Mechanical Engineer

Our client in the Engineering Industry is looking to hire a Mechanical Engineer.



Duties and Responsibilities
Ensure adherence to safety procedures and PPE requirements.
Ensure compliance with organisational and legislation safety requirements by maintaining appropriate practices, standards, and procedures.
Ensure identification and stopping of unsafe work practices.
Report any safety related issues, incidents, and accidents.
Ensure good safety performance.
Ensure all legal appointments are in place.
Control the budget and expenditure.
Manage engineering resources.
Develop and contribute to the establishment of budgets for the section.
Continuously explore opportunities to reduce costs.
Provide strategic direction for his/her section considering the impact of 2 -5 years ahead. This includes proposals with respect to capital replacement and maintenance strategy.
Oversee the innovation, design, and implementation of change initiatives.
Ensure high quality of maintenance output and meet plant availability targets
Reduce unplanned outages through effective preventative maintenance practices
Ensure the continuous improvement of engineering processes.
Ensure the development and implementation of relevant policies and procedures for engineering processes.
Ensure the execution of standards for engineering.
Ensure compliance with Group policies, standards and procedures
Ensure effective and efficient execution of the work management process.
Ensure alignment of all processes.
Establish and implement management control and procedures that would monitor and track the performance of critical issues such as availability, reliability maintenance workload, compliance, planning effectiveness, ratio of planned vs unplanned work, works orders backlog, etc.
Ensure that all required procedures and systems to monitor, manage and control the performance standards and targets of the engineering department are implemented.
Ensure effective administration of the relevant systems.
Compile, submit and present relevant reports as and when required.
Ensure that proper change management standards are followed.
Ensure effective and efficient maintenance and production meetings are taking place.
Communicate strategic decisions to subordinates.
Monitor plant and machinery performance against targets.
Implement sound maintenance plans.
Monitor and control the progress on related projects.
Keep accurate records maintenance activities with particular attention to statutory inspections.
Ensuring that the maintenance management system is functional and kept updated.
Plan capital, and control budget and expenditure.
Monitor plant and machinery performance against targets.
Ensure the management of engineering resources.
Continuously seek cost saving initiatives.
Continuously seek improved technology to promote better production.
Continuously ensure impro