Jobs
>
Germiston

    Plant Engineer - Germiston, South Africa - Dawning Truth

    Dawning Truth
    Dawning Truth Germiston, South Africa

    1 day ago

    Default job background
    Permanent
    Description

    Leading metal products manufacturer seeks Plant Engineer. Oversee maintenance and continuous plant improvements. Hands-on person.

    Non-Negotiables (We will check)

  • Excellent Mechanical Aptitude. Exceptionally good with your hands. Has had hands-on maintenance experience on punches, fitting and turning machines, welding machines, cranes, motor vehicles (strong pref). More than 5 years.
  • Government Certificate of Competency (Mechanical or Factories).
  • Expert in Occupational Health and Safety. Practices and investigations.
  • Innovative. Exposure to Industrial Engineering, TQM, Lean or equivalent. Has been involves in plant improvement projects from a conceptualisation and implementation perspective.
  • Exposure to maintenance of old machines, custom machines and electro-mechanical machines.
  • Leads as part of the team. Exceptional people skills. Reads people well. Manages own emotions well. Win-win collaborator. Mentor and developer of staff.
  • Wants to make a difference in the role. Stable career history.
  • What the person must be able to do:

    This role is in the South African metal products manufacturing industry. All duties would take place in this context.

  • Oversee all plant planning, design and maintenance
  • Take full operational accountability for installation and maintenance of: Mechanical Machines, Automated Machines, Tools, Functional EquipmentVehicle fleet maintenanceHeavy equipment such as boilers and compressorsElectrical equipment such as welders
  • Take full accountability for Occupational Health and Safety
  • Oversee utilities such as electricity, water, steam and effluent
  • Understand how to design and repair custom equipment (Don't have to do, just understand)
  • Understand heavy machinery
  • Practical understanding of industrial engineering practices such as TQM, Lean, ISO or equivalent.
  • Advantageous: Specific experience in the metal goods industry
  • Introduce and monitor proactive maintenance schedules and practices
  • Mentoring and staff skills upliftment
  • People skills and interdepartmental harmonisation skills
  • Manage a team of maintenance staff
  • Key Job Deliverables (First 6-12 Months):

  • Get to understand the plant in depth
  • Analyse current status of operation and identify opportunities for optimisation
  • Optimise proactive and reactive maintenance
  • Audit safety practices and recommend improvements
  • Background work experience

  • 5+ years experience as a Plant Engineer or equivalent (i.e. Must have had overall accountability for a Plant)
  • GCC (Mechanical or Factories) (Non Negotiable)
  • Mechanical Engineering N6, Btech or BSc
  • Proven track record in plant optimisation and proactive maintenance (we will check references)
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Type of Person

    Qualify In

  • Action orientated
  • Analytical thinker
  • Innovator
  • Improvement Driven
  • Strong leadership skills – Leads as a member of the team
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong communication skills at all levels (From senior management to blue collar workers)
  • Natural coach and mentor
  • Strong project management and facilitation skills
  • Success orientated
  • Qualify Out

  • Abrasive
  • Emotionally cold
  • Focuses on numbers and forgets about people
  • Introverted – Not a people person
  • Wants to be spoon fed
  • Lethargic
  • Confined to Analysis-Paralysis
  • Personality Summary:

  • Moderate to High Driver – Results Orientated Go-getter.
  • Moderate to High Analytical – Strong with analysis, metrics, data and fact based decision making.
  • Moderate Expressive – People person, natural leader.
  • Advantageous – Moderate Administrative – Good with procedures, processes and best practices.
  • Benefits of this Role:

  • Established Engineering manufacturer (Leaders in their industry)
  • Opportunity to make a difference and "leave your mark"
  • Reports to: Engineering Director

    Location: Johannesburg East (Germiston Area)

    Employment Equity: N/A

    Salary: Market Related. In the Range of R800K to R950K Million per annum. Negotiable for exceptional candidates.

    Type: Permanent

    Start: ASAP

    Reference: DT 128



  • ALPLA PACKAGING SA (PTY) LTD Johannesburg, South Africa Full time

    What you will enjoy doing · Responsible for the smooth running of the infrastructure (electrical/air/water/chillers etc..) in the Lanseria plant working with the Maintenance Manager · • Responsible to define, plan, order, and direct utilities installations. · • Performs cost anal ...


  • Dante Personnel Germiston, South Africa

    Gauteng, Germiston · - R40 000 CTC - R40 000 CTC · Plant Maintenance Technician · Germiston · R40 000 CTC · **Minimum requirements**: · - An engineering diploma · - Be registered as an Installations Electrician and have experience in electrical installations · - Understand and be ...

  • PPC Recruitment

    Manager Projects

    6 hours ago


    PPC Recruitment Germiston, South Africa

    **Job Advert Summary**: · - Lead and manage the planning, execution and delivery of capital · - Assemble, lead and manage multidisciplinary teams in the course of the project delivery · - Manage all stakeholder communications and reporting on the project · - Manage the business e ...


  • Profile Personnel Johannesburg, South Africa

    Head of Engineering and Plant Maintenance required for a reputable construction company based in Johannesburg, Gauteng · Requirements: · Must have experience with management various sectors of operation and management control. · Should have worked on sites as mechanic expert and ...


  • Profile Personnel Johannesburg, South Africa Full time

    Head of Engineering and Plant Maintenance required for a reputable construction company based in Johannesburg, Gauteng · Requirements: · Must have experience with management various sectors of operation and management control. · Should have worked on sites as mechanic expert and ...


  • Quality Connect Staffing East Rand, South Africa

    Manufacturing client based in Spartan needs your 5 to 10 years experience in a manufacturing environment regarding PLC/Robot and Project execution. · PLC experience on Siemens hardware essential. · Scada and Wonderware systems would be highly advantageous. · N4 or equivalent dipl ...

  • Unique Personnel

    MRP Planner

    6 hours ago


    Unique Personnel East Rand, South Africa

    **Job Number** · - 69457 · **Job Type** · - Permanent · **Job Title** · - MRP Planner · **Computer Skills** · - MS Excel,MS Outlook,MS Word · **Industry** · - Engineering · **City** · - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) · **Province** · - Gauteng · **Purpose of Role**: · - To provide effici ...

  • Unilever

    Fitter Artisan

    6 hours ago


    Unilever Boksburg, South Africa

    MAIN JOB PURPOSE: To provide multidisciplinary engineering and operations to skills to ensure general maintenance within specific unit of responsibility within prescribed guidelines. · JOB SUMMARY · - Undertakes all non-specialized maintenance within specific unit of responsibili ...

  • Unilever

    Material Planner

    6 hours ago


    Unilever Boksburg, South Africa

    Main Job Purpose: · - The Execution Planner (RMPM) is the Planning representative at Unilever's factories from RMPM perspective. The role covers Material Scheduling: receives the Production Schedule - and schedules and executes the daily call offs of Raw and Packaging Materials f ...


  • Palesa Mbali Group Johannesburg, South Africa Full time

    Our Client is looking for an Electrical Site Engineer - Substation Primary Plant. To oversee and manage the electrical infrastructure within the substation, including the interconnection with the PV system, to ensure the safe and reliable distribution of electrical power. · Respo ...


  • PepsiCo Isando, South Africa

    **Responsibilities**: · - Fabricate and Assemble metal structures and equipment with welders, cutters, shapers and measuring tools to produce metal products according to customer and PepsiCo engineering specifications. · - Read and interpret project plans, blueprints and other wr ...


  • Trans Africa Projects Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa Full time

    Trans Africa Projects's job vacancy, Career and Recruitment · Job title : Engineer / Senior Technician (Control Plant) jobs in Gauteng · Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg · Deadline : 18-May-24 · Quick Recommended Links · Jobs by Location · Job by industries · Purpose of the ...


  • Armstrong Appointments Johannesburg, South Africa

    **Exciting opportunity in multi-national Renewable Energy company.** · **Must be South African citizen.** · *** · **Main job function** · The Head of Technical Services will join the Operation & Maintenance department and reports directly to the O&M Head of Solar. He/She will be ...

  • Adcorp Holdings

    Design Draughtsman

    6 hours ago


    Adcorp Holdings Johannesburg, South Africa

    **Roles and Responsibilities** · - Drawing up of Process Flow Diagrams (PFD's) and Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's). · - Generate General Arrangement (GA) Drawings in conjunction with Process, Mechanical and EC&I engineering disciplines. Drawings to show main plant dime ...

  • Engineered Sourcing

    Site Agent

    6 hours ago


    Engineered Sourcing Johannesburg, South Africa

    The main duties and responsibilities of the site agent are as follows: · - Coordinate tasks according to priorities and plans. · - Produce schedules and monitor attendance of crew. · - Scrutinise the plans/drawings and schedule any items to be ordered for Head Office approval. · ...

  • AGC Recruitment

    Project Lead

    6 hours ago


    AGC Recruitment Johannesburg, South Africa

    **Project Lead - Mechanical - Concentrator Plant, Commissioning - Northern Cape** · Our client is an International Mining Company, and they are currently seeking a highly experienced and skilled Project Lead - Mechanical for a Concentrator Plant project in the Northern Cape. · As ...

  • Unilever

    Ice Technician

    6 hours ago


    Unilever Johannesburg, South Africa

    ICE SPECIALIST- Lords View Factory · MAIN JOB PURPOSE: · To provide multidisciplinary Instrumentation and Control skills to ensure preventive and proactive maintenance and operation of the plant to achieve factory performance targets. The Instrumentation Technician keeps the inst ...


  • Mecad Systems Johannesburg, South Africa

    1. Design · - Do plant layouts with input from clients, management, costing and BOM in AutoCAD 3D and Solidworks. · - Concept and detail design of products and complete plants (Large assemblies) · - Manufacturing drawings · - Do procurement, receive and check parts as required · ...


  • AGC Recruitment Johannesburg, South Africa

    **Maintenance Specialist (Plant) - Automotive - Durban** · Our client in the automotive industry is currently seeking a Maintenance Specialist (Plant) to join their team in Durban. This is a full-time, permanent position with competitive salary and benefits. · As a Maintenance Sp ...


  • Engen Johannesburg, South Africa

    **Purpose of the Job**: · To identify and tag assets at retail service stations/ depots/ convenience centres and conduct physical verification and condition assessments of such assets to ensure relevant asset information is available, recorded and accurately reflected on Engen's ...