Production Manager

Production Manager

Umbogintwini

DL

Main Purpose of the Job

• Lead the team in successful completion of the production plan in accordance with goals.
• Achieve Safety, Environmental, Quality and OEE targets.

Required outputs: Functional

Site KPA

• Responsible and accountable for the effective leadership of production at the site
• Identify “Best Practices", newest technologies and benchmark the plant against these.
• Implement best practice for plant through put, quality improvement and energy reduction.
• Develop and prepare “concepts” into tangible projects (for which funding can be secured)
• Optimize existing processes to maximize production and reduce costs
• Ensure that production costs are maintained within operational budgets.
• Investigate plant bottlenecks, identify root causes, propose and implement solutions
• Research and propose trials for new processes and equipment.
• Responsible for all managerial functions including maintaining discipline and enabling the development of all production employees.
• Manage and direct activities with a focus on creating a safe working environment through a zero-tolerance approach to unsafe practices and adherence to manufacturing best practices.
• Responsible for excellent housekeeping and SHEQ standards.
• Driver of daily Goal alignment meetings and engagement with production staff.
• Participate in the production budgeting process on an annual basis and monitor and control the costs thereof.
• Driving initiatives to ensure full compliance with safety, health and environmental objectives in line with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001

Ensure the effective commissioning of section or equipment to a specific state:

• Ensure appropriate documentation is available for batch start of any new process.
• MOC for any new process done is conducted and assessed appropriately.

Ensure Effective communication of process condition:

• Inform and Resolve process condition upsets.
• Communicate in an accurate, concise, clear, and prompt manner to all departments.
• Take correct action to solve any deviations to process conditions and NCR.
• Log incidents on smart sheet on any deviation from process procedures and standards for investigations.

Ensure effective administration:

• Ensure that the hand over logbook is completed accurately.
• Sign off work plans, logs, miscellaneous and records accurately.
• Administration and Execution of Permit to work
• Efficient control over Utility and raw material usage, to prevent wastage.

SHEQ

• Ensure that all SHEQ standards are maintained and updated.
• Ensure JPlant Foremans and SHE Reps carry out their functions.
• Ensure that Jplant Foremans and Operators, rectify and report safety hazards/near misses promptly.
• Process safety management element owner.
• Lead incident investigations.

Staff Interaction:

• Carry out PJOs on Team Leaders, identify areas that require attention.
• Ensure that effective management is carried out on the production line.
• Ensure Effective communication within the production team.
• Draft and ensure compliance to Training matrix of all production employees.

Factory Development:

• Aid in determining short, medium and long-term factory development strategies.
• Conduct feasibility studies for all new factory development ideas.

Requirements, Qualifications and expertise required (Must)

• Grade 12
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a chemical plant
• Minimum qualification National Diploma Chemical Engineering

Personal attributes

• Production Plan
• Availability of raw materials
• Equipment
• Draft and Update – SOP’s
• Other departments.
• Operators.
• Work plans and handover logbooks.
• Training matrix and training material.
• PPE
• Navision
• Strong manpower skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify root causes and implement permanent solutions.
• Knowledge of safety, quality and environmental best practices and management systems.
• Leadership, strong technical capability, and good people skills are essential.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work under pressure and work extended hours.
• Possess effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Must be able to work within a team environment.
  • IT literate

Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Work Ethic, Teamwork.
• Flexible and integrity.
• Diligent and Able to work under stress conditions.
• Attention to detail.
• Motivated and committed.
• Problem solving.
• Time management.
• Accountability.
• Proactive.

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