Maintenance Engineer

SUMMARY:
Our client, a proudly South African manufacturing company, seeks your maintenance experience to lead the maintenance function in the safe and cost-effective execution of maintenance and project work in order to improve availability and reliability of Plant and equipment.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Job Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical).
• Section 13 Trade Tested - Millwright.
• 5 plus years experience in an automotive environment.
• Government Certificate of Competency, an added advantage.

• Develop the Maintenance strategy and ensure implementation.
• Provide leadership and manage the Maintenance function and teams.
• Analyse and interpret Planned Maintenance reports.
• Analyse and interpret Breakdown reports.
• Diagnose Plant and equipment problems (fault-finding) and identify opportunities to modify, upgrade, improve or replace equipment and spares.
• Upkeep of general facilities and utilities.

• Compile and manage the Preventive Maintenance Programme according to the Maintenance requirements for machines and equipment.

• Approve Stores requisition for spares and consumables.

• Ensure the effective management of the maintenance and fabrication workshop.
• Support R&D with product realisation by fabrication of prototypes and jigs for the use in Manufacturing.

• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
• Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub-project and monitor and control actual cost against budget.

• Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution.
• Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules.
• Manage implementation of engineering projects.
• Support the project environment and activities to deliver project objectives.
• Contribute to the management of project risk.
• Identify, suggest and implement corrective actions to improve quality of project work.
• Evaluate and improve the project team's performance.

• Keep up to date with latest developments/technologies in Maintenance.
• Benchmark Maintenance practices against Best Practices.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement interventions.

• Analyse Maintenance reports and identify opportunities for improvements.

• Facilitate the management of a Safety, Health and Environmental Management Programme in the workplace (ISO14001 and ISO45001).
• Ensure compliance to SHE legislation and other requirements (Standards, Best Practices etc.).
• Operate according to standard operating procedures and within parameters of applicable legislation.
• Ensure any prescribed statutory inspections and/or tests be performed and records maintained.
• Ensure that all machinery is installed, operated and maintained (including any safety equipment).
• Continually monitor and highlight identified hazards and risks in a technical context.
• Facilitate improvement programs to continually improve upon identified risks.
• Oversee contractors providing services to ensure they adhere to all SHE site requirements.
• Examine the causes of accidents/incidents in connection with machinery and make appropriate recommendations and implement corrective actions to prevent its recurrence.
• Report all machinery failures as contemplated under the General Machinery Regulation as prescribed.
• Comply with Legal requirements.
• Implement and maintain robust 5S systems.

• Manage and implement the Maintenance Quality Assurance systems.
• Improve employees awareness within the department of quality targets and objectives.
• Ensure that the Maintenance department works within the ISO Quality System as well as conformance to the ISO 14001 standard.

• Initiate, approve, develop and update Maintenance Policies, Procedures, Protocols, Work Instructions, Codes of Practice, etc.

• Provide input into the budget process.
• Monitor performance against budget (expense controls, variances, etc.).
• Initiate requests for Capex/disposal/transfers.
• Participate in the audit process.
• Adhere to Financial Policies and Procedures.
• Protect company assets (working capital & fixed assets).
• Detect and prevent fraud.
• Promote good Corporate Governance.

• Participate in the implementation and utilisation of equity related processes.
• Compile and update performance contracts and individual development plans and facilitate individual career path planning.
• Conduct performance reviews and manage sub-standard performance.

• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Familiar with Maintenance Management system.
• Product and process knowledge
• Operational problem-solving and decision-making.
• Project management
• Quality leadership and orientation
• Safety awareness and leadership.
• Strategic planning, organising and controlling.
• Systems thinking.