Workshop Foreman - Pietermaritzburg at RCL Foods

• The suitable candidate will be required to manage all aspects of the maintenance department, in relation to the plant and facility. This includes managing the upkeep of all manufacturing assets, managing maintenance budget and resources and assisting in the design and installation of new systems.
• This role will be based in Pietermaritzburg and reporting to the Maintenance Manager.

Minimum Requirements    
Education

• Grade 12 
• Trade Tested Artisan/Time served Artisan or Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Ability to read, write, understand and communicate in English. 
• Good numeracy
• Managerial Skills
• Intermediate Microsoft Office
• Mechanical/Electrical Skills

Experience

• Minimum 5 year’s practical experience as an artisan
• A further 3 years’ experience in a maintenance managerial role, preferably from a bakery background
• Previous experience using an ERP system

Duties & Responsibilities    
Transactional Duties

• Create spares list per machine and ensure up to date at all times
• Ensure all breakdowns recorded timeously and reported to Production Manager
• Develop planned maintenance schedule, ensuring machinery runs efficiently with no down time
• Establish minimum stock levels on critical spares and ensure maintained by department
• Ensure job cards are attended to timeously and sign off once job is complete
• Ensure timeous resolution on facility maintenance
• Prepare annual budget prior to start of new financial year
• Monitor expenses against budget and report on deviations
• Ensure cost efficiency with regards to expenditure
• Submit weekly breakdown report to Management
• Prepare and present monthly KPI report for maintenance in management meeting
• Follow-up on outstanding deliveries
• Ensure that more than one quote is obtained
• Ensure that checklists are updated to meet requirements
• Ensure that TracTec is up to date
• Ensure that PO ‘s, invoices and delivery notes are processed timeously
• Verify and approve data sheets
• Update SOP ‘s and ensure same is distribute to staff
• Ensure that the usage of water, paraffin and electricity is within the budgeted units.
• Effective communication with production on status of repairs and planned maintenance. 

Special Projects

• Complete project plan, including timelines and budget
• Obtain approval from HOD-Maintenence and General Manager
• Manage contractors on site
• Report on deviances from project plan and revise plan where necessary

Continuous Improvement

• Work with Production Manager and Maintenance HOD to identify improvements to be made on machinery to improve production efficiencies
• Monitor life cycle of machinery through record keeping and advise Production Manager when replacement is necessary of part or all of a machine
• Conduct root cause analysis on breakdowns to minimize recurrence of problem
• Implement process change or modification to prevent further problems, improve efficiencies and minimize unnecessary cost

People Management

• Take disciplinary action when breach of procedure or company rules
• Leave management and planning
• Ensure rosters in place for team
• Conduct formal performance reviews twice yearly
• Ensure maintenance team has full productivity
• Address development areas through appropriate training/coaching interventions
• Continuous training and development of maintenance team
• Delegate tasks to team in terms of plan and priority and follow up
• Provide job specs and participate in interviews of new employees
• Ensure continuous mentoring of staff

General

• Ensure daily floor walks are conducted and preventative maintenance is identified and incorporated into the planned maintenance schedule
• Ensuring adherence to health and safety and food safety regulations
• Conduct weekly meetings with maintenance team and set daily and weekly objectives for them, ensuring full productivity
• Maintain good relationships with suppliers and customers

Closing Date    
2023/09/07