Industry: Mill/ Manufacturing

Salary: Market related  Depending on experience and qualifications 

Location: Germiston, Johannesburg 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• BSc/ BTech Mechanical Engineering or Electrical | Required

• Certificate of Competency (factories) Manufacturing | Required

• Matric | Required

Work Experience

Maintenance Engineering | Management | +5 years | Essential
Mechanical and Wire trades | Management | +5 years | Advantageous
People management and budget control | Management | +5 years | Advantageous

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and ability to manage P&L, budgets, financials, etc.

Understanding of all relevant legislation (LRA, BCEA, SDA, OHSA, NEMA, safety, environmental etc.)

Understanding of how to develop and implement business strategies

Behavioral Attributes

Problem solving and trouble shooting skills

Professional Status
Accreditations
Registrations
Memberships
Legal Appointments / Requirements GMR 2.1

TECHNICAL AND BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Drivers Licenses Code B; Motor vehicle licence Required
Computer Literacy MS Office Intermediate
SHERQ System Intermediate
SAP Intermediate

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Problem Solving Essential
Operational excellence Essential
Innovation Essential
Accountability
Business and financial management Essential
Team leadership Essential
Communication and knowledge management Essential
Inspires culture and values Essential
Relationship building Essential
Critical thinking Essential
Self-development Essential
Attention to detail Essential
Results focused Essential
Vision and strategic direction Essential
Strategic direction Essential
Critical thinking Essential
Governance and risk management Essential
Customer focus Essential
Performance management Essential
Project management Essential
Impact and influence Essential
People management Essential
Relationship building Essential
Empowerment Essential
Personal mastery Essential
Planning and Organising Essential
Flexibility Essential
Attention to detail Essential

TECHNICAL & FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Application of knowledge areas 
Talent & Performance Management
Organisational understanding
Manufacturing products and processes
TPM and/or Reliability Centred Maintenance 
Ability to build an integrated team based on an understanding of roles, skills, and diversity needs
Lead and promote Continuous Improvement 
departmentally and throughout plant. Participate as a “Tool Leader”.
Effectively conduct team meetings. Facilitate the effective interchange of information.
Provide people and technical leadership necessary to ensure both the department and facility meet and/or exceed goals in critical manufacturing success areas (Cost, Quality, System Utilization, Customer Service, Health, Safety and Environment).

KEY PERFORMANCE OUTPUT AREAS

1. Financial

• Forecasting, budgeting, cash-flow management and reporting
• Ensuring wise spending for long-term sustainability
• Improved profitability of the business, by managing maintenance costs, improving maintenance efficiency and maximising plant productivity & availability.

2. People

• Clarify and communicate vision, strategic goals, operational and departmental targets.
• Create the environment to achieve high performing teams
• Coaching, mentoring and talent development for the team
• Periodically & consistently, reward and recognise performance within the team
• Live the values of The company and Barloworld
• Recruit & retain talent to his/her pool

3. Business Processes

• Participate in functional planning process with accountability for implementation in own areas
• Forecasting and planning for capex
• Managing maintenance and engineering plans, contracts and projects, shutdowns, assets care and statutory compliance and utilities care.
• Managing and maintaining assets and achieving cost optimization through an effective and efficient maintenance philosophy and approach.
• Driving change, innovation and technology
• Ensuring compliance with all legislative and regulatory requirements

4. Customers

• Understand and manage internal customer relationships and expectations, ensure strong partnership exists between production and maintenance function.
• Manage internal and external Service Providers

5. Sustainability

• Ensure optimal plant and equipment functioning to reduce energy and water consumption
• Ensure environmental impact of operations

KEY CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS

Internal
• Sales & Marketing
• Labour (the union)
• Mill employees & management team
• QAFS
• SHER
• Distribution
• Maintenance & Process Engineering
• Human Capital
• Finance

External
• External Customers and stakeholders

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

To maintain and improve current maintenance systems ensuring maximum plant availability and effectiveness at the Mill, in line with best practice and international standards.

This role supports the strategy by:
The Mills are critical to the achievement of the operational excellence strategy to streamline processes, optimise costs, minimise waste and provide an environment that attracts and retains talent.

Key strategic integration roles are:
• Provides strategic direction and "operational excellence" strategies for The company SA.
• Determines local plant level strategy, plans and KPIs that reflect business reality
• Supports strategic initiatives at plant level
• Communicates for awareness and buy-in to organisational change

Drive strategic and continuous improvement initiatives at all levels and function such as TQM, SHEQ, BBEEE, competency management, OE.

ADDITIONAL ROLE DETAIL (i.e. role complexity)

• Provide Milling Leadership in a Dynamic and Collaborative Environment
• Lead, motivate, and train employees to reduce losses in the mill, providing direction, support, coaching, and corrective action in a unionised environment Understand all collective bargaining agreements and possess the courage and sense of fairness necessary to enforce the plant rules and policies while promoting positive employee relations through effective conflict management and issue resolution.
• Determine daily operational needs and adjust staffing to meet business needs while minimizing costs. Track departmental budget and as applicable take appropriate actions to ensure that departmental budget goals are achieved
• Successfully work with key customers and stakeholders to achieve department and broader business goals
• Initiate and/or manage projects
• Compliance and adherence to legal, regulatory, policies, corporate governance and ISO systems requirements