Shift Controller

The Chicken Business is seeking a Shift Controller to join our Processing Plant. The role will be based in Rustenburg and report to the Plant Engineer. The team is looking for a natural leader with a strong understanding of plant assignments and correlating them with the necessary skilled employees. The Shift Controller is entrusted to manage the resources, employees, equipment, operational, and safety issues on the Plant.

Duties & Responsibilities:*
Operational Maintenance*

• Utilise the skill matrix to assess the applicability of assignments based on individual skill sets.
• Plan and manage all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests and break downs.
• Determine material, equipment, and supplies to be used and ensure that these are ordered and available at the work site.
• Help plan and manage weekend mechanical maintenance tasks and projects.
• Use planned maintenance schedules to coordinate daily activities of engineering employees and implement operational asset productivity and care through the planned maintenance strategy by noting and driving the resolution of maintenance issues.
• Monitor, measure and report on engineering related down-time and general issues.
• Fault find on plant equipment or machinery to ascertain and repair faults to ensure production can continue.
• Attend to and resource plant breakdowns timeously to minimize production downtime.
• Conduct planned maintenance as per the job card schedule and sign off job once fully completed.
• Send job cards to the Plant Engineer for record purposes.

Budgeting and Administration

• Manage the maintenance spend against budget through daily review of budget vs. actual financial reports.
• Provide input to the Plant Engineer to co-create and commit to an appropriate engineering budget during the annual budgeting process.
• Authorize stores requisitions and provide initial sign off of invoices prior to submission to Plant Engineer.
• Work with the Plant Engineer and Planner to ensure accurate reporting.
• Coordinate and sign off on the team’s submission of all required documentation to the Engineering Planner for inclusion in engineering information systems (On-key).
• Organise meetings with engineering staff, prepare inspection reports and action the non-conformances.
• Ensure that all maintenance certificates of compliance are appropriately issued, and action taken according to the scheduled plan and that action and task lists are recorded by the planner.

Project Management

• Provide input to the Plant and Project Engineer on the feasibility of projects by analysing technology, resource needs and market demands to assure project feasibility.
• Work with the Project Engineer to ensure that the requirements of internal customers are met and to prepare accurate project specifications.
• Assist to smoothly implement projects on time and within the agreed budget.

SHEQ Implementation

• Ensure employees follow safety rules and regulations as per the Business’s safety plan.
• Ensure that security access points to the premises and BMS system are in good working condition.
• Report theft and dangers on the premises.
• Ensure plant safety equipment is always in good working order (e.g. fire extinguishers).
• Guide the team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved, and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance.
• Measure and manage sustainability practices within the pant area.
• Maintain and implement food safety standards.

Stock Control
- Complete a spares requisition once spares have been drawn from stores to have the buyer procure and replenish stock

Team Supervision

• Supervise the engineering personnel with regards to HR and IR issues.
• Manage the day to day activities and outputs of the engineering team
• Train and mentor the team to improve performance and reduce time.
• Utilise skills matrix to assess capability gaps within the shift and develop a training plan in conjunction with the HR development specialist to address skills gaps.
• Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of the team and effective maintenance of equipment.
• Organise daily meetings with engineering staff and prepare inspection reports.
• Manage engineering staff and facilitate their attainment of KPI’s and institute corrective action if necessary

Team Coordination

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning, prioritising and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client instrumentation and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrat