We are hiring! At Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets.
We lead through our values centered around safety, integrity, courage, and making smart decisions which we execute with speed.
Position: Senior Maintenance Engineer
We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment. We're on the lookout for an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer to supply competent and cost-effective maintenance and engineering support, service, advice, solutions, and techniques to maximize plant availability in a safe and legally compliant manner.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all statutory requirements in the section in accordance with the OHS Act.
- Support ISO (Quality Management System), ISO (Environmental Management Standards), ISO (Energy Management System), ISO (Asset Management System), and OHSAS (Health and Safety Management System) for engineering in the section.
- Educate the team on the requirements and monitor adherence to standards, policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- Actively drive the use of plant reliability monitoring techniques to ensure proactive maintenance and eliminate unplanned downtime.
- Communicate to the Team the shut objectives, schedule, and budget.
- Provide daily updates, as scheduled, and alert planners and supervisors of any deviations from the plan, positive or negative.
- Provide suggestions to correct any deviations or catch-up time lost.
- Continuously identify cost-effective design or plant changes that could improve equipment and operational costs in the long term.
- Within Sappi's "Limits of Authority" guidelines, prepare the business cases and present them for approval before implementing.
- Ensure that there is a good understanding in the team around the impacts of spare stock levels on working capital.
- Approve the take on or deletion of spares for the section via the XCPIMs system.
- Monitor frequency and modes of equipment failures, breakdowns, accidents, and overtime.
- Drive root cause analysis.
- Suggest changes to processes and equipment to prevent recurrence.
- Manage projects for equipment renewals and capital projects on time and within budget for a whole plant or machine.
- Comply with the Sappi standard Project Management, Process Standards, and Change Management practices.
- Check compliance with these practices across the plant.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and agree on work focus areas and resolve plant problems as part of the team.
- Actively build relationships with production teams and encourage team members to do the same.
- Participate in thorough and evidence-based Root Cause Analyses in the plant.
- Call for support from the Lean and/or specialist Engineers for complex cases.
- Review the evidence, decide on the best course of action, and ensure implementation.
- If required, build a business case for the required expenditure.
- Ensure that equipment Quality Control Plans (QCPs) meet Sappi standards and are in place where appropriate.
- Develop and review QCPs for new equipment and when an RCA identifies a weakness ensuring that all the engineering disciplines are considered.
- Oversee the recruitment, recognition, performance management, remuneration, development, and discipline of the section's maintenance and production team.
What are we looking for?
- BSc / BEng / BTech / Advance Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with at least 5 to 10 years of experience as an Electrical / Mechanical Engineer in a heavy industry / manufacturing environment.
- 5 years of experience in managing multidiscipline maintenance teams in a section / area.
- Government Certificate of Competency.
- MDP or equivalent would be advantageous.
- Paper Machine experience would be advantageous.
What's in it for you?
- Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence.
- Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
- Opportunities to travel (dependent on the role).
- Market-leading leave benefits.
- Employee wellbeing benefits.