Maintenance Engineer at AVI Limited

Key Performance Areas:

Engineering Stores:

• Be appointed as the GMR 2.7 for the engineering stores and ensure all statutory compliance takes place according to the OHS Act and its regulations within area of responsibility.
• Manage the engineering stores and implement the spares management business processes.
• Lead a team of stores controllers and clerks in the receiving, issuing and repair of critical spares and rotables.
• Monitor the quality of the spares and equipment purchased and ensure effective quality assurance practices are in place for all rotables.
• Ensure Stores Clerk’s perform maintenance on critical spares and good housekeeping standards are upheld at all times.
• Support the Store Controller with cycle counts, stock counts, rotables tracking, stock reporting and purchasing.
• Audit spares on hand and provide monthly SLOB’s report and high usage/consumption indicators.
• Monitor stores to direct spares purchase cost ratios for improvement and control.

Spares and Rotables Maintenance:

• Provide supervision for the execution of equipment maintenance through the effective utilisation of key out-housed engineering resources, original equipment manufacturers and contracted services.
• Improve spare parts quality, consumption and availability of work done on spares and rotables.
• Review OEM recommended spares and classification of critical spares.
• Management of equipment warranties, ensuring new equipment information is captured on the warranty register and warranties are upheld.
• Raising, and closing out of NCR’s in connection with equipment and spares related food safety incidents. 

Maintenance Planning:

• Manage the maintenance planning function and supervisor the Maintenance Planners.
• Ensure planning occurs, is effective and appropriate for the entire site.
• With the help of the Maintenance Planners, plan and facilitate maintenance shutdowns and improve plant reliability and equipment availability using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes.
• Managing the collection and recording of all preventative and statutory compliance records and documentation.
• Manage job card effectiveness including monitoring, allocation, close-out and backlog
• Be a super user for both the CMMS and SAP MM systems.
• Compile and review all asset care and stores reports – KPI’s, asset care schedule compliance, artisan utilization, employee management control, turnaround time etc.
• Compilation of annual maintenance shutdown budget

People Management:

• Lead a team of Maintenance Planners, Stores Controller and Stores Clerk.
• Manage resource allocation and time in accordance with Basic Conditions of Employment and Labour Relations Act, ensuring appropriate resources for departmental requirements.
• Subscribe to the values of NBL and foster a culture of care, ownership, accountability and teamwork with the other departments in the site and the wider engineering fraternity at other NBL factories.
• Adhere to and ensure compliance by subordinates to the company safety policies and procedures by keeping the employees accountable for their actions, as well as for the lack thereof.
• Ensure facilities and infrastructure are conducive to employee health and wellness.
• Drive a safety culture in the department & section – Housekeeping, PTW, LOTO, SOP’s.
• Adhere to, and ensure compliance by subordinates to FSSC 22000, AIB and ISO principles.
• Ensure team members have the means to do their jobs, the ability to execute on tasks and are held accountability through recognition and discipline for their outputs.
• Plan the leave, training, and development for the sub-ordinates in line with the engineering strategies developed for the department.
• The abovementioned activities shall be conducted in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, No. 85 of 1993 and all relevant NBL policies and procedures.
• This profile acts as a guide and any additional work outcomes in-line with the role may be required to be performed by the incumbent.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• 3 to 5 years in a manufacturing plant environment, preferably FMCG.
• Experience in a supervisory or management role, preferably in a broad manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of the OHS Act and GMR 2.7 legal appointments.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and maintenance management systems (CMMS, SAP MM).
• Experienced in asset care plans and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Sound understanding of contractor management and management of change.
• Ability to influence a department and experience in managing poor performance.
• Computer literacy in SAP, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Projects), SharePoint and Corrective Action Systems.

Qualifications:

• Completed Ndip /BTech / BSc / BEng in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering Degree

 Additional Requirements:

• Eligibility to write GCC (Factories) will be advantageous.
• Must be able to work overtime and standby
• Flexible and available as and when required in the event of emergencies
• Must be able to perform any other reasonable duties within the scope of the engineering
• Ability to stand-in for line manager when not available