Job Title: Engineering / Maintenance Manager
Our client is searching for an Engineering / Maintenance Manager to join their team in Mpumalanga.
Key Result Areas:
- Plant Maintenance
- Planning & undertaking scheduled maintenance
- Manage and set targets for the Department
- Responding to breakdowns
- Managing stocks of supplies and equipment
- Manage the shutdown plan for each monthly and annual maintenance shut
- Standardization of equipment throughout the factory
- Render engineering solutions when required
- Optimize plant availability by identifying bottlenecks and providing suitable solutions.
- Human Resources and Employee Relations
- Recruitment and contracting of employees in line with the needs of the engineering department
- Actively manage employee relations
- Ensure appropriate employee development and training
- Health, Safety, Environment
- Ensure that all OHS Act and Environmental legal requirements are met
- Conduct risk assessments and implement action plans to minimize risks
- Capital Projects
- Compile capital project proposals as per budget requirements
- Manage capital projects from conception to turn-key
- Procurement and Cost Management
- Manage spending against the budget
- Estimation of maintenance cost and evaluation of alternatives
- Ensure appropriate stockholding of critical spares with due regard for working capital implications
- Financial & Budgeting
- Responsible for the annual maintenance budget
- Regular review of variance statements
- Administration
- Prepare monthly maintenance report
- Maintain general oversight and ensure the accuracy of maintenance records
Required Minimum Experience:
- Five years experience in mechanical/electrical process engineering
- Proven experience in maintenance and planning systems
- Proven managerial experience in an engineering department
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree or similar
- GCC (Government Certificate for Factories) essential
Desirable Additional Qualities:
- Critical Thinking – ability to analyze and evaluate information
- Problem Solving – ability to review and identify relevant elements to make valid judgment decisions
- Strategic Thinking – has a holistic overview of the operation, current and future
- Leadership – encourages, imparts information, motivates and sets objectives for staff and supports outcomes
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