Ballito North, KwaZulu Natal, North Coast. An excellent career opportunity exists for a plant manager with four-year degree/diploma in mechanical engineering and five to ten years of experience in a senior maintenance management role with production management experience in continuous operations and a heavy industrial environment.

Be responsible for providing strategic input into the production, engineering and health and safety functions and ensuring the achievement of the related objectives.

Operations

• Ensure that production quality standards and objectives are met.
• Oversee the performance of the production managers.
• Chair daily production/ engineering meetings and report back to the MD.
• Monitor production efficiencies and investigate shortcomings.
• Monitor Labour usages as per budgeted requirements.
• Identify and implement Production improvement programs.
• Set annual Production budgets and ensure the achievement thereof.
• Ensure that plant housekeeping standards are maintained.
• Reponsible for maintaining budgeted efficiencies and objectives.

Engineering

• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to equipment.
• Oversee the engineering team performance.
• Execution of maintenance shuts.
• Optimise utilities consumption (gas, water and electricity).
• Identify, plan and execute DFM’s Capital Expenditure program.
• Identify potential, external business (services), interruption risks and provide contingency plans.
• Responsible for DFM’s OHS Act compliance.
• Set annual Engineering budgets and ensure the achievement thereof.
• Ensure budgeted uptime and budgeted maintenance costs are achieved.
• Identify and provide strategic direction on plant performance improvement and cost saving initiatives.

Knowledge of legislation and systems: 

• Occupational health and safety act and associated regulations
• Computerised maintenance management systems
• Asset management principles
• Engineering standards

Please note: This position is suited to someone who enjoys a hands on approach
 

Posted on 18 Oct 15:36