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Permanent - Plant Manager - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Job Number: 80797


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80797
Permanent
Plant Manager
MS Office
Mining
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)
Gauteng
South Africa

Reports to Vice President

Role Description and Purpose:

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall management of the Manufacturing Plant, including Environment Health and Safety, Production Planning, Logistics, Product quality, improving technical and economic performances continuously, seeing to the best possible conditions for the environment and safety; and developing the required qualification and skills of its staff. He will manage all plant activities by complying with the environment, health and safety regulations, and quality certifications.

Key Accountabilities/Tasks and Responsibilities:

SHE:

Compliance with all safety rules and requirements. 

Develop a culture of heightened awareness to SH&E among the workers. 

Ensure that the correct PPE is always worn by all.

Ensure that proper house - keeping is applied and maintained. 

Ensure adherence to all SHE policies, procedures and standards in order to safeguard company personnel and assets.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure all health and safety functions required by local and company regulations, including all applicable mandatory Safety protocols, risk assessment programs, occupational hygiene programs, and any other programs necessary to ensure adequate health and safety management for the site 

Lead, train, mentor, motivate and discipline when appropriate the site team to improve the skills and competencies and drive employee engagement to fulfill business needs

Manage the complete scope of activities linked to production. Interact permanently with maintenance, quality, process/project, and supply chain

Maximize and guarantee the stability of product quality and throughput of the plant 

Fully understand and continuously improve the production processes by applying Lean Manufacturing methods and Industrial Continuous Improvement systems 

Lead and roll out continuous improvement processes/methodologies to develop production line performance 

Define significant investment opportunities to improve yield and efficiency 

Develop and utilize KPIs for decision-making. Responsible for all required reporting on his/her perimeter 

Set and monitor budgets and expenses annually and ensure that costs are controlled

Metrics:

Safety, Health, Environment & Security:

Commercial Ownership/Creative Customer Solutions – run the business as if it’s your own: 

Full accountable for costs at the plant level

Optimise scheduling of resources to efficiently run plant operations

Working Together:

Senior level analytic and math 

Staff recruitment and development 

Production environment safety

Manufacturing management

Budget planning and scheduling

 


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Education and Experience requirements:

Engineering degree: MSc / BEng in industrial, mechanical, process, or material sciences.

Good knowledge of all operations aspects (Safety, Production, Quality, Process, Capex…) acquired during a first hands-on experience

10+ years within a manufacturing / industrial / mining environment. 

Preferable an Industrial engineer with sufficient plant operational experience.

Skills & Competencies:

Strong managerial and leadership skills • Strategic Thinking • Decision-making and problem-solving skills • Driving & Achieving results • Strong communication skills • Customer-oriented mindset • Continuous Improvement oriented

degree: MSc / BEng in industrial, mechanical, process, or material sciences.
Bachelors
Available

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