Foreman Electrical l C4

Business Unit:
Inland BU

Department:
Engineering

Site:
Hercules

Location - Town / City:
Pretoria

Job Advert Summary:
Leading and management of the Electrical team and resources to ensure the safe operation of plant equipment in compliance to legal requirements, as well as the achievement of a high level of plant equipment reliability and availability.

Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications: National Diploma in Electrical Engineering Experience: Technical experience in a heavy industry/mining environment (5 or more) Supervisory experience in a heavy industry/mining environment (3 or more) In depth understanding and knowledge of the Cement and/or Lime Quarrying and manufacturing process and equipment. (5 or more) Special Requirements: Driver’s License. EMS, QMS, On key and other management system Performance Management System

Duties and Responsibilities:
Systems & Equipment - Maintain low and medium voltage switch gear, transformers, reticulations, networks, PLCs, VSDs and MCC Business Intelligence - Perform Root-cause Analysis to rectify problem areas and poor maintenance practices. Document and communicate findings to key individuals in support of Continuous Improvement. (FMEA, 5 Why, Fishbone, A4 and other techniques). Monitor and trend equipment condition. Functional Planning - Ensure that the activities of the Engineering Department has a minimal impact on Production by achieving the optimum turnaround time on workorders (Mean Time to Repair). Provide input into the shutdown process and the shutdown post-mortem for Continuous Improvement purposes. Allocate resources for the timeous completion of all scheduled and un-scheduled work through short term (2 weeks or more) resource planning and scheduling. Assess and approve reactive non-urgent workorder requests. Provide input, with Production personnel, into the Planning and Scheduling process for planned maintenance, in order to maximise production run-time. Execution of Maintenance - Ensure the cost effective and timeous completion of workorders executed by artisans and their assistants. Operational Control - Ensure that Operational Best Practices (OBP) is adhered to. Sign off on the plant Temporary Change Log workorders and follow up. Verify and sign off on intangible time booking. Conduct regular scheduled over-inspections to ensure that work is performed to the correct standard. Ensure that the ACP is adhered to through execution of workorders and the management of delays and backlog (workorder management). Compile a weekly report of work loading, backlog, costs, call-outs and key engineering metrics or ratios Communication and Reporting - Ensure that key Engineering Department metrics are reviewed in the team INVOCOM. Apply Kambuku principles. Provide input into interdepartmental INVOCOMs. Ensure that the correct, accurate and timeous key metrics feed into the weekly OPS reports. Report factors, incidents and accidents that pose a business risk. Governance and Risk Management - Adhere to SHE, legal, statutory and regulatory structures and frameworks and promote a culture of compliance. Promote and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 system. Evaluate negative trends and introduce remedial solutions. Comply with JAP audit requirements. Drive and ensure that Asset Care Health Checks are entrenched. Comply with Ad-Hoc audit requirements and implement corrective actions. Inventory Management - Monitor critical spares and engineering stock item inventories, ensuring availability while minimising redundancy. Ensure that parts of the correct specification are ordered and received into stock. Monitor and control rotable spares. Contractor Management - Ensure that contractors adhere to PPC asset care policies and procedures. Submit requisitions for contract labour and service providers. Allocate work to Labour hire staff, contractors and service providers. Reconcile contractor labour hours and authorise invoices for payment.