Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Electrical Engineer, Epping Mill, Cape Town

Job posting closing date: 18th November 2026, end of day

 

As a person, you’re a learner, a natural leader, and someone who is always looking for ways to make things better while bringing others along with you.

You live your life in alignment with the highest standards of integrity, safety, and quality, ensuring that your responsibilities deliver sustainable long-term results.

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

It starts with YOU.

 

In this role, you will:

Ensure a specific focus area of the Manufacturing Operations’ assets is managed, maintained and operated at maximum efficiency.

Enabled by digital analysis, the manufacturing process on all assets is controlled and continuously improved so that quality and efficiency is improved in accordance with the operational excellence and reliability pillars.

To Lead and execute Projects as set out by the Engineering Manager.



* Operational Excellence


* Perform a leadership role to the Electrical resources.


* Responsible for owning all electrical initiatives and tasks.


* Capable of leading and motivating a team by setting objectives and driving performance management.


* Train, develop and up skill personnel by means of on-the-job as well as technical and generic training



* Corporate Governance, Ethics, Quality, Safety and Housekeeping Standards


* Manages contracts and contractor control procedures and rules for the department.


* Requires understanding of Environmental, legal and K-C statutory requirements.


* 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.


* Contribute to the development of sound safety programmes and maintenance of good working conditions, adherence to the organization and legal safety rules and regulations.


* Continually comply with all K-C regulatory & control requirements, internal controls, while at all-times driving accountability and compliance on the asset.


* Manage changes in process requirements brought by changes in product specifications and productivity requirements.



* Project Management


* Manage Projects in line with CPC and CFI as issued by the Engineering Manager.

 

Continuous Improvement


* Electrical Engineering


* To optimise the electrical related components of assets within a key focus area of the Mill through the design of new electrical and electronic process control systems together with optimisation / maintenance of existing process control systems in order to achieve optimum plant and process performance according to K-C Reliability pillars.


* Manage changes in process requirements brought by changes in product specifications and productivity requirements.



* Digital Architectur...