Engineering Compliance Specialist

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks an Engineering Compliance Specialist to ensure engineering governance and regulatory compliance across multiple sites. You will lead a team of technical specialists and collaborate with plant leadership to drive standards and performance.

You will develop benchmarking documents, roll out standards, and monitor energy and water usage while aligning with FMCG manufacturing practices.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a BSc Mech or Elec Engineering or equivalent (for the rest of Africa).
• A minimum of Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) factories (a minimum of a BSc Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent) for South Africa.
• A minimum 5 to 8 years experience in a utilities environment, preferably in FMCG.
• Extensive knowledge of electrical reticulation, steam generation, water treatment, refrigeration, Hi and Low-pressure compressor systems.
• Experience in managing a team of technical specialists and collaboration with senior leadership at plant level.
• Knowledge of the FMCG manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop an annual plan focusing on Key Performance Indicators, engineering compliance, repository of standards, auditing, and implementation of actions for gap closure.
• Research and extract national and global best practice engineering and utilities standards; create a benchmarking document detailing the standards.
• Upload information into a repository, ensuring easily accessible retrieval.
• Prepare and workshop standards documents with Plant Engineering teams; assist in roll-out across sites.
• Monitor and oversee compliance with country-specific legislation and governance policies related to engineering and utilities.
• Support implementation of new technology and optimisation processes for water and energy usage.
• Set up, lead, and ensure minuted meetings of stakeholder regional forums; share information and identify problem trends in compliance.
• Monitor action plans, close gaps, and support regions with equipment access to fill identified gaps while maintaining production.
• Continually monitor energy and water usage against KPIs and advise on deviations and corrective actions.

Skills

BSc Mechanical Engineering

BSc Electrical Engineering

GCC factories

Utilities experience

FMCG experience

Team management

Leadership collaboration

FMCG manufacturing knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

About the job Engineering Compliance Specialist

• A minimum of a BSc Mech or Elec Engineering or equivalent (for the rest of Africa)
• A minimum of Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) factories (a minimum of a BSc Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent) for South Africa
• A minimum 5 to 8 years experience in a utilities environment, preferably in FMCG.
• Extensive knowledge of electrical reticulation, steam generation, water treatment, refrigeration, Hi and Low-pressure compressor systems
• Experience in managing a team of technical specialists and collaboration with senior leadership at plant level
• Knowledge of the FMCG manufacturing environment

Responsibilities:

• Develop an annual plan focusing on Key Performance Indicators, engineering compliance, repository of standards, auditing, and implementation of actions for gap closure.
• Research and extract national and global best practice engineering and utilities standards from available information and data, synthesize information and create a benchmarking document detailing the standards
• Upload information into a repository, ensuring easily accessible retrieval.
• Prepare and workshop standards document with Plant Engineering teams; assist in the roll-out of the system and standards across each site through a range of forums.
• Monitor and oversee compliance with country-specific legislation, as well as The Company's governance policies, procedures and protocols associated with engineering aspects of manufacturing.
• Support implementation of new technology and optimisation processes and make recommendations in support of sustainable development specific to water and energy usage.
• Put together programs and run communities to build capacity and capability of the Engineering Community.
• Support implementation of engineering technologies available; set up visits as applicable to view utilisation of different and new technology; participate as integral team member to consider possible applications and adaptations of new technology for the Company.
• Management and Support of Utilities
• Monitor and measure operational efficiencies monthly in terms of current performance against key KPIs; analyse and interpret data obtained to quantify performance targets being achieved, maintained, and improved.
• Provide feedback on data to Plant Engineering and Operations Sustainability as applicable; challenge results on deviations from standards; ascertain detail of action plan to course correct
• Monitor execution of action plan.
• Advise and assist regions with utilisation and/or access to equipment to fill identified gaps related to utilities, while ensuring production levels are maintained and compliance with standards occur (i.e., Identify gaps and develop solutions).
• Maintain, and update documentation specifying all aspects of local/regional legislation associated with engineering and utilities processes, upload documents for easy retrieval.
• Keep current with changes to local/regional legislation and governance protocols and regulations; update documents immediately as changes occur.
• Continually monitor Plant Engineering compliance with legislation and governance protocols; advise on deviations; escalate matters as required (i.e., ensuring appropriate escalations).
• Conduct compliance audits at each plant against engineering and utility standards; carry out annual Supply Chain Maturity Assessment (SCMAT) audit on Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) components
• Identify gaps and areas of improvement; make recommendations to assist Plants develop corrective action plans; monitor implementation of action plans for correction of deviations and gap closure.
• Perform a comprehensive review of standards twice annually to ensure best practice levels are maintained and improved, as systems and technologies change.
• Conduct refresher training annually with Plant Engineering on standards and compliance requirements; raise non-compliance trends and assist in developing action plans for resolution.
• Provide a specialist advisory service to Plant Engineering to achieve engineering and governance targets
• Assist in sourcing new technologies and in implementation and utilisation to improve KPIs
• Assist with project management and advice on installation.
• Set up, lead, and ensure minuted meetings of stakeholder regional forums; among other aspects, share applicable information and identify problem trends in compliance.
• Jointly monitor action plans, close identified gaps, provide input on age and obsolescence of equipment, provide joint input on elements of capital projects.
• Continually monitor energy and water usage in the region against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess usage against standards and targets; assist with the planning and execution of correcting deviations and resolution of issues.
• Assist Operations Sustainability in identifying water and energy usage optimisation and improvement programs.
• Conduct annual water and energy improvement and benchmarking audits as part of the team Submit data for collation by Operations Sustainability.
• Provide input into capital projects related to utilities and technical equipment through advising project teams on the alignment of new technology with required standards.
• Assist in value engineering of design proposals for utilities in the initiation and planning phases of capital projects as an integral team member.
• Review whole processes when conducting a sense check of capital project proposals for the purchase of utilities equipment
• Advise on alternative and develop viable option