Foreman (Manufacturing/Engineering)

People Dimension; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 406,224 - 486,576; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Fuel card

Medical Aid contribution

Provident fund contribution

13th cheque

Job summary

A leading construction firm based in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Foreman to manage the production facility. The successful candidate will have a solid background in production planning and stock management, with strong mechanical and electrical understanding. This role involves negotiating with suppliers and ensuring safety compliance. The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years' experience in a factory environment and a relevant engineering qualification. A competitive package with medical aid and provident fund contributions is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a production or factory environment.
• Sound electrical and mechanical knowledge.
• Matric or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and control the production facility.
• Ensure optimal safety levels and good housekeeping.
• Negotiate with suppliers for materials and spares.

Skills

Production Planning

Management of stock levels

SHEQ Management

Negotiation skills

Mechanical and electrical understanding

People and productivity cost understanding

Education

B Tech/ Degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Introduction

A well-established roofing and solar firm based in Cape Town is looking for an experienced Foreman to join their market-leading company. To plan, organize and control the production facility of the Cape Town factory/ plant in order to produce the required quantity of roof tiles and accessories within agreed quality and cost specifications.

Duties & Responsibilities

Functional knowledge:

• Production Planning – communicate daily with the commercial manager, sales and dispatch planning team to ensure sufficient stock levels are maintained.
• To plan maintenance schedule.
• To assist with problem solving on breakdowns on the main production line.
• Ensure safety levels are optimal and good housekeeping in factory.
• Yard control to plan, organized and control the production facility to produce tiles and fittings of the correct quality and cost at the correct time.
• Management of stock levels including critical spares and raw materials and ensure procurement procedures are adhered to.
• Management stock counts and audits with finance and stock/ inventory control in system.
• Manage stock losses and variance tracking, production breakages.
• Negotiate with all suppliers of both raw material and maintenance spares for the timeous supply of materials at the best possible rate.
• Maintain good industrial relations, experience within a unionized environment, and adhere to procedures between factory staff and management through the established IR procedures.
• Labour productivity, efficiencies and unit production costs.
• SHEQ Management and compliance with ISO 14001 & ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001.
• Develop and motivate production staff to achieve agreed objectives regarding efficiency, quality, industrial relations, health and safety.
• Maintain, review and develop the SABS Quality Management System to establish and maintain quality standards.
• Controls to manage shrinkage and breakages.
• Management security breaches.
• Ensure implementation of the 5 S system.

Additional responsibilities required to fully exercise the function

• Negotiations with suppliers for high value items from time to time. Stores and buying procurement of spares for the factory fall under the Foreman’s control.
• Assist with the investigation of customer complaints.

Business expertise

• Understanding of both the mechanical and the electrical.
• Understanding of costing.
• Understanding of people and productivity costs.

Area of impact:

• Ensuring the production team achieves the productivity and efficiency targets.

Interpersonal skills:

• Ensure safety talks and safety tours of the factory. SHEQ or EHS Manager.
• Negotiates with suppliers of critical spares.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum education:

• Matric
• B Tech/ Degree preferably Engineering qualification preferable

Minimum experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a production/ factory environment.
• Sound electrical and mechanical knowledge.

Package & Remuneration

Basic salary R40 000.00

Car Allowance R6500

Fuel card R4000

Medical Aid 50% employer 50% employee contribution

Provident fund is 21.36% of the basic salary

13th cheque in December

Interested?

Please mail your CV to hr1 (at) peopledimension (dot) co (dot) za

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 2 weeks, if you do not hear from us by then your application for this position was unsuccessful, but you have been added to our database for future vacancies.