Production Manager

A battery recycling plant in Johanesburg is seeking a Production Foreman. Duties: To manage resources for the Battery Breaker department. To ensure the plant is used to maximum output and achieve set KPIs in a 24/7 Operation. To monitor staff performance. To maintain 90% of plant utilization. To adhere to all Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality plans and procedures. Reports to: Production Manager Battery Breaker. Education and Experience: BTech/ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Metallurgical Engineering. Added Advantage: Exposure to Lean Six Sigma and 5S Principles. Exposure to crushers, screens, density separation processes, filter presses. Critical Objectives: Production: Understand the Plants Operations. Planning: Develop and maintain an integral planning system in the Wrecker and Effluent shifts, so that desired results are achieved. Organising: Arrange the activities in the Wrecker and Effluent department so that it is performed effectively, at a reasonable cost and with maximum satisfaction of the people doing it. Leading: Develop, motivate and guide people in the Wrecker department, in order to maintain a stable, loyal employee group that can act effectively. Controlling: Assess and regulate the work in the Wrecker and Effluent department so that approved plans are accomplished, and deviations are corrected promptly. Financial Control: Take all necessary actions to manage production cost so that profitability of the company will improve. Quality Control: Ensure compliance with ISO standards and requirements so that a high level of service and quality are delivered. Health, Safety and Environment: Maintain an organised and healthy working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of the employees in accordance with group and company policies and procedures and relevant statutory regulations. Other: Extrovert, good people skills, good communication skills, written and verbal, high level of integrity and the ability to supervise a team of operators to attain production targets.