Job Position: Plant Engineer
Leading metal products manufacturer seeks Plant Engineer. Oversee maintenance and continuous plant improvements. Hands-on person.
Non-Negotiables (We will check):
- Excellent Mechanical Aptitude.
- Exceptionally good with your hands.
- Has had hands-on maintenance experience on punches, fitting and turning machines, welding machines, cranes, motor vehicles (strong preference).
- More than 5 years experience.
- Government Certificate of Competency (Mechanical or Factories).
- Expert in Occupational Health and Safety practices and investigations.
- Innovative.
- Exposure to Industrial Engineering, TQM, Lean or equivalent.
- Has been involved in plant improvement projects from a conceptualisation and implementation perspective.
- Exposure to maintenance of old machines, custom machines and electro-mechanical machines.
- Leads as part of the team.
- Exceptional people skills. Reads people well.
- Manages own emotions well. Win-win collaborator.
- Mentor and developer of staff.
- Wants to make a difference in the role.
- Stable career history.
What the person must be able to do:
This role is in the South African metal products manufacturing industry. All duties would take place in this context.
- Oversee all plant planning, design and maintenance.
- Take full operational accountability for installation and maintenance of:
- Mechanical Machines
- Automated Machines
- Tools
- Functional Equipment
- Vehicle fleet maintenance
- Heavy equipment such as boilers and compressors
- Electrical equipment such as welders
- Take full accountability for Occupational Health and Safety.
- Oversee utilities such as electricity, water, steam and effluent.
- Understand how to design and repair custom equipment (Don’t have to do, just understand).
- Understand heavy machinery.
- Practical understanding of industrial engineering practices such as TQM, Lean, ISO or equivalent.
Advantageous:
- Specific experience in the metal goods industry.
- Introduce and monitor proactive maintenance schedules and practices.
- Mentoring and staff skills upliftment.
- People skills and interdepartmental harmonisation skills.
- Manage a team of maintenance staff.
Key Job Deliverables (First 6-12 Months):
- Get to understand the plant in depth.
- Analyse current status of operation and identify opportunities for optimisation.
- Optimise proactive and reactive maintenance.
- Audit safety practices and recommend improvements.
Background Work Experience:
- 5+ years experience as a Plant Engineer or equivalent (i.e. Must have had overall accountability for a Plant).
- GCC (Mechanical or Factories) (Non Negotiable).
- Mechanical Engineering N6, Btech or BSc.
- Proven track record in plant optimisation and proactive maintenance (we will check references).
- Strong interpersonal skills.
Type of Person:
- Action orientated.
- Analytical thinker.
- Innovator.
- Improvement Driven.
- Strong leadership skills – Leads as a member of the team.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication skills at all levels (From senior management to blue collar workers).
- Natural coach and mentor.
- Strong project management and facilitation skills.
- Success orientated.
Qualify Out:
- Abrasive.
- Emotionally cold.
- Focuses on numbers and forgets about people.
- Introverted – Not a people person.
- Wants to be spoon-fed.
- Lethargic.
- Confined to Analysis-Paralysis.
Personality Summary:
Moderate to High Driver – Results Orientated Go-getter.
Moderate to High Analytical – Strong with analysis, metrics, data and fact-based decision making.
Moderate Expressive – People person, natural leader.
Advantageous – Moderate Administrative – Good with procedures, processes and best practices.
Benefits of this Role:
Established Engineering manufacturer (Leaders in their industry)
Opportunity to make a difference and “leave your mark”.
Reports to: Engineering Director
Location: Johannesburg East (Germiston Area)
Employment Equity: N/A
Salary: Market Related, in the Range of R800K to R950K Million per annum. Negotiable for exceptional candidates.
Type: Permanent
Start: ASAP
Reference: DT 128
Jobs like this don’t come around that often, so make sure you apply now.
Call Dave Lucas at 011 655 7391
Email: (Please email your CV before calling us.)
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