URGENT POSITION - Electrical Maintenance Foreman (Electrical and C&I) in Automated Plant in Parow Industria Area needed.

The Electrical Foreman will be responsible for the following:
• Ensure smooth and efficient maintenance operation of Cape Town factory.
• Perform other tasks around plant improvement as specified by the Electrical Engineer and Engineering Manager.
• Maintain a high standard of discipline and adherence to company procedures and required safety standards.
• Enforce corrective discipline where required.
• Minimize plant downtime by ensuring effective and efficient maintenance is carried out.
• Create and review maintenance schedules for all equipment in the section and ensure that these schedules are maintained.
• Inspect all sections of the plant frequently and to assess demands that will be made on the electrical section and action plans accordingly.
• Ensure high quality of maintenance through people development and supervision of assigned tasks.
• To do fault finding and root cause analysis on problem equipment and to improve plant efficiency by optimising the available equipment.
• To identify improvements in the process that could be made by modifying or replacement of plant and to bring such information to the attention of management.
• To inform plant management of all situations or conditions that could result in downtime and to take all such remedial action as is necessary to minimise downtime as a result thereof.
• Train all members of the section to the required work standards.
• Negotiate, in the company’s interests, with suppliers of equipment and services. Ensuring that proper specifications are given to such suppliers, and that work done by such is of the required standard.
• Lead project teams to ensure improvement projects are completed timeously.
• Coaching and Mentoring of staff to ensure efficient operation of maintenance department.
• Management of electrical spares and ordering of materials/ parts required for maintenance tasks.
• Inspection and certification of all electrical installations and equipment, both fixed and portable.
• Standby support for shift electricians.

The following are the MINIMUM requirements for applying:
• Minimum level of N.T.C 3.
• Passed trade test as an Electrician.
• Wireman’s licence.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a 24 hour automated manufacturing plant (electrical and C&I maintenance).
• WCM, lean manufacturing, TPM or equivalent experience and 5S.
• Proven root cause analysis experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ supervisory experience.
• Electro-mechanical equipment installation experience (projects).
• PLC programming and SCADA operation experience.
• Computer literacy essential.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively on all levels, including written (report writing).

Please send an updated CV with copy of ID and qualification when applying.

Please accept that should you not hear back from our offices within 2 working days that your application is unsuccessful.