Key Deliverables
Strategic Effectiveness
- Overall management of all processes that pertain to breakdown, maintenance and performance of the plants.
- Exceeding prescribed standards on hygiene, establishing new benchmarks when it comes to this aspect of maintenance.
- Deep understanding of the regulatory framework and organizational guidelines for the health and safety of all employees of the plants.
- Ensure all functional management are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory.
- Exceed advisory and not just regulatory guidelines on the green initiatives. Ensure production plants produce minimal dust and noise both internally and externally.
Operational Effectiveness
- Effective resource management to maximise capacity utilization and to deploy processing and quality resources accordingly.
- Process monitoring and optimization to move towards elimination of controllable losses and minimizing the impact of non-controllable losses.
- A hands-on approach for regular site inspection and a flair for training and keeping the team engaged.
Organizational Effectiveness
- Sensitizing and training the entire workforce on matters of safe working practices and their role in maintaining the highest standards of safety.
- Work with the team to identify personnel training needs.
- Actively promote training and personal development on-site (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).
- Best in class vendor management practices to be central for cost-effective management of external contractors – seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure quality service at approved costs.
- Coordinate with managers to maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
- Robust systems to be deployed along with respective managers to ensure the safekeeping of all company agreements and financial instruments.
Requirements
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, QEHS, HACCP related certification.
- Relevant certifications for current practices in plant management/maintenance
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work with a diverse workforce.
- 15+ years of experience in handling maintenance, utilities and projects in several jobs as mechanical/electrical engineer and project-related management
