Johannesburg: Mechanical Engineer – Manufacturing Industry – R900K – R750K posted by Hire Resolve

About the Role

A leading manufacturing company situated in Johannesburg, Gauteng is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join their team of professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the physical assets under his/her control with regards to running order, preservation and increasing plant efficiency
• Supervising and planning the running of daily tasks of the plant mechanical section
• Ensuring smooth and efficient maintenance operation of Brakpan factory
• Ensuring good maintenance standards to minimise downtime and cost
• Recommending maintenance schedules for all equipment in the section and ensuring that these schedules are maintained
• Inspecting all sections of the plant frequently and assessing demands that will be made on the Engineering department, to action plans accordingly
• Doing fault finding on machines, and improving plant efficiency by optimising the available equipment
• Identifying improvements in the process that could be made by modifying or replacement of plant and bringing such information to the attention of management
• Generating reports from SAP PM for analysis as required by management
• Identifying and conducting training on mechanical systems, standards and best practice
• Maintaining a high standard of discipline and adherence to company procedures and required safety standards
• Ensuring that both he/she obeys safety regulations and observes safety precautions as laid down in the Machinery and Occupational Safety Act
• Leading project teams to ensure World Class Manufacturing (WCM) projects are completed timeously
• Preparing CAPEX applications for improvement projects
• Ensuring a clean and organised work environment in line with 5S
• Ensuring contractor compliance to all SGCP standards and procedures
• Informing plant management of all situations or conditions that could result in downtime and taking all such remedial action as is necessary to minimise downtime as a result thereof
• Negotiating, in the company’s interests, with suppliers of equipment and services, ensuring proper specifications are given to such suppliers, and that work done by such is of the required standard
• Performing other tasks as specified by the Engineering Manager
• Reporting of Safety and Environmental Incidents (TF 1-5, EVE) as required

Requirements

• BEng Mechanical
• Lean / WCM / TPM Qualification
• Management / Leadership qualification and advantage
• 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment
• SAP ERP
• PM & EEM experience an advantage

Qualifications

No qualifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Salary: R750K/yr – R900K/yr, negotiable