The Technical Manager will be responsible to lead the Toolroom and Engineering resources, whilst influencing Maintenance and Project Management to achieve company objectives.
Key Performance Areas
Business Strategy
- Support in the growth of the business through effective support of projects.
- Support in the improvement of the business through effective support of continuous improvement plans.
- Support in the sustainability of the business excellence through the continual improvement of the Tooling and machine building and maintenance expertise.
- Monitor and manage the Head office tool room, both the human capital resources invested in addition to the machinery and equipment employed.
- Give input and direction on tooling design and manufacture (in house and outside developments)
- Manage engineering tool changes and make decisions on internal capacity and capability, or external services.
- Monitor plant tool management and give input to improvements and best practices.
- Support the ongoing improvement of machines and tooling concepts in the plant.
- Manage new process introductions, with design of concept up to commissioning and hand over to production. (project management scope)
- Ensure new equipment and tooling meets capability and capacity requirements.
- Contribute to project feasibility, initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
- Provide Technical support to manufacturing for improvement of production efficiencies, alternate raw materials, technologies and processes.
- Commission machinery and equipment and validate new products and processes.
- Conduct research and development of new/existing technologies, products, and processes.
- Support Production in developing best practice methods to improve productivity.
- Develop and execute Continuous Improvement Programs (CIP) with a cost down mind-set and quality focused.
- Develop, record and present department specific KPIs.
- Develop and execute departmental training needs analysis.
- Develop department specific budgets and Monitor performance against budget (expense control, variance analysis, corrective actions).
- Initiate investment requests for new business, technology, improvement, and corrective plans.
- Conduct project feasibility studies to establish the viability of proposed projects.
- Participate in the Audit process.
- Adhere to Financial policies and procedures.
- Protect company assets (working capital & fixed assets).
- Detect and prevent fraud.
- Promote good Corporate Governance.
- Ensure that all new equipment complies with HSE standards.
- Adhere to and enforce compliance to company SHEQ policy.
- Identify potential hazards and critical safety issues in the workplace.
- Address workplace hazards and risks immediately.
- Work safely and use safety equipment.
- Comply with the requirements of the Quality Management Systems.
- Matriculation (grade 12 school leaving certificate) as a minimum qualification, with maths & science and preferably technical drawing (EGD).
- Qualified Artisan (fitter or turner).
- N6 level or City and Guilds Technical Diploma.
- BSC Mech Eng or N4 Technical diploma with adequate hands-on experience will be good candidates.
- Preferably more than 7 years post apprentice experience in a Tooling Workshop environment.
- Experience in Project Management.
Contact: 011 803 9465
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