Reliability Engineer

Kimberly-Clark; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to enhance the efficiency of their manufacturing operations. This role focuses on managing assets and ensuring they operate at peak performance through data analysis and continuous improvement initiatives. You will lead a team, foster a culture of safety and excellence, and collaborate with vendors to optimize reliability. Join a company that values diverse perspectives and is committed to providing better care for a better world. If you're passionate about engineering and making a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years engineering and maintenance experience in FMCG environment.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve reliability of equipment and drive continuous improvement.
• Analyze data to achieve performance targets and improve efficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Data Analysis

Reliability Engineering

Continuous Improvement (CI)

Project Management

Education

BEng Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Equivalent Tertiary Education

Job description

What is it like to work at Kimberly-Clark?

Huggies. Kleenex. Andrex. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day.

The identity of each and every one of our employees makes us who we are and makes our global company of over 40,000-plus employees stronger because of it. We are in the business of providing better care for a better world, for everyone, everywhere. At Kimberly-Clark treating individuals with respect is the way we do business and the way we lead our industry and our world. We’re building an organisation that looks and thinks like our customers around the world and are searching for talented people with different perspectives and varied backgrounds. People like you; you just need to join us!

The Role:

Role purpose: To ensure a specific focus area of the Manufacturing Operations’ assets is managed, maintained and operated at maximum efficiency. Enabled by digital analysis, the manufacturing process on all assets is controlled and continuously improved so that quality and efficiency is improved in accordance with the operational excellence and reliability pillars.

Leadership

1. Perform a leadership role and influence for all engineering resources.
2. Responsible for owning and improving reliability of equipment and initiatives in driving CI.
3. Capable of leading, motivating and influencing a team by setting objectives and driving performance management.
4. Train, develop and upskill personnel by means of on-the-job as well as technical and generic training.
5. Manage Reliability and CI Projects on equipment.
6. Corporate Governance, Ethics Quality, Safety and Housekeeping standards.
7. Manage contracts and contractor control procedures and rules for the department.
8. Requires understanding of Environmental, legal and K-C statutory requirements.
9. Ensure assets and equipment are maintained in a “Safe to operate” condition at all times while promoting all aspects of safe working practices to meet all safety and housekeeping objectives of the plant.
10. Contribute to the development of sound safety programmes and maintenance of good working conditions, adherence to organization and legal safety rules and regulations.
11. Continually comply with all K-C regulatory & control requirements, internal controls, while at all-times driving accountability and compliance on the assets and equipment.

Strategic Asset Reliability

1. Analyse and interpret data to enable technical teams to achieve performance targets in accordance with P2030 and Manufacturing best practice.
2. Initiate and participate in improvement discussions to improve spare parts life cycle.
3. Analyse maintenance trends and breakdowns providing the necessary input and analytics around business intelligence to predict and discuss possible improvement projects as well as cost relevant to life cycle management and replacement.
4. Formulate, develop, and drive opportunities within engineering, supported by digital analysis and interpreting data to deliver improved efficiencies.
5. Ensure adequate spare parts are ready and available for maintenance and breakdowns inline with the budget.
6. Develop relationships with equipment vendors to reduce costs and increase reliability of assets and equipment.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

1. Minimum of a BEng Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent tertiary education.
2. Minimum of 3 -5 years previous engineering and maintenance experience in FMCG environment would be advantageous.

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