Engineering Foreman | Mpumalanga
🏢 Company: Fraser Alexander
📍 Location: Mpumalanga
🕒 Job Type: Permanent
📅 Posted: 4 February 2025
Job Purpose
The Engineering Foreman is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all machinery and related processing plant equipment, ensuring operational reliability and availability.
Key Responsibilities
Safety, Health, and Environment
- Fulfil responsibilities of a MHSA Section 2.9.2 legal appointment.
- Maintain Fraser Alexander policies, standards, and procedures.
- Prepare and execute scheduled routine maintenance in conjunction with production planning.
- Champion the implementation of proactive maintenance and elimination of reactive maintenance by implementing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Support operations by ensuring equipment reliability and availability.
- Manage parts and inventory effectively.
- Control maintenance costs and prevent overspending.
Coordination
- Issue work schedules and job cards.
- Lead team compliance with company SHE strategy and zero harm framework.
- Develop and review the weekly maintenance plan with the Maintenance and Process team.
- Reduce reaction times to breakdowns (MTTR) and increase mean time between failures (MTBF).
- Oversee third-party contractor maintenance and compliance.
- Maintain an organized, clean, and safe work area.
- Evaluate condition monitoring status.
Administration
- Maintain maintenance logs and work order documentation on equipment inspections and repairs.
- Prepare monthly performance reports for the engineer.
- Generate cost reports for the site manager/engineer.
- Ensure all breakdowns are appropriately recorded by subordinates.
Managing the Team
- Select and appoint competent and passionate people.
- Supervise, train, and develop maintenance subordinates.
- Maintain open communication with subordinates through daily meetings.
- Monitor performance and maintain discipline.
- Mentor work-integrated learning students.
Qualifications
- N3 Mechanical/Electrical Engineering subjects.
- Trade Test MQA/MERSETA preferred.
- Supervisory Course (Advantageous).
Experience
- Learnership/Apprenticeship in mining, construction, transport, plant, or manufacturing (2 years).
- Artisan with 3-5 years in mining, plant, or manufacturing.
- 3 years management experience.
- Experience on processing plants.
Skills, Qualities, and Abilities
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks effectively in a high-pressure environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Demonstrated supervisory skills.
- Computer literacy: Excel (Basic), Pragma Onkey (Basic).
- Knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering safe practices.
- Strong technical skills and knowledge of best practices in maintenance procedures.
- RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) knowledge.
Salary
- Market-Related Salary
EE Position: No
How to Apply
Submit your application before the closing date of 11 February 2025.
