Qualifications: Responsibilities & Experience: Attributes: Advanced Diploma / Btech in Mechanical Engineering / BSc. / BEng Mechanical Engineering Government Certificate of Competence (GCC) Highly recommen ded Certified Maintenance and Reliabili ty Professional (CMRP ) - Advantageous Minimum 5 years relevant experience in heavy metal industry Practical experience in manufacturing process and metallurgical furnaces Strategic Component Responsible for diverse technical areas including equipment and component maintenance strategy selection, equipment maintenance cost modelling and replacements, life cycle analysis, operational risk management, and the re-engineering of equipment for reliability improvement with a goal of down time reduction and maximum plant and equipment reliability. Operations / Maintenance Engineering Planning (Maintenance Business Plan) including: Manager objectives and development planning (Life cycle of equipment and facilities) Ensure all equipment/assets initiatives and processes related to mechanical machinery, installations and modifications are in conformance with OHSA (Act 85 of 1993) Resource decisions - Manages organisation structure, including external resources and related service agreements Adhere to planned capital budget and manages maintenance operational budget that relates to mechanical systems focus Organising Manage maintenance work procedures and ensure standard of work is adhered to Leading and managing the Maintenance Mix - RCM Implementation (Reliability Centre of Maintenance) and Prevention vs Correction vs Design-Out Control Manage any failure causes, conducting RCAs (Root-Cause Analysis) and related budget control Business Culture - Top to Bottom team forming and reliability Culture and ensure pro-activeness, learning culture and service excellence through customer focus Engineering and maintenance Senior standby Duties Performance Management Oversee supervisory and staff performance Ensure equipment performance (and availability) and detailed failure analysis is done as needed Ensure continuous improvement and efficient operations by development of systems that accurately monitor all cost elements Conduct cost effective production through RCA, defect elimination and determining customer requirements Risk Management - Oversee risk identification and overall/specific risk reduction and contractor management (primarily on shutdowns) Industrial Relations - Conduct, lead or participate in labour relations hearings and investigations Manages/ maintains Supply Systems, Workplace Adequacy (availability of tools and skills to do the job), Work Management systems, Asset Management (ISO 55000 ) and Quality System (ISO 9001), ISO14001, OHSAS18001, OHSACT, Labour Law Teamwork- being constructive and willing to take on less attractive tasks, contributing practically to the teams success Problem Solving- thinking things through in a logical way in order to identify key issues, including creative thinking Inter-personal Skills- ability to relate well to others and to establish good working relationships Please be advised that only applications meeting the stated minimum requirement will be responded to and should you not receive any communication within two weeks from the closing date of the advertisement , please consider your application unsuccessful . Short-listed candidates might be required (if not done in the past 18 months) to conduct psychometric assessment as part of the selection process.