Designation: Factory Engineer
Technical discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Location: Centurion
Annual package: R700,000-750,000
Responsibilities: We are seeking the services of a Factory Engineer for an ice cream factory in Centurion.
The role will be to provide engineering professional and technical leadership in the factory, ensuring people health and safety, product safety and environment are never compromised, and that all engineering activities enhance business objectives, product quality and plant operation/performance.
People: Develop and maintain Engineering competences at the factory (including technical and management competencies, talent review, career and succession planning, etc.)
Fixed Asset Planning. Ensure optimum decisions are made/implemented regarding factory assets (including Investment cycle), in alignment with the Market Business Strategy. Manage accordingly the factory's Engineering data
Project Management. Monitor Capital Investments, ensuring justification, request, implementation, start-up, reporting aligned with Guidelines. Foster Projects' flexible design to allow adjustment to changing Operation requirements
M&I. Enable high performance Operations, by providing assets' Maintenance according to the Client's strategy, using planned maintenance as the multi-disciplined approach to maintain/improve fixed assets, and AMM to manage their life cycle
Industrial Services. Ensure that the utilities' needs of Production are fulfilled and optimised. That all utilities that come/may come in contact with product are treated according to the food safety acceptance criteria
E&A /MES. Ensure that the electrical services, degree of automation and MES at factory site level, are in line with the Business requirements
Energy/Water/SHE Management. Ensure optimum and sustainable Operations at factory level, by following the Energy/Water Management approach, driving the corresponding Reporting System, and respecting SHE policies
The position reports to the Factory Manager, and has 4 Technical Assistants (Supervisors – services, mechanical, electrical and systems) and 1 engineering administrator.
Experience with refrigeration (Ammonia) is an advantage.
Remuneration includes salary, car allowance, bonus system. Medical aid, provident or pension fund options apply.
Qualification: GCC Factories
Preferred Skills:
• Government Certificate of Competency - Factories
• HAZOP Knowledge
• Industrial refrigeration
• Plant/Process optimization