MECHANICAL FOREMAN

Leadership and Supervisory Competencies: Supervise and coordinates the Mechanical engineering personnel Prioritize and Assign task to relevant individuals Ensure Spares procurement, critical spares availability and maintaining good stock levels. Ensuring that all legislative requirements are complied with Plan and procure spares for Planned maintenance Ensure all safety procedures are followed for tasks Ensure all Mechanical work is carried out timeously, safely and as per standards Ensure continuous development and training of personnel Equipment Assembling/Installations & Commissioning Ability Analyse and interpret blueprints of mechanical equipment/systems (diagrams, drawings, specifications & plans to determine suitable material and sequence of operations). Keep record of all installation activities. Participate in equipment/system commissioning to ensure that the equipment/system is in good and safe functional condition. Hand over equipment/system to relevant stakeholders. Mechanical Maintenance (Predictive/Preventative/Corrective and Shutdown) Liaise with Maintenance Planner, Reliability Technician and/or other relevant stakeholders to ensure availability of critical spares and equipment. Ensuring adequate inventory/availability of necessary spares and/or supplies. Create suitable maintenance schedules in liaison with production management. Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities as per Plant Safety Regulations, preventative maintenance plans and maintenance procedure Ensure that personnel Conduct maintenance as per Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance procedure. Ensure that all machinery complies with General Machinery Regulations (GMR) and that all work is done in accordance with relevant SANS codes. Uphold and maintain quality standards and ensure that customer requirements are addressed. Condition Monitoring Ensure that relevant personnel Inspect and monitor conditions of equipment regularly and record accordingly. Interpret deviations recorded and take corrective actions to rectify, when applicable. Compliance to all Safety, Health, Environment, Risk, Quality & Food Safety (SHERQFS) Standards and Regulations Ensure that subordinates Maintain cleanliness of equipment and work area, to conform to Food Safety Regulations. Conduct safety checks on all machinery and tools and ensure completion of safety checklists as required. Comply with Company SHERQFS procedures and instructions. Report all health and safety and food safety risks and problems. Collaborate with SHERQFS personnel when implementing remedial actions. Attend to emergency situations in accordance to procedures as such. Maintenance Procedures & Training Train personnel to install, maintain or repair mechanical equipment and systems, and on SOPs as and when applicable, Lead the creation and /or revision of maintenance Standard Operating Procedures. Continuous Improvement Identify opportunities for improvement of plant performance. Initiate and implement improvement programs and initiatives as approved by management. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders during implementation of improvement initiatives. Filing & Record Keeping Ensure proper management of job cards on SAP, ensuring that personnel closeout job cards at the end of every shift or within 24Hrs of task completion as per WPSA SOP. Ensure accurate, up to date and complete checklists, records or any other documentation of all installation and maintenance work conducted as per maintenance procedures. Compile relevant reports. Stakeholder Engagement Build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders involved in the maintenance and aproduction processes. Provide timely feedback on matters related to site mechanical installations and maintenance. Qualifications: Fitter / Fitter Machinist / Fitter and Turner Trade Certificate and S3/N6 qualification in Mechanical Engineering Valid Drivers License Experience: 10 years continuous mechanical experience, post trade test qualification, at least 3 Years in a Supervisory level Production line or FMCG maintenance experience Working experience on SAP PM module Completed apprenticeship as Fitter/ Fitter Machinist/Fitter and Turner. Knowledge: Good knowledge and fault finding skills on pumps, gearbox, transfer pipeline systems and valves. Knowledge of maintenance of all mechanical equipment, pneumatics and hydraulics systems. Mechanical safety codes and regulations Maintenance procedures, practices and systems Knowledge of General Machinery Regulations (GMR) and SANS 347 Skills: Planning, organising, Training & coaching Analytical and Problem-solving Communication Ability to interpret blueprints and Numerical Fault-finding and trouble shooting Ability to align pumps and gearbox Ability to work independently as well as part of a team Ability to work under pressure Computer literacy with SAP, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as an added advantage

Location: Randfontein, ZA

Posted Date: 8/24/2024