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We’re looking for an experienced Workshop Manager (Central) to supply competent and cost-effective maintenance and engineering support, service, advise solutions and techniques to maximise the availability of equipment, effectively preservation of the companies physical assets, and develop and supervise people under his control.

As a Workshop Manager (Central) you will be responsible for:

• Continuously improves machine or facility maintenance efficiency with the implementation of preventative and predictive maintenance techniques by planning, leading, organizing, and controlling resources at its disposal, including the maximum utilization of the Workshop facilities and equipment
• Monitors work in progress and ensures maintenance efficiencies by using SAP leverage mechanisms. Takes corrective action for any deviations using performance management techniques
• Implements the necessary planning and scheduling of resources by the use of the weekly workshop's outstanding job sheet
• Controls profitability and cost efficiency to stringent budget constraints and objectives, and motivates expenditure requirements as required
• Ensuring that the section complies with all statutory and legal requirements by providing guidance, performing inspections, maintaining records, and controlling objectives, standards, and methods used in complying with OSHACT and permits requirements
• Complies with the requirements of the CAP audit protocol concerning all SHEQ activities and elements
• Implements maintenance procedures and practices to ensure that plant availability is maximised, e.g., implementation of predictive, planned, and reliability-centered maintenance, etc
• Compiles workshop budget concerning Fixed costs such as Wages, Salaries, overtime, and machinery maintenance costs.
• Assists in maintaining a competitive advantage by the reduction of total costs without detriment to equipment and operational efficiencies by monitoring engineering cost reports and controls expenditure by initiating cost-effective design or plant changes, e.g., motivating changes to maintenance schedules, spare parts, and capital requests as and when necessary to achieve these aims, etc
• Ensures engineering standards and procedures are maintained by monitoring frequency and modes of failures, breakdowns, accidents, adherence to QCPs, excess labour usage, and initiates changes to plant and process to overcome these.  Establishes the root causes of deviations
• Ensures shutdown maintenance is planned and efficiently controlled and executed with minimal disruption to production schedules
• Investigates and recommends equipment purchases, machinery modifications, machinery strategy based on life cycle costing techniques for the medium to long term, etc, by on and off-site inspections, meeting equipment users, vendors, etc

• Identify training needs, implement development plans, and ensure technical competency within the team
• Maintain discipline in line with company policy; chair disciplinary hearings, and recommend dismissal to Senior Management where required
• Participates in the Plant Safety Committee meetings and ensures safety objectives are met
• Performs Critical Task Analysis, develops Safe Work Procedures, and performs Job Observations where required
• Ensure adherence to relevant ISO standards when implementing policies, procedures, and work instructions
• Chairs daily morning meetings, monthly workshop forums, and resolves issues and escalates them for further investigation when required

What are we looking for?

• Completed apprenticeship in Fitting & Turning
• A formal qualification would be advantageous
• N5/N6 studying towards a Diploma or GCC
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a heavy industrial or manufacturing maintenance environment
• Supervisory experience is essential.
• SAP experience is advantageous