Engineering Manager
Available for exploratory interviews.
Ref: EP953350
Company classification: Manufacturing / OEM ( Tier 1 & 2) (products, equipment and/or machinery) Industry in: FMCG Beverage Processing - Mineral Water | Soft Drinks Highest formal qualification and other: Degree Certificate Discipline: Mechatronics Engineering Years of experience range: 6 to 10 years (3 to 5 years management) Annual package range: US Dollar - USD Annual package range: 0.00 - 150 000, per annum Nationality: Kenyan Home and other languages: English, French, Swahili Gender: Male Ethnicity: African/Black Candidate location: Djibouti Location preference: I am open to positions internationally.
Online Interview Questionnaire
Primary purpose of current/most recent position:
Responsible for Planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations of Production output, Product quality and On-Time Shipping as well as implementing significant continuous improvement activities.. Develop and implement a comprehensive Scheduled Preventative Maintenance Programme. Ensure safety and efficiency of the Plant, Implement and Monitor Safety Procedures Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff. Control costs to achieve company budget goals. Liaising with the marketing and design teams regarding the development of new products. Recommending short and long term Plant objectives.
Core elements or functions that must operate effectively in order to achieve primary purpose:
1. Meet the market production capacity in a timely way while ensuring the quality of the products is up to the set standards. 2. Minimise breakdowns in the production system while at the same time ensure timely, minimum time to attend to any emergency breakdown. This assists in ensuring the maximum OEM efficiency is maintained through out the year 3. Continously reduce the cost of production by through audit of resources including the machines and personnel.
Description of self, along with greater purpose and passions:
I am a resourceful,dynamic visionary and also a problem solver with the ability to aggressively drive organizational strategies in an efficient and profitable manner.
Ideal business title:
1. TECHNICAL MANAGER 2. MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Key responsibilities and accountabilities of ideal position:
1. Maintenance planning, implementation of preventive maintenance schedules and periodic report generation for the management. 2. Production monitoring and participate in production planning with the management. Allocation of priority depending on market need. 3. Ensure general HSSE policies were followed during operations and to ensure product quality is adhered to during production. 4. Perform preventive maintenance on the machine, ensure emergency spare parts are acquired from external supplier and monitor the spare parts issuing. 5. Ensure all the technical team is well trained on emerging issues, machine updates and general plant safety procedures. 6. Ensure availability of auxiliary services such as generators, compressors and monitor their frequent servicing procedures. The plant solely depended on generators and had no external electricity supply. 7. Periodic report generation on the production trends, breakdowns, spare parts and maintenance plans to the management for proper decision. 8. Liaise with the sales and operation team to ensure the required product change is done in the machine
Skill area of competence:
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling: Experienced in developing maintenance schedules and repairing projects in equipment involved. Also work plan in the engineering team. Project Management: Skilled in strategy planning, approving factory project plans, implementing projects, monitoring and evaluating the processes involved to identify deficiencies, analysing risks involved that can affect deliverables and meeting deadlines managing teams as well as documenting the activities through reports to ensure successful project delivery. Inventory: Competent in identifying suppliers, obtaining equipment, materials, or supplies so as to attain necessary resources. Decision making skills: Competent in selecting and using basic tools and instruments to assemble, adjust, calibrate, repair or test various products. Information Systems: Advanced knowledge in Microsoft office, email and internet. I have experience in handling the following Plc programming, AutoCAD design and interpretation.
Career summary:
3 years in FMCG beverage company 3 years in FMCG non food manufacturing company 1 year in service and maintenance industry
What do you absolutely love doing:
1. Trouble shooting technical issues, 2. Training of the my team, 3. Planning and development of strategies both short terms and long term. 4. Reporting and colsultations with management, suppliers, team mates.
Ideal company (culture and values):
I would be happy to be part of a company that encourages growth, appreciates efforts from its staffs while at the same time engrave the values and culture to the employees so that every employee is proud of being associated with the company. Employees should be give challenges to contribute to development of the company.
If you are looking for a Engineering Manager, then do get in touch.
Call the Head Office – Gauteng, SA. + 27 10 597 0862.
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