Packaging Engineer

The key purpose of this role is to ensure optimum utilization of plant, raw materials and people, to produce quality product at minimum cost which meets customer requirements while complying with legislation.

BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree

Government Certificate of Competence would be highly advantageous

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management

Experience of managing and running a high-speed packaging line highly advantageous

A minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing people

Asset Care

Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging hall, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice Implement the asset care plan for the packaging hall, ensuring that the engineering team have the required competencies

Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into engineering team and individual goals Audit compliance to the asset care programme by both the engineering team and the shift base teams

Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, through the training controller, ensure these are addressed

Plant Reliability

Responsible for the overall reliability and up-time of the packaging hall

Lead the engineering team in the provisioning of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams

Verifies that the engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validates quality of work

Verifies that the maintenance systems are working properly, and that data integrity and information accuracy is maintained

Reviews plant reliability to ensure that equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously

Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving technique

Plant Optimisation

Takes part in the Regional and Central Office plant optimization trials, providing advice, assistance and guidance where required Evaluates impact of new plant and equipment, and signs off all plant and equipment modifications

Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance and initiates opportunity evaluation

Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes

Takes part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support

Ensures that continuous improvement is built into engineering team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership

Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction

Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members

Conduct regular engineering team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews

Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members

Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the engineering team

Safety and Housekeeping

Ensure that the engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks

Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping

Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits

Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging engineer is responsible for correcting this Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall as a 2 (7) appointee