Engineering Superintendent - Randfontein at RCL Foods

Job Description    
RCL FOODS is seeking for experienced Engineering Superintendents to join our Groceries Division based in Randfontein. This position will provide hands-on expertise and leadership of the engineering staff, operators, and artisan assistant ensuring the proactive maintenance, repair, and service of equipment.

Minimum Requirements    
Education and Qualification

• Qualified Mechanical Artisan with at least a National Technical Diploma or other relevant diploma (NTS 6)

Experience and Training

• Four years as an apprentice, plus a minimum of 5 additional years’ experience is required.
• Excellent understanding of Electrical engineering.

Knowledge and Skill
Skills/Characteristics

• Attention to detail
• Logical
• Solutions driven
• Technical minded
• People management
• Initiative
• Efficiency
• Lives the Rainbow Behaviours

Problem-Solving

• Must be able to handle problems encountered with machinery and find a solution immediately.
• Customer Relationships

Internal

• Factory Manager,
• Planning manager
• Distribution manager
• Production managers and supervisors
• Maintenance planner

External

• Contractors
• Suppliers

Duties & Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Management of the Electrical team with regards to HR and IR issues.
• Management of the day to day activities and out puts of all team members across 3 shifts.
• Train and mentor his/her team to improve performance and reduce down time.
• Utilize skills matrix to assess capability gaps within the maintenance team and to develop a training plan in conjunction with HR development specialist to address skills gaps.
• Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of team and effective maintenance of equipment.
• Organises daily meetings with engineering staff and prepares inspection reports
• Manages the maintenance staff in terms to facilitate attainment of KPI’s, and monitor performance of individuals in attaining KPI’s and institutes corrective action if necessary.
• Drives company culture and morale within the team.
• Partners with HR to recruit the staff who are technically capable and fit in with company culture to ensure that engineering team have the correct resources to maintain the facility.
• Supports and advises engineering staff and operators on the execution of their tasks
• Plan and manage leave roster and register.
• Performs work inspections and checks for completeness of tasks and compliance with legislative, SHEQ and in-house maintenance procedures.
• Maintain discipline and standards in area of responsibility.

Budgets and Administration

• Management of the maintenance spend against budget through daily review of budget vs. actual financial reports.
• Provide input to the Plant Engineer to co-create and commit to an appropriate an engineering budget during the annual budgeting process.
• Authorise stores requisitions and provide initial sign off of invoices prior to submission to plant engineer.
• Work with the Plant engineer and planner to ensure accurate reporting.
• Co-ordinate and sign off on the electricians’ submission of all required documentation to the engineering planner for inclusion in engineering information systems. (On-key). Ensures that engineering staff, keep time cards and other routine records.
• Organises meetings with engineering staff, prepares inspection reports and action the non-conformances.
• Ensure that all maintenance Certificate of Compliance issued and action according to the scheduled plan and that action and task lists are recorded by the planner.

Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)

• Guides team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved and in time and action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance).
• Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
• Follows up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to.
• Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility.
• Maintain and implement Food safety standards.

Governance

• Ensure that Rainbow ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to.
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately.

Information and Data Management

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the information
• System to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Effective Teamwork & Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrates effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self- development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champions training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions relating to product costing in collaboration with national training specialists.
• Participate and drive in regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
• Maintain a basic appreciation and awareness of employee relations climate and ensure corrective action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.

Ad hoc/Other

• Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility.
• Compile of ad hoc spreadsheets when required.
• Processing of documents for Intercompany charge outs.