Job Summary
Engineering Manager
R1.5m (Neg) plus bonus
Cape Town
Superb career opportunity with largest division of JSE listed FMCG Group. Reporting to the Manufacturing Executive you will be responsible for ensuring the optimal functioning of the Technical department to support the entire plant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide support to production to ensure processes are safe, consistent, effective and efficient.
- Ensure that equipment meet the capacity and quality demands required by production.
- Effective equipment measurement and documentation of problems and root cause analysis.
- Responsible to design modifications, new equipment.
- System development
- Ensure machine capabilities are documented with action plans for improvement and implementation demonstrated.
- Implement site planned maintenance, development procedures and standards in accordance with legislative requirements and internal policy and procedures
- Manage costs and budget for the site
- Identify and initiate plant capital expenditure in line with company policies and procedures
- Plan, schedule and control project implementation for costs, timelines, quality and adherence to standards and EHS requirements
- Evaluate and select service providers for site development services with emphasis on furthering the company's objectives regarding BEE
- Monitor cost of projects and ensure continuous implementation of programmes for cost reductions.
Qualifications and Experience:
- BSc or BTech Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- GCC (Government certificate of competency) 5 to 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally food processing
- Strong leadership skills