Purpose of the Role: The main responsibility of the Factory manager is to deliver products of maximum quality in a cost-effective, safe, and reliable manner, while maintaining the factory assets in a cost-effective way to ensure safe and reliable production. The Factory manager is responsible to lead, direct and manage all aspects of the business to achieve the desired growth, profit and strategic business objectives or ambitions of the business unit. Primary Responsibilities Ensure the development of the asset preservation strategy, AM objectives and operational plans.Responsible for the asset register remaining useful and compare to current asset condition to determine the remaining preservation strategy.Evaluate previous year budget and expenses to determine the following maintenance budget.Responsible for the performance of the plant and identify focus areas and new performance targets. Implementation of asset preservation strategy Ensure maintenance standards are developed for the department.Ensure cost -effective and safe maintenance execution.Translate the asset preservation strategy and AM objectives into plans, budgets and KPIs Management of Maintenance effectiveness Ensure the effective execution of preventive and reactive maintenance work on the factories assets.Evaluate the work orders for the week (status; backlog; schedule; compliance.Review and monitor the cost of maintenance (SAP & Excel maintenance sheet).Evaluate critical plant/equipment status to determine the scheduling of planned maintenance. Drive quality and eliminate defects through continuous improvement. Drive continuous improvement in process and maintenance (KPI review meetings).Appraise all continuous improvement tasks/opportunities.Prioritise, plan and resource CI projects.Ensures the master tile specifications are valid.Analyse the customers complaints to gain insight into problems to eliminate inefficiencies.Monitor daily/weekly QC inspection from the Lab to identify areas for efficiencies.Minimum Education required: NQF Level 6/7 Degree in an Engineering discipline - Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Metallurgy, Millwright, or equivalent qualificationQualification in financial management is advantageous. Minimum Experience required: 5 years post qualification engineering or process experience in FMCG, Chemical and Processing or mining industry.Salary: R Job Reference #: 1146465