Engineering Manager at RCL Foods

Job Description    
The RCL FOODS Talent Acquisition Team is recruiting for a dynamic and pro-active Engineering Manager, to join our pioneering Logistics Division, based in Cape Town.

• As the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the Coastal Region (Cape Town, Peninsula, Port Elizabeth, Coega, George, Namibia and Windhoek).
• The position reports in to the Operations Executive, and is responsible for:
• Managing the engineering and maintenance processes and performance for the Coastal region to ensure sustained, effective operations and asset management.
• Managing the maintenance of refrigeration plants, other infrastructure and equipment to ensure efficient operations in the region.
• Planning and managing all building, plant, and equipment projects for the region

Minimum Requirements    

• 5 years relevant experience in a plant engineering role
• Relevant plant maintenance experience within medium to large scale facilities
• Experience working with refrigeration systems (Essential)
• Experience working in a cold storage facility (Essential)
• Relevant Engineering Degree (Essential)
• Proven track record in managing large scale projects
• Certificate in Project Management (Advantageous)
• GCC (Government Certificate of Competency) certified Engineer (Advantageous)
• Trade Test (Advantageous)

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Strategy Execution
• Provide input into the regional Operations strategy, based on a 5 year view of requirements.

Operational Maintenance Management

• Plan and implement a maintenance programme for the regional depot refrigeration systems as well as oversee major repairs of breakdowns to minimise repairs and maintenance costs in the region.
• Plan and effect a maintenance schedule for all material handling equipment ensuring minimum downtime.
• Optimise efficiencies and utilisation of assets in the region with the objective of minimizing the costs per unit.
• Report daily on actual KPI’s vs budget and works with the maintenance team to address areas of non-conformance or concern proactively and timeously.

Project Management

• Depending on the scale of the project, manage all building and construction projects in the region or work with a nominated project management specialist company.
• Drive the preparation of the conceptual design and preliminary costing estimates for capex preparation.
• Develop the expansions strategy for the region in support of national Vector and Group strategies, together with short, medium and long term facilities planning.

Utilities Monitoring
Monitor the consumption patterns, activities and or costs associated with:
-rates and taxes
-water and sewerage
-power
-refuse removal.
Facilitate the achievement of service levels and reductions in costs where possible.

• Management of Safety Health Environment, Risk and Quality (SHREQ)
• Ensure that all legislative and industry standards are achieved and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of non-compliance within maintenance.
• Ensure all electrical equipment and installations are maintained or installed in accordance with statutory requirements and business needs.
• Implement maintenance occupational health and safety compliance with all relevant legal requirements.

Customer Service Management

• Support warehousing and transportation in achieving service and efficiency KPI’s through the planned maintenance strategy.

Outsourced Contractor Management

• Supervise and assign maintenance work to contractors on a daily basis, ensuring clear allocation of responsibility and accountability.

Financial Management

• Implement and encourage cost cutting initiatives within the Maintenance Department where these do not impact on long term business sustainability.

Team Management

• Lead the maintenance team towards meeting targets – through regular communication and utilisation of full organisational talent management tool set.
• Implement maintenance succession plans to enable the development of a future generation of leaders and specialists and ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained.
• Implement training and development programmes for the maintenance team through the utilisation of available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions in collaboration with regional and national training specialists.