Description Role: Reliability Engineer
Location: Epping Mill
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The Role:Role purpose: To ensure a specific focus area of the Manufacturing Operations' assets is managed, maintained and operated at maximum efficiency. Enabled by digital analysis, the manufacturing process on all assets is controlled and continuously improved so that quality and efficiency is improved in accordance with the operational excellence and reliability pillars.
LeadershipPerform a leadership role and influence for all engineering resources.Responsible for owning and improving reliability of equipment and initiatives in driving CI.Capable of leading, motivating and influencing a team by setting objectives and driving performance management.Train, develop and up-skill personnel by means of on-the-job as well as technical and generic training.Manage Reliability and CI Projects on equipment.Corporate Governance, Ethics Quality, Safety and Housekeeping standardsManage contracts and contractor control procedures and rules for the department.Requires understanding of Environmental, legal and K-C statutory requirements.Ensure assets and equipment are maintained in a "Safe to operate" condition at all times while promoting all aspects of safe working practices to meet all safety and housekeeping objectives of the plant.Contribute to the development of sound safety programmes and maintenance of good working conditions, adherence to organization and legal safety rules and regulations.Continually comply with all K-C regulatory & control requirements, internal controls, while at all-times driving accountability and compliance on the assets and equipment.Strategic Asset ReliabilityOptimise the specific manufacturing process through the design of new mechanical process systems together with optimisation/maintenance of existing process systems in order to achieve optimum plant and process reliability according to K-C Reliability Pillars that supports P2030.Provide communication on equipment related issues; work with Engineering/Operations to identify development opportunities to improve MTBF and put improvement action plans in place.Give feedback on uptime initiatives to improve outputs and identify solutions to equipment related problems.Manage and optimize the PM system and replacement of all parts in accordance with the relevant Planned Maintenance schedules.Provide technical information to the maintenance teams detailing work requests for planned and reactive maintenance.Give direction to the team regarding prioritisation of efforts towards preventative maintenance shuts, process improvements and troubleshooting.Ensure effective management of Preventative Maintenance systems.Plan, organise and control all equipment reliability activities through FEC process.To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:Minimum of a BEng Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent tertiary education.Minimum of 3 - 5 years previous engineering and maintenance experience in FMCG environment would be advantageous.LSS – Green Belt.To Be ConsideredClick the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will then review your application and follow up with you if you seem like a great fit for this role.
Primary LocationSouth Africa - Cape Town
Additional LocationsWorker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
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