This company, a leading drilling, blasting, crushing, and screening contractor with its head office located in Johannesburg and is looking for Head of Engineering & Plant Maintenance (Mechanical Division - Yellow & White Metal Plants)
You will be required to ravel to sites to address the work requirements when needed.
We offer a dynamic and fast-paced, work environment where your skills will be used and valued.

Position Overview:

This opportunity is a Senior Role within the Organisation that will be reporting to the Executive Level. The Suitable candidate will be required to lead, manage, and execute functions from a control, management and advisory capacity.
The successful person will be required to direct a division to ensure maximum production through minimum delays and production failures on the earth moving equipment and service departments.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all technical aspects of repairs and maintenance on Yellow Metal Equipment, White Metal crushing equipment (METSO & SANVIK), on sites and also the optimum functioning of the service workshops are achieved through continuous maintenance.
• Required to travel to sites to manage, control and address Electrical, Mechanical and Hydraulic repair work to equipment.
• Ensuring that through maintenance plans and schedules are executed timeously.
• Overall Management of the entire operational, technical and mechanical functions for the Yellow Metal and White Metal earth moving equipment division, including the maintenance schedules and teams (Head office based).
• Technical support, when breakdowns occur on phone and when required to report to site personal (able to understand and explain Electrical and Hydraulic schematics).
• Immediately addressing Breakdown repairs, via phone or in person as required by the production unit to avoid downtime.
• Inspection of plant and planning for repairs and maintenance using ATK and Wear Check systems.
• Preventative Maintenance, planning and execution throughout the Equipment on sites.
• Training technicians, site management and Operators on the correct use and maintenance of equipment.
• Will be required to facilitate, guide in the Installation and commissioning of plants, as a divisional head. This will also be to ensure timeous execution and installation in line with project deadlines.
• Will be required to travel to sites across South African and cross border at minimal notice.

Desired Requirements of the successful candidate:

Qualifications:

• Must have experience with management various sectors of operation and management control.
• Should have worked on sites as mechanic expert and also have through knowledge of the technical aspects of equipment (Metso, Pilot, Babcock, etc.).
• 10 - 15 Years Experience within a similar role working on Plant Management and Maintenance Control on Yellow Metal Equipment & White Metal Equipment (Crusher & Screen plants).
• Must have a minimum of a qualification of Industrial, Electrical and or Mechanical Engineering and or be a registered qualified Mechanic.
• Computer literacy in MS Office (Excel, Word, and Email.
• Computer Literacy in MS Projects would be advantageous.
• Experience or Qualification as a Millwright, Mechatronics and Auto Electrical is essential.

Should have experience in:

• Must have through site and maintenance experience on Mechanical, Electrical & Hydraulic knowledge.
• Operational and practical experience as a fitter and or mechanic, with hydraulic and electrical experience.
• Must have experience managing maintenance teams on various locations and ensuring execution is timeously done as well and forward planning to maintain a maintenance schedule.

• Personal Traits of a successful candidate:

o Should have personal traits of a Division Leader and can execute objectives as directed by the Executive Level.
o Have Excellent, Reporting, Communication and Time Keeping skills.
o Should possess inherent positive mind set, good people skills, should be able to work well in a group / team.
o Should be willing to stay away from home extensively and travel at short notice to sites across SA and a cross-border.
o Should be Self-driven and disciplined and possess a Hands-on approach to the work (must be a team player by heart).
o Should be in good health and will be required to do an entry medical assessment.
• Should be in possession of a valid driver’s license and passport.
• Should be willing to travel to site to address concerns / challenges as and when they require.