GMR 2.7 Senior Engineering Maintenance Manager

We are urgently seeking a Senior Engineering Maintenance Manager for our client, based in Middleburg's Cold Products division. The ideal candidate will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to enhance safety, operational excellence, asset management, and human resource development. Key responsibilities include managing health, safety, and environmental compliance, enforcing engineering standards, and optimizing equipment performance. A background in mechanical or electrical engineering, a GCC Factories qualification, and at least 10 years of management experience in heavy industrial maintenance are essential for this role.

The Senior Engineering Maintenance Manager Cold Products division is responsible for leading the multidisciplinary Engineering team to achieve the business objectives in Maintenance, Safety, Operational Excellence, Asset management, Costs, and Human Resource Development.

• Health, Safety, Environmental and Risk management compliance and application of best practices
• Enforce Engineering standards and apply asset management best practices to optimize the asset value.
• Drive Operational Excellence, specifically availability, reliability, capability, efficiency, and quality
• Cost optimization with a focus on managing the life cycle cost of assets
• Develop a high performing team with a pro-active and innovative mind-set
• Drive continuous improvement of equipment, systems, and people performance
• Forecast and plan – resources, technology, and equipment obsolescence
• Act as Maintenance specialist in a wide range of complex types of equipment in heavy industrial manufacturing.
• In-depth Maintenance Equipment knowledge: Reheating furnaces, hot rolling mills, and annealing lines / Cold rolling mills, pickling lines, slitting machines, and finishing equipment.

Background: Education & Experience

• The ideal candidate will hold a BSc/BEng/B Tech in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (BSc/BEng Preferred)
• Government Certificate of Competency - Factories + a minimum of 5 years’ experience as GMR2.7 or GMR2.1, appointee for a heavy industrial manufacturing facility and approximately 10 years’ experience as Manager – This is non-negotiable. No candidate without a GCC Factories will be taken into consideration.
• Highly effective people management, team building, and communication skills (written and spoken)
• Background of maintenance management of a wide range of complex equipment & large, varied teams across big sections. Team size of over 100 employees.
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams and functions
• Outcomes driven to achieve objectives (Safety, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and cost)
• A sound understanding of the application of Asset Management practices and systems.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to cope under pressure and make tough decisions