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Plant Engineer

  • Full Time
  • Harare
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Saint-Gobain Construction Products

DUE: 02 NOV 2023

Managing the physical assets under his control with regards to running order, preservation and increasing plant efficiency.To supervise and plan running of daily tasks of the internal mechanical and electrical teams, projects and engineering stores sections and also supervise the execution of all engineering tasks conducted by Subcontractors on site.

Key Accountabilities

Comply accordingly with the ICRF book (Internal Control Reference framework) with specific emphasis on engineering and production procedures
Formulating and planning of daily, weekly and yearly maintenance tasks and following up on their implementation to ensure adherence to PM schedule and attainment of Plant Performance KPIs, MTTR and MTBF
Ensuring good maintenance standards to minimise downtime and cost
Coordinating with the Engineering Foreman to ensure all engineering documentation such as job cards, enhanced work orders (EWOs), checklists and failure log sheets to support reliability are in place as per procedure
Identification and implementation of plant improvement projects
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment. Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications that show detailed information about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
Lead project teams to ensure World Class Manufacturing (WCM) projects are completed timeously.
Preparing Capex applications for improvement projects.
Ensuring contractor compliance to all SG standards and procedures.
To inform plant management of all situations or conditions that could result in downtime and to take all such remedial action as is necessary to minimise downtime as a result thereof.
Negotiating, in the company’s interests, with suppliers of equipment and services. Ensuring that proper specifications are given to such suppliers, and that work done by such is of the required standard.
Maintaining an accurate level of critical spares and consumables
Ensuring good quality control of all spares received
Taking ownership of the Reliability pillar under WCM and performing any other duties as required under sustaining WCM at the site
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervising authority i.e.Plant Manager

SHEQ
Perform risk assessment and ensure all relevant paperwork is completed, before performing any job.
Close all tags raised in the plant timeously which encompass safety, maintenance ad improvement.
Inspect all work done to ensure quality before handing over to production
Attend safety meetings and carry out safety and environmental audits on a monthly basis.
Housekeeping, ensuring workspace is kept clean and tidy.
Any other duties as instructed by the supervisor.

Leadership
Lead, coach and develop direct reports in order to increase their capability, commitment, drive and performance output so that the organization reaches its objectives, executes its strategies and progresses towards its vision while the team realizes their full potential
In addition, as a means of achieving the aforementioned, create an environment built on trust, open and transparent communication, innovation and pro-active behaviours.
Ensure adherence to Quality, Environmental Health and Safety requirements of the Organization
Identify training and development opportunities for teams and monitor progress against KPIs.
Manage workforce planning to ensure proper staffing levels to maintain productivity (i.e., staffing levels, competencies, allocation of tools, etc.)
Succession planning across all teams, to ensure business continuity

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications required to fulfil the role

B.Eng/ Bsc in Mechanical/Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering degree
Completion of 2 year post-graduate learnership programme
2 years post traineeship work experience

Specific Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills required to fulfil the role
Computer Literacy: MS Office & SAGE/SAP
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Application/Knowledge of basic tools (OPLs, SOPs, Tags, QKs, EWO’s, etc)
Knowledge of and can work within ISO9001, ISO14001 and OH&S 45001 systems.
Analytical and trouble shooting ability
Report writing
WCM knowledge would be advantageous

TO APPLY

Interested candidates should send CVs and application letters no later than 2 November 2023 to hr@gyproc.co.zw