Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Job Description

Engineering Manager, Enstra Plant, Gauteng

Job posting closing date: 1st October 2025, end of day

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

You will lead the multi-functional / dimensional Engineering and Project management Team within Enstra Plant,  while ensuring at all times assets are managed, maintained and operated at world class standards in the areas of safety, quality and cost.

You will be an active and integral member of the Facility management Team (FMT), providing input on strategic and tactical plans for the Plant.

In this role, you will:


* Ensure assets are maintained in a “Safe to operate” condition at all times while promoting all aspects of safe working practices to meet all safety and housekeeping objectives of the plant


* Ensure that all relevant statutory and legal requirements are adhered to.


* Develop and execute a world class maintenance strategy for the mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and Civil, within the plant maintenance teams.


* Develop and implement best practice management, encompassing lean methodology in the areas of, Capex, preventive maintenance and project management excellence in the area of systems and processes.


* Lead, plan and execute Mill efficiency and plant capacity and improvement modification projects.


* Create an environment of continuous improvement through empowerment, education and training.


* Develop a sense of belonging by creating a workplace that encourages high involvement and maximises the capabilities of team and individuals.


* Focus on identifying potential leaders through KC Culture demonstration


* KPIS:


* Safety: Drive a world class safety culture within the engineering functions, while driving a ZERO reportable injury frequency rate within the facility.

Drive compliance to OSHAct and KC safety standards


* Quality: ensuring quality targets are met as per objectives of the facility, by ensuring assets are maintained to the correct standard.


* Corporate ethics: Continually comply with all KCC, Regulatory & Control requirements, while always driving accountability and compliance within the Engineering team.


* Cost: Drive cost transformation programs within the engineering disciplines, while always driving teams to achieve facility objective of Total cost of manufacturing and conversion cost

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