Pack Plant Engineer

About the role

JOB PURPOSE This role exists to Prioritize and allocate resources for maintenance of packing plant equipment in order to ensure safe and optimum machine reliability and availability. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Safety: Ensures that OHS Act and the company safety rules and procedures are adhered to within the area of responsibility. Identifies risks for maintenance/factory activities and addresses them Budget: Controls and executes work against budget and authorize spending within authority limits. Plans and proposes maintenance budget. Finds opportunities for budget reduction and savings projects without an impact on Reliability Projects: Acts as Maintenance representative on site projects and conducts forward planning to help filter out the relevant and important projects in the department. Guarantees Early Equipment Maintenance implementation at beginning of the project Plant Availability: Ensures that machines are maintained as required and according to the maintenance schedule (current improvement methodology on site is World Class Manufacturing) Develops and implements maintenance projects and standards by sourcing and evaluating materials and allocating and staff. Ensures that the spares required for maintenance are available and are procured according to quality specifications Ensures that breakdowns/ adjustment losses are handled promptly and proper root cause analysis (RCA) is done Manages action plans from maintenance activities (condition-based maintenance, Maintenance Tags, RCA) Ensures that engineering-related losses are identified and eliminated/reduced People: Lead a team of approximately 20 artisans and apprentices. This will include driving a professional Engineering culture that involves solving problems promptly and properly, at a high technical standard. Team management also includes setting up targets, monitoring performance and motivating the team