Job Description

• Utilize engineering fundamentals to independently identify, propose, analyze, and design cost effective maintenance system that drive growth, reduce costs, improve quality, and keep plant at the top in manufacturing sites/competitors.
• Lead and coordinate the Factory Maintenance team and maintain competencies, motivation, and performance to achieve the team’s mission and objectives.
• Asset Planning – Manage the factory’s engineering data in respect to the formulation of the Business Strategy and that the correct decisions are made in respect to the factory assets.
• Project Management – Monitor the factory’s capital investments. Ensure the justification, request for approval and reporting are in line with the Guidelines for Capital Investment.
• E&A – Ensure that the electrical services, degree of automation and EMS are in line with the business requirements.
• Propose and monitor Factory Engineering key performance indicators.
• Drive innovation / renovation within the factory
• Ensure that projects are designed with a high degree of flexibility to better enable the operations to adjust to a changing environment keeping in mind safety and the environment.
• Ensure engineering operates as part of a multi-functional team with clear and open communication.

Strategic Effectiveness

• Extensive knowledge of food engineering fundamentals and applications, knowledge of statistics, design of experiments, problem solving techniques, engineering economics
• In-depth knowledge of food processing plant and technology.
  – Maintenance technologies.
  – Operation of utilities.
• Knowledge of food safety, regulatory requirements for food safety and hygienic engineering.
• SAP
• Planning and organization.
• Analytical skills in problem solving.
• Communication and networking.
• Understanding of financial analysis and relevant business drivers.
• Project Engineering/Management – Plant Design & Construction

Operational Effectiveness

• Responsible for efficient and prompt maintenance and repair of plant machinery.
• Ensure that engineering drive the energy and environment reporting system.
• Ensures that workers adhere to hygienic standards and safety regulations.
• Ensure that staff under his control is working according to factory rules and regulations.
• Manages spares master data and do the necessary changes and updates.
• Exercises strict control over absences, lateness, overtime discipline etc
• Does any job assigned to him and takes full responsibility for work done.

Requirements

• Degree in engineering, preferably mechanical / electrical / chemical / process engineering.
• Minimum 8 – 10 years’ experience in a technical field, preferable in food manufacturing or consumer goods industry, including Maintenance responsibilities.
• Must be fluent in both oral and written English
• Strong technical and managerial skills.
• Experience expected to have resulted in a solid record of accomplishment.