Mechanical Foreman

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To provide the necessary plant and maintenance support, Leading and Guiding the Mechanical Personnel, maintaining the integrity of the plant to ensure an uninterrupted production process. Ensuring equipment reliability and plant availability, in a safe and cost-effective manner and compliance with applicable policies, procedures and regulatory statutes.

• 10 years’ continuous mechanical experience, post trade test qualification, at least 3 Years in a Supervisory level
• Production line or FMCG maintenance experience
• Working experience on SAP PM module
• Completed apprenticeship as Fitter/ Fitter Machinist/Fitter and Turner.
• Liaise with Maintenance Planner, Reliability Technician and/or other relevant stakeholders to ensure availability of critical spares and equipment. Ensuring adequate inventory/availability of necessary spares and/or supplies.
• Create suitable maintenance schedules in liaison with production management.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities as per Plant Safety Regulations, preventative maintenance plans and maintenance procedure
• Ensure that personnel Conduct maintenance as per Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance procedure.
• Ensure that all machinery complies with General Machinery Regulations (GMR) and that all work is done in accordance with relevant SANS codes.
• Uphold and maintain quality standards and ensure that customer requirements are addressed.
• Ensure that equipment/machines produce products that are within quality specifications and address non-conformances that are caused by mechanical mal-functioning.
• Report operational non-conformances to relevant stakeholders to ensure that plants run with minimum breakdowns.

Condition Monitoring

• Ensure that relevant personnel Inspect and monitor conditions of equipment regularly and record accordingly.
• Interpret deviations recorded and take corrective actions to rectify, when applicable.

Compliance to all Safety, Health, Environment, Risk, Quality & Food Safety (SHERQFS) Standards and Regulations

• Ensure that subordinates Maintain cleanliness of equipment and work area, to conform to Food Safety Regulations.
• Conduct safety checks on all machinery and tools and ensure completion of safety checklists as required.
• Comply with Company SHERQFS procedures and instructions. ‘
• Report all health and safety and food safety risks and problems.
• Collaborate with SHERQFS personnel when implementing remedial actions.
• Attend to emergency situations in accordance to procedures as such.

Maintenance Procedures & Training

• Lead the creation and /or revision of maintenance Standard Operating Procedures.
• Train personnel to install, maintain or repair mechanical equipment and systems, and on SOPs as and when applicable,

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for improvement of plant performance.
• Initiate and implement improvement programs and initiatives as approved by management.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders during implementation of improvement initiatives.

Please refer the Job description for details