Engineering Manager - Newcastle at Oza Holdings

Job Description

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible to oversee the upkeep of equipment, ensuring smooth operations, scheduling maintenance tasks, managing a maintenance team, and implementing strategies to minimize downtime and maximize efficiency.

Key responsibilities:

• Acquire failure data and prepare maintenance plans for restoring equipment to operating condition in a minimum amount of time
• Originate and develop analysis to determine maintenance demands for components, equipment and processes
• Acquire and analyse downtime data
• Develop a plan to eliminate or reduce the losses through root cause analysis, obtain approval of the plan and facilitates the implementation
• Ensure utilization of a computerized asset management system
• Effective planning, coordination and supervision of all maintenance and repairs to all plant services
• Daily monitoring and management of all maintenance functions
• Budget management according to company guidelines

 
Minimum requirements:

• N6 Engineering studies, (B degree in Engineering will be an advantage)
• GCC Ticket Holder
• 5 to 10 years process plant maintenance experience, of which a minimum three years must have been on a Patterson “D” level
• Experience on Computer Based Maintenance Management Systems
• Good understanding of Health and Safety Regulations
• Valid driver’s license
• Medically fit (Valid medical certificate)
• Be prepared to work under pressure
• Able to read and write English and or Afrikaans
• Contribution to effective “preventative maintenance”