Mechanical Engineer

Key responsibilities

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure compliance with the requirements of Safety, Health and Environment Standards and Procedures.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and audits and identify high risk areas and initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Arrange and facilitate safety meetings.
• Implement safety related corrective actions and strategies.

Equipment operation and maintenance.

• Ensure safe, efficient and accurate maintenance of equipment according to maintenance procedures, instructions and schedules.
• Build, assemble, test and evaluate machine assemblies.
• Participate in design improvements and projects to improve the manufacturing process and ensure continuous improvement.
• Follow all maintenance related processes and procedures as required by the maintenance management system and ensure that all subordinates follow the same processes.
• Report on maintenance activities as required
• Solid knowledge of Mechanical Engineering principles, processes, systems, procedures and practices.
• Solid knowledge of general maintenance administrative processes and systems.
• Solid understanding of organisational business processes and procedures.

Supervision of Subordinate Employees

• Conduct required performance reviews.
• Identify people related problems areas and hold corrective action meetings.
• Manage conflicts within the team members.
• Ensure team compliance with Safal Steel Environmental, Health, Safety, statutory and maintenance procedures and processes.
• Training and upliftment of the team in all Mechanical functions.
• Oversee, sign off, and ensure timeous submission of compensation related documentation to HR for processing i.e. approved overtime and leave forms.
• Control and ensure that overtime hours are kept at minimum.
• Ensure that discipline is kept amongst subordinates.
• Provide Technical Support.

Continuous Improvement

• Initiate, participate and implement improvement programs and initiatives.
• This includes developing methods to improve the Mechanical section performance and reduce costs.

Requirements

• Minimum academic qualification: National Diploma
• Qualifications as an added advantage: Engineering Degree
• Professional registration: ECSA, if possible
• General work experience years: 10 years
• Specific to the position level/discipline/years: 5 years
• Industry: Heavy Engineering/Steel Industry
• Computer literacy:
• MS Office; SAP advantageous