Process Engineer

Our client in the Engineering Industry is looking to hire a Process Engineer.

Duties and Responsibilities

Safety

• Maintain an efficient and safe working environment for all employees.
• Ensure adherence to safety procedures and PPE requirements.
• Ensure compliance with organisational and legislation safety requirements by maintaining appropriate practices, standards, and procedures.
• Ensure identification and stopping of unsafe work practices.
• Report any safety related issues, incidents, and accidents.
• Ensure good safety performance.
• Ensure all legal appointments are in place.
• Perform regular audit on all safety control programs

Budget Control

• Control the budget and expenditure.
• Manage engineering resources.
• Develop and contribute to the establishment of budgets.
• Continuously explore opportunities to reduce costs.

Strategic Direction

• Provide strategic direction for his/her section – considering the impact of 2 -5years ahead. This includes proposals with respect to capital replacement and
• maintenance strategy.
• Oversee the innovation, design, and implementation of change initiatives.
• Ensure high quality of maintenance output and meet plant availability targets.
• Reduce unplanned outages through effective preventative maintenance practices.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of engineering processes.

Policies & Procedures

• Ensure the development and implementation of relevant policies and procedures for engineering processes.
• Ensure the execution of standards for engineering.
• Ensure compliance with Group policies, standards, and procedures.

Work Processes and Procedures

• Ensure effective and efficient execution of the work management process.
• Ensure alignment of all processes.
• Establish and implement management control and procedures that would monitor and track the performance of critical issues such as availability, reliability maintenance workload, compliance, planning effectiveness, ratio of planned vs unplanned work, works orders backlog, etc.
• Ensure that all required procedures and systems to monitor, manage and control the performance standards and targets of the engineering department are implemented.

Systems, Reporting and Production

• Ensure effective administration of the relevant systems.
• Compile, submit and present relevant reports as and when required.
• Provide an efficient interface with all automation and validation processes and provide training to all engineers and mechanics.
• Ensure that proper change management standards are followed.
• Ensure effective and efficient maintenance and production meetings are taking place.
• Communicate strategic decisions to subordinates.
• Monitor plant and machinery performance against targets.
• Implement sound maintenance plans.
• Monitor and control the progress on related projects.
• Keep accurate records maintenance activities with particular attention to statutory inspections.
• Ensuring that the maintenance management system is functional and kept updated.
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Equipment, Resources and Cost

• Plan capital, and control budget and expenditure.
• Monitor plant and machinery performance against targets.
• Ensure the management of engineering resources.
• Resolve all maintenance issues and recommend improvements to same if required.
• Continuously seek cost saving initiatives.
• Continuously seek improved technology to promote better production.
• Continuously ensure improvement of equipment reliability – including project planning and delivery of reliability improvement projects.
• Ensure availability of utilities such as electricity, water, and compressed air.
• Optimise water and energy consumption.
• Track the success of solutions that are implemented.
• Manage the development and optimisation of maintenance strategies.
• Investigate systems for improving efficiency, safety, and reliability.
• Manage non-conformances.
• Conduct technical and process audits around maintenance, compliance, standards, and procedures.

Compliance and Improvement

• Implement effective systems and ensure compliance with audits.
• Implement business improvement projects and initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation with focus on OHS Act and Regulations.

Manage Labour

• Manage labour and report all movements to the human resources department.
• Manage overtime.

Personnel Management

• Manage the team and organize various performance appraisals and recommend training programs as per requirement.
• Ensure effective discipline and compliance with the Company’s disciplinary code.
• Ensure the team has clear expectations and schedules to work according to.
• Build competencies through support, on-the-job coaching, and participation in training and development initiatives.

General

• Perform all duties as instructed/required by the Plant manager which might not be related to job functions – if it is safe to do so.
• Ensure adherence to health, safety, environment, risk, and security regulations.
• Ensure that good housekeeping is maintained.
• Supporting the Business Unit with problem solving projects, shutdowns, and breakdowns
• Collaborate with various departments to maintain mechanical integrity of all plant programs.
• Co-ordinating projects, repair, and maintenance

Requirements

• BTech (Electrical/Mechanical)
• GCC Factories
• Valid driver’s license and own transport
• Computer literacy (MS Office Suite)
• Experience in CMMS systems
• 5 years’ experience in leading maintenance teams at a factory
• Have a good knowledge of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality systems and legislation.
• Good knowledge of maintenance principles and practices
• Good knowledge and skill in the electrical and instrumentation field.
• Ability to perform basic programming and fault finding and on PLC and SCADA systems
• Good understanding and experience in electrical control and distribution systems.
• Proven record of previous Supervisory management positions in an industrial environment.
• Proven record for problem solving skills in a heavy industrial Environment
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving problems and making decisions.
• Understanding of basic financial systems

Desirables

• BEng / BSc.Eng preferable
• ECSA registration preferable
• Formal supervisory/leadership training
• Knowledgeable in preventative and autonomous maintenance standards
• Project management experience.
• Experience in WCM
• Proficiency in MS Projects
• Proficiency in developing budgets

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