Plant Engineer

Leading metal products manufacturer seeks Plant Engineer. Oversee maintenance and continuous plant improvements. Hands-on person.

Non-Negotiables (We will check)

• Excellent Mechanical Aptitude. Exceptionally good with your hands. Has had hands-on maintenance experience on punches, fitting and turning machines, welding machines, cranes, motor vehicles (strong pref). More than 5 years.
• Government Certificate of Competency (Mechanical or Factories).
• Expert in Occupational Health and Safety. Practices and investigations.
• Innovative. Exposure to Industrial Engineering, TQM, Lean or equivalent. Has been involved in plant improvement projects from a conceptualisation and implementation perspective.
• Exposure to maintenance of old machines, custom machines and electro-mechanical machines.
• Leads as part of the team. Exceptional people skills. Reads people well. Manages own emotions well. Win-win collaborator. Mentor and developer of staff.
• Wants to make a difference in the role. Stable career history.

What the person must be able to do:

• Oversee all plant planning, design and maintenance.
• Take full operational accountability for installation and maintenance of:
  • Mechanical Machines
  • Automated Machines
  • Tools
  • Functional Equipment
  • Vehicle fleet maintenance
  • Heavy equipment such as boilers and compressors
  • Electrical equipment such as welders
• Take full accountability for Occupational Health and Safety.
• Oversee utilities such as electricity, water, steam and effluent.
• Understand how to design and repair custom equipment (Don’t have to do, just understand).
• Understand heavy machinery.
• Practical understanding of industrial engineering practices such as TQM, Lean, ISO or equivalent.
• Advantageous: Specific experience in the metal goods industry.
• Introduce and monitor proactive maintenance schedules and practices.
• Mentoring and staff skills upliftment.
• People skills and interdepartmental harmonisation skills.
• Manage a team of maintenance staff.
• Get to understand the plant in depth.
• Analyse current status of operation and identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Optimise proactive and reactive maintenance.
• Audit safety practices and recommend improvements.

Background work experience:

• 5+ years experience as a Plant Engineer or equivalent (i.e. Must have had overall accountability for a Plant).
• GCC (Mechanical or Factories) (Non Negotiable).
• Mechanical Engineering N6, Btech or BSc.
• Proven track record in plant optimisation and proactive maintenance (we will check references).
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Type of Person:

• Action orientated.
• Analytical thinker.
• Improvement Driven.
• Strong leadership skills – Leads as a member of the team.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills at all levels (From senior management to blue collar workers).
• Natural coach and mentor.
• Strong project management and facilitation skills.
• Success orientated.

Qualify Out:

• Emotionally cold.
• Focuses on numbers and forgets about people.
• Wants to be spoon fed.
• Lethargic.
• Confined to Analysis-Paralysis.

Personality Summary:

• Moderate to High Driver – Results Orientated Go-getter.
• Moderate to High Analytical – Strong with analysis, metrics, data and fact based decision making.
• Moderate Expressive – People person, natural leader.
• Advantageous – Moderate Administrative – Good with procedures, processes and best practices.

Benefits of this Role:

• Established Engineering manufacturer (Leaders in their industry).
• Opportunity to make a difference and “leave your mark”.

Reports to: Engineering Director

Location: Johannesburg East (Germiston Area)

Employment Equity: N / A

Salary: Market Related. In the Range of R800K to R950K Million per annum. Negotiable for exceptional candidates.