Plant Engineer Gcc East London, South Africa

Department: Manufacturing

Reporting To: Manufacturing Director

Purpose of the Job:

• Ensure maximum uptime of plant and equipment and services with effective costing and compliance with all safety regulations for plants.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Coordinate the activities of all manufacturing services and maintenance at the facility.
2. Ensure the achievement of the overall objectives of manufacturing services and maintenance of the facilities.
3. Project management including but not limited to the commissioning of new equipment.
4. Preparation and management of annual budgets.
5. Implementation and management of a structured planned maintenance system.
6. Management of contractors.
7. Formulate and manage a five (5) year rolling capital and maintenance plan in line with the manufacturing strategy.
8. Ensure breakdown presence on the floor to understand the root cause of the downtimes and implement corrective actions as necessary.
9. All GMR (2) responsibilities including root cause analyses and investigation of incidents.
10. Ensure compliance with the relevant legislation including environmental and local by-laws.
11. Compliance with the Health & Safety including OSH Act and statutory requirements.
12. Participate in the implementation of the energy management system according to ISO 50001.
13. Participation in the definition of new energy-related corporate goals and the program of actions.
14. Co-ordination of the local energy projects.
15. Implementation of cost down projects.
16. Evaluation of staff key performance areas (KPIs).
17. Responsible for Security Services.

Minimum Requirements:

• 6 - 10 years plant engineering-related experience.
• Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
• Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) – Electrical.
• Project management skills.

Advantageous:

• JDE.
• Previous GMR (2) Appointment and Responsibility.
• Project management qualification and Certified Energy Manager certification.
• Sound knowledge of MS office applications (Excel, Word, Power-point and Projects).

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