Junior Engineer - Agric (Hammarsdale) at Rainbow Chicken

The Chicken Business is currently searching the market to secure a capable and experienced Junior Project Engineer to join our diligent processing engineering team in Hammarsdale. This position will report to the National Engineering Manager. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of relevant experience of which 3 must be in leadership. Must be willing to work flexible hours (some weekends as required).

Minimum Requirements    

• Diploma/ Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5 years of trade experience of which a minimum of 3 years in a supervisory category.
• Excellent understanding of mechanical, refrigeration, and electrical engineering.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Project Planning

• Prioritizing scheduling and allocation of tasks to different discipline of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner and plant engineer.
• Project Cost control - control of approved budget and subcategories.
• Implementation and completion of Capex Strategize capex focus to reduce plant down time and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements as per the Rainbow standard are adhere to with regards to specifying new equipment.
• Process changes control documentation with regards to all equipment and plant changes with proven records for audit purposes.
• Champion conditional-based monitoring systems to budget/ plan for Projects to reduce unbudgeted spend
• Conduct feasibility analyses and proposals that promote efficiency improvements and cost saving through ad - hoc, based projects (separate from unbudgeted) and alternative process flow developments
• Ensure that all project work in plant is carried out and completed to the highest level of trade-man ship quality and to safe food requirements.
• Manage outside contractors to ensure the integrity of the engineering team and carry out corrective action if and when required.
• You will need to travel and work across the different farms across South Africa. A valid code 8 drivers license is a necessity as well as your own vehicle.
• The position is in the Agric space, and you do need to have a good health and not allergic sensitive specially to dust.
• This job requires you to maintain a high standard of biosecurity therefore showering is essential, and we need you not to be sensitive to normal showering soaps.

Department Management

• Loss control, asset management, spares utilization and stock holding, all administrative duties.
• Conduct weekly project meetings to insure all aligned and that capex targets dates met in view of the year planner.
• Preparation of all capitalized major maintenance and capital request motivations and supporting documentation.
• Creating and keeping an archive on each project for future reference.
• Conduct time and motion studies on specific areas of the plant with a view to implement flow improvement, ergonomics, and engineer bottlenecks out by use of layout changes or equipment introduction.
• Handle all investigations around IOD’s to establish all the facts to ensure prevention where possible and to address unacceptable or dangerous behavior that can lead to injuries.
• Safety control of contractors.

Supervision and Administration:

• Develops new work schedules for all activities to be performed on newly installed equipment.
• Management of the planning and admin functions of the engineering department.
• Effective capex budget management.
• Management of stores and procurement department

Repairs and Renovations:

• Coordinates renovations of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities.
• Coordinates and inspects major contract work on the electrical, refrigeration, mechanical and plumbing, and other related systems.
• Sees that the building has adequate heating, lighting, and ventilation and that it is properly cleaned, maintained and in good working condition.

Safety and Security:

• Keep a process control register and execute all such process control requests to ensure food safety is not jeopardized.
• Prepare a monthly PCC report for Group Engineering Manager.