering manager to allocating spend to areas of high priority within the plant.
  
• Provide input into CAPEX documentation taking into account return on investment, resourcing and sustainability requirements.
  
• Manage suppliers and contracts in collaboration with the procurement team to ensure agreed service levels are met, escalate areas of concern to the Processing Engineering Manager where necessary.
  
• Manage contractors in collaboration with Project Engineer on a daily basis through engineering foremen to ensure that
  
• correct standards of work are delivered and agreed delivery timelines maintained.

Requirements

• A Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
  
• Completed GCC factories
  

Required Experience:

• Excellent understanding and experience in refrigeration and electrical engineering.
  
• Mechanical experience will be an advantage.
  
• 5- 8 years of operations experience of which least 5 years in a supervisory category.
  
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams is compulsory.

A completed Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Completed GCC Factories