Maintenance Foreman

SUMMARY:
Maintenance Foreman (Foundry)

POSITION INFO:
Qualifications

• Matric

• Qualified Fitter with a minimum of 10 years supervisory experience;
• Understanding of basic safety legal liability and industrial relations;
• Basic Microsoft Office.

• Investigate and report safety hazards, non-compliance to safety standards and unsafe acts and conditions;
• Report on labour and material issues;
• Initiate disciplinary action and present / chair disciplinary hearings.
• Recommend suppliers.
• Ensure all mechanical maintenance equipment and machinery are properly maintained;
• Downtime of equipment, plant and machinery due to mechanical faults / failure;
• Up-skilling subordinates including training apprentices;
• Safety standards / SON’s
• Rectify all mechanical breakdowns through fault finding diagnosis and allocation of resources;
• Implement new installations and projects;
• Accomplish departmental and operational objectives by managing and delegating responsibilities and duties to subordinates in accordance with the maintenance plan and operational priorities, evaluating outcomes and initiating corrective action plans as required;
• Accomplish staff results by communicating job instructions, motivating, appraising job results, coaching and initiating training and staff development initiatives;
• Initiate corrective action through counselling and disciplinary action as required;
• Accomplish financial objectives by controlling material and human resource costs through applying best practice principles when ordering and sourcing spares and controlling and managing overtime;
• Ensure a safe, secure and legal work environment by continually reinforcing safe work standards and applying the principle of continuous improvement in all activities such as initiating safety talks, conducting risk assessments, updating applicable safe operating procedures and maintaining safety records;
• Conduct over inspections on all critical equipment and report findings;
• Ensure all ISO, planned maintenance and general maintenance records are correctly captured and updated;
• Implement the 5 S principles through housekeeping.