Engineering Manager- Tanzania, Arusha

Engineering Manager- Tanzania, Arusha :

Job Summary

The purpose of the job is to ensure the development and implementation of the strategy for the Engineering and Maintenance functions in your plant, ensuring that the plant machinery and or equipment is operating at a reliable standard.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities
• Undertaking strategic planning activities with the senior management team and
in line with customer and business needs.
• Lead responsibilities for continuous improvement programmes (eg WCM Pillar
owner).Create, implement and direct initiatives in line with programme goals
and deliverables.
• Ensure environment, health and safety is at the centre of all site activity whilst
demonstrating role model behaviour and leading by example
• Ensure adherence to legal compliance for the engineering team
• Set Engineering, Maintenance targets in line with operations objectives and
develop the strategies to achieve these. Implement and manage the processes
required to achieve targets using continuous improvement methodology
• Direct activities within the Engineering teams (Tooling, re-engineering,
maintenance and prototyping) such that they are focused on performance
improvement against the agreed KPI’s of the business.
• Lead, implement and drive methodologies that will bring change to the plants
performance progressing towards World Class Manufacturing standards.
• Define and manage the skills requirements and subsequent training within
engineering paying attention to Saint-Gobain competency matrix to improve
people capability in the plant.
• Responsible for determining the structure and resource requirements of the
Engineering and Maintenance departments such that the overall strategy of the
plant can be fulfilled.
• Creating an environment within the team that stimulates creativity and
innovation.
• To lead, coach and manage the engineering team to ensure an engaged
workforce
• As part of managing working capital of the plant and ensuring that the plant
continuously run, ensure that you proactively identify critical spares, in line with
inventory policy, and ensure that controls are in place to manage the spares
appropriately.
• Manage maintenance spend in line with company policy and procedures with a
reasonable rate of return.
• Using best practice project methodology, manage engineering capex projects in
line with strategic development plan.
• To lead, coach and manage the engineering team to ensure an engaged
workforce
• Execute the GMR2 responsibilities in order to comply with the OHSACT
• Liaise with authorities on service supply issues of water and electricity and
ensure back-up supply where reasonable.

Qualifications and Experience

• Appropriate university degree (BSC; B.Eng. Electrical/Mechanical)
• In possession of Government Certificate of Competence, Mechanical/ Electrical
• Practitioner in continuous improvement techniques (e.g. 6 sigma; WCM)
• 5 years experience in engineering; 3 of which should be in a team leadership
capacity in a continuous process environment.
• Good computer skills with (Excel), SAP
• Significant prior engineering and maintenance management experience in a
manufacturing environment
• Operating within formal standards such as OHSAS18001, ISO14001, ISO9000,
etc.
• High level project management of large CAPEX investments
• Accomplished problem-solver, logical, analytical
• Strong communication skills and ability to present, coaching influence and
persuade at all levels
• Proven leadership capability – coaching and developing others, including
enabling others to lead their teams effectively.
• Ability to lead cross functional project teams to successful completion

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send CVs and application letters no later than 20 March 2023 to Asha.Mafita@saint-gobain.com

N.B company will assist you to obtain work permit and residence permit