Plant Superintendent - Sasolburg, South Africa - Omnia (Pty) LTD

Omnia (Pty) LTD
Omnia (Pty) LTD
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Sasolburg, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Thabo Mthembu

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Overview:


The Plant Superintendent is responsible to ensure the smooth running of the production facility by the effective planning and usage of resources as well as overseeing the overall safety of the plant.

This position is responsible to co-ordinate and oversee all aspects related to production processes, resources per shift, and safe operation of the employees on shift.

All activities, roles and responsibilities are aligned to the world class (manufacturing) philosophy, principles and practices.


Qualifications:


  • Matric (Maths and Science)
  • B. Tech (Chemical engineering) or B.Sc Engineering (Chemical)


  • Lean six Sigma

  • Black Belt will be an advantage

Experience:

years' experience in similar role in a Manufacturing environment


Duties:


Safety:

  • Investigate all inidents (safety & environment)
  • Perform process safety audits
  • Tracking and liasing with stakeholders on mitigating actions from investigations
  • Closing external and internal findings
  • Update task based risk assessments
  • Update baseline risk assesments
  • PTO
  • Coach new employees on plant
  • OHSA 8.2(i) appointment
  • Coach existing employees on plant
  • Manage leading and lagging indicators with team leaders

Quality:

  • Develop, train and mentor on quality control procedures
  • Develop SOPs and WIs (owner )
  • Coordinate training of employees minimising cost and business impact
  • Investigation poor quality product NCRs
  • Monitor and escalate raw material quality

Operational Cost control:

  • Monitor and control line budgets (PPE, staff welfare, cleaining, overtime, etc.)
  • Report cost expense and mitigation measures to management
  • Continuous improvement on cost reduction

Working Capital:

  • Ensure we produce as per plan (minimising stock outs and excess production)
  • Investigate stock losses as per monthly recon report

Business Innovation:

  • Review losses and waste with multidiscipline team
  • Propose solutions to losses
  • Promote and particiapate in problem solving
  • Encourage an innovative team environment

Plant Efficiency:

  • Perform stock control (monitoring and planning)
  • Reconcile usage variances against the BOMs

Ensure product delivered as per customer expectations:

  • Liase with supply planning dept about the production demand (plan, sequence, expectations)
  • Escalate delays with supply chain (customers)
  • Perform standby function

Promote employee engagement:

  • Lead task forces to assist in implementing TW and VM baseline practices
  • Leading and managing change in the plant
  • EDD discussion with team leaders
  • Reviewing KPIs
Ensure production viewpoint considered within short and long term maintenance strategy:

  • Provide input on maintenance planning (equipment specific)
  • Identify equipment performance deviations

Job Competencies:

Knowledge

  • Familiar / Competent in Microsoft Office
  • Competent CRS Payroll Solutions
Core Behavioural Competencies

  • Decision making
  • Teamwork
  • Work standards
  • Reliability
  • Motivation of self and others
  • Adaptability
  • Problemsolving
  • Integrity and trust
  • Communication skills
  • Planning and organization
  • Stress tolerance
  • Initiative
  • Building relationships
Functional / Technical Competency

  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Facilitation / Meetings
  • Charing Disciplinary Enquiry
  • Project Management
  • Effective Change Management
  • Brand Knowledge
  • Product
  • Conflict Management
  • Product
Knowledge

  • Rootcause analysis
  • Excellent Customer Services
Cross-Functional Competency

  • Collaboration
  • Functional Integration
Leadership Competency

  • Drive for Results
  • Strategic Agility
  • Managing Vision and Purpose
  • Motivating Others

General:


  • OHSA
  • Omnia PSM standards
  • Omnia Baseline risk assessment
  • Omnia Task based risk assessment
  • KPI management
  • ISO standards
  • Omnia WI template
  • Isometrix
  • Raw material quality specs
  • Interpret expense reports
  • Opportunity identification
  • Stock counting
  • Interpretation of stock report
  • Data interpretation
  • Strong process knowledge
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