Plant Engineer East London

Key Careers And Consulting; East London; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in plant engineering is looking for a Plant Engineer in East London, Eastern Cape. The role involves coordinating maintenance services, managing annual budgets, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Candidates should have a degree in Electrical Engineering and extensive experience in plant engineering. Special emphasis on project management skills and knowledge of energy management systems is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10 years of plant engineering related experience.
• Previous GMR appointment and responsibility.
• Project management qualification and Certified Energy Manager certification are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities of manufacturing services and maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and relevant legislation.
• Manage contractors and implement planned maintenance systems.

Skills

Project management

Cost management

Compliance

Root cause analysis

Education

Degree / Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) – Electrical

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Projects)

Job description

Job Purpose The purpose of this role is to ensure maximum uptime of plant and equipment and services with effective costing and compliance with all safety regulations.

Duties & Responsibilities Coordinate the activities of all manufacturing services and maintenance.

Ensure the achievement of the overall objectives of manufacturing services and maintenance.

Project management including but not limited to the commissioning of new equipment.

Preparation and management of annual budgets.

Implementation and management of a structured planned maintenance system.

Management of contractors.

Formulate and manage a five year rolling capital and maintenance plan in line with the manufacturing strategy.

Ensure breakdown presence on the floor to understand the root cause of the downtimes and implement corrective actions as necessary.

All GMR responsibilities including root cause analyses and investigation of incidents.

Ensure compliance with the relevant legislation including environmental and local by-laws.

Compliance with the Health & Safety including OSH Act and statutory requirements.

Participate in the implementation of the energy management system according to ISO .

Participation in the definition of new energy-related corporate goals and the program of actions.

Co-ordination of the local energy projects.

Implementation of cost down projects.

Evaluation of staff key performance areas (KPIs).

Responsible for Security Services.

Desired Experience & Qualification 10 years plant engineering related experience.

Degree / Diploma in Electrical Engineering.

Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) – Electrical.

Previous GMR Appointment and Responsibility.

Advantageous : Project management qualification and Certified Energy Manager certification.

Sound knowledge of MS office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Projects).

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Plant Engineer • East London, Eastern Cape