About the position
Introduction
Our pies and pastries Linbro facitlity is a highly automated factory based in Johannesburg.
Established in 1995, this first class facility produces dry and frozen bakery products including Tubeset, muffin batters, croissants, cinnamon scrolls, place and bake frozen preformed cookies, frozen pizzas, dry bakery mixes and ready-to-eat muffins, as well as frozen pies.
Through the offering of innovative products, combined with convenience and ease of preparation, this business has become the preferred supplier and leader in muffins to the South African food service market.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for Supervising Maintenance Team.
- Firmness and hands-on management approach will be to your best advantage.
- Work closely with Plant Engineer to ensure smooth operation of the maintenance department.
- Planning of daily, weekly, monthly maintenance activities in accordance with maintenance schedule.
- Drive maintenance strategy. Develop and implement maintenance and preventative plans.
- Contribute and/or take the lead with improvement & upgrade projects.
- Ensure a high standard of housekeeping.
- Assist with breakdowns and after hours call outs.
- Maximize uptime and operational effectiveness of all machinery.
- Administration Function - time sheets, reports, correspondence.
- Liaise with service providers & vendors for technical
- Responsible to drive a culture of adherence to Health and Safety standards.
- Ensure GMP's are adhered to.
- Participate and support Company's food safety and quality objectives.
- Report all problems with the Food Safety to the QA Manager who will initiate and records actions.
- Shopware
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Matric.
- N6/National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- 7 years' industry experience of which at least 3 years are in a supervisory role.
- Must have a trade qualification, preferably Millwright.
- Must have worked in a food production environment or similar.
- Good practical knowledge of Ammonia cooling systems.
- Experience with automated machinery, e.g. PLC's, HMI's, drives, automated packing machines.
- Electrical problem-solving experience. Wireman's license will be advantageous.
- Must have production process experience.
- In depth understanding of preventive maintenance philosophy.
- Knowledge of Shopware maintenance module would be an advantage.
- Administrative Skills.
- Knowledge of FSSC 22000 principles.
- MS Office.
- Willing to work shifts, weekends, and Public Holidays.
