Engineering Manager: Hennenman at Tiger Brands

To ensure that the Manufacturing Unit is maintained in accordance with agreed maintenance standards resulting in improved plant efficiency and availability.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Asset Management:

• Develop and deploy the asset management strategy
• Conduct plant, equipment inspections and audits providing reports on findings
• Ensure facility plans are updated, available and adhered to.
• Ensure modifications are completed in-accordance set specifications
• Maintain records of all modifications
• Life cycle costing and analysis of unit assets to determine replacement
• Ensure that all services are provided as appropriate (plant utilities)
• Do a weekly, monthly Loss Tree (Pareto Analysis) to determine repetitive jobs / breakdowns on machines and equipment and derive action plans to address such
• Drive the  comprehensive RCA on a quarterly basis

Financial Management:

• Compile annual unit maintenance budget from zero base.
• Manage appropriate system in place for day to day monitoring of expenditure.
• Identify reputable suppliers for the supply of spares.
• Control of critical spares
• Application of stores control as per company requirements.
• Implementation and Management of Store and Procurement Standard Operating Procedures.
• Manage stock control and report on variances
• Manage overtime and call outs

Corporate Governance:

• Tenders, comparative quotations, Requests for Resolution, Third Party Service Provider contracts.
• Work within a set of systems, principles and processes by which the company is governed.
• Assess tenders and decide on suppliers/service providers to be utilised, ensuring that costs are within budget availability.

Safety, Health & Environmental:

• Implement and maintain all  Risk requirements as per the OHAS Act 85/1993, Tiger Milling internal System and Insurer requirements
• Ensure that all statutory inspections are adhered to
• Urgently address and close out all findings as per the insurers ASIB report
• Scaffolding, ladders, stairways and ramps are on register, checked 3 monthly and signed off.
• Earth leakage tests are done 3 monthly and electrical installation is in good condition numbered, traceable and Certificate of electrical Compliance are on file. Portable electrical equipment is recorded on register, inspected 3 monthly and signed off by Site Engineer.
• Transformers serviced annually and all findings addressed without delay.
• Minimise waste
• Conduct audits and implement corrective action plan.
• Chairs Safety committee meetings
• Marsh Alexander Forbes Risk and Environmental Compliance.
• Initiate programs to continuously reduce Disabling Injury Frequency Rates.
• Effective PPE used according to standard procedures
• Health and safety practices performed according to standards and procedures
• Compliance with business specific legislation (Occupation al Health and Safety Act and HAZLOC)
• Ensure compliance with general machinery regulations as per OHAS Act 85/1993
• Conduct monthly machine safety inspections

Staff Leadership & Teamwork:

• Identifies people potential
• Appointment of candidates with the prerequisite capabilities, qualifications, experience and potential.
• Implementation of Workplace Improvement (MCEP) and Operational Improvement Management discussions initiatives.
• Staff are developed to effectively deal with latest technology, legislation, systems and work practices
• Maintains channels of communication between (discipline) function and other function
• Maintains close liaison with other disciplines at operations to ensure integrated decision making
• Encourages the sharing knowledge and ideas amongst own and other team

Training and Needs analyses:

• Succession plan
• Personal Development Plans
• Career and Skills development plans
• Employment Equity Plan
• Compile short and long term training needs analysis matrix.
• Conduct training gaps analysis.
• Select reputable training providers

Business Operational:

Major Maintenance and Capital applications

• Successful motivation and implementation of projects within budgetary requirements
• Identify needs as per facilities plans
• Write and compile detailed motivation for submission to business for approval.
• Project management – cost, quality, timing and commissioning of projects
• Provide monthly progress report on Projects (this must include the tracking document/indicator for any project on hand)
• Assist in compilation of post installation review.
• Requests for Price, Tender reviews, Deviations

Outsourcing of maintenance tasks

• Determine and authorise which maintenance and tasks are to be outsourced
• Plan and Schedule minor / major Plant Shutdown in consultation with all relevant departments.
• Investigate and select service providers
• Negotiate and manage maintenance
• Provide progress reports to Plant Manager and other interested parties
• Monitor quality of work carried out by maintenance staff
• Do a weekly , monthly Loss Tree (Pareto Analysis) to determine repetitive jobs / breakdowns on machines and equipment and derive action plans to address such

Maintaining of Planned Maintenance System (DSM)

• Improving the planning, scheduling and monitoring of resources
• Design, configuration and installation of associated hardware to provide continuous improvement  of asset performance 
• Circulate Monthly and weekly maintenance plan
• Provide weekly feedback on executed maintenance
• Influence the aligning of the PM and Production planning
• Quarterly or Half yearly review all the maintenance schedules and determine their relevance through consultation with OEM and engineering team

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

• B Eng (electrical, mechanical. civil)
• Government Certificate of Competency - Factories
• Professional Certificated Engineer or Professional Engineer
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar environment with at least 2 years' experience as a GCC Factory Engineer