Description:
SENIOR FACTORY MANAGER
Level of Work: Senior Management
Direct report (solid line): Chief Executive Officer
Minimum Education required: NQF Level 6/7 Degree in an Engineering discipline - Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Metallurgy, Millwright, or equivalent qualification
Qualification in financial management is advantageous.
Minimum Experience required: 5 years of post qualification engineering or process experience in FMCG, Chemical and Processing or Mining industry.
Purpose of the Role: The main responsibility of the Factory manager is to deliver products of maximum quality in a cost-effective, safe, and reliable manner, while maintaining the factory assets in a cost-effective way to ensure safe and reliable production. The Factory manager is responsible to lead, direct and manage all aspects of the business to achieve the desired growth, profit and strategic business objectives or ambitions of the business unit.
Primary Responsibilities
Task & responsibilities
Development of asset preservation strategy
Ensure the development of the asset preservation strategy, AM objectives and operational plans. Responsible for the asset register remaining useful and compare to current asset condition to determine the remaining preservation strategy. Evaluate previous years budget and expenses to determine the following maintenance budget and Asset preservation strategy. Responsible for the performance of the plant and identifying focus areas and new performance targets.
Implementation of asset preservation strategy
Ensure maintenance standards are developed for the department. Ensure cost -effective and safe maintenance execution.
Translate the asset preservation strategy and AM objectives into plans, budgets and KPIs for the maintenance function and provide the resources to execute these plans. Allocate the budgets and performance target to relevant heads of department.
Management of Maintenance effectiveness
Ensure the effective execution of preventive and reactive maintenance work on the factorys assets to optimize their performance at minimal cost and risk. Evaluate the work orders for the week (status; backlog; schedule; compliance; performance) and address any problems with the relevant heads of department. Review and monitor