- South Africa
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Manufacturing
- Reference: 49232
Vacancy Details
Employer: SAPPI
* Participate in developing and executing the Mill maintenance and improvement strategy to ensure equipment availability and efficiency.
* Accountable to provide Mill wide service in engineering installation, maintenance plan, and fault finding on DCS, QCS, and VSD Drives.
* Accountable for the integrity of the protection on the 132kV yard and 11kV electrical power reticulation system.
* Accountable for Mill wide engineering, fault-finding, and maintenance plans on all hydraulic installations.
* Accountable for control of instrument valve repairs, during normal Mill operations and Mill shutdowns (Instrument Valve Workshop).
* Accountable for Mill wide air-conditioning maintenance and installation.
* Accountable for the Main Electrical Workshop.
* Accountable for the development and maintenance of the relevant Mill document reliability and standards.
* Apply Sappi standard project management and process standards for capital projects and ensure sound change management practices are used for all changes to the plant.
* Accountable for Mill-wide identification of reliability risks, improvement programs, and implementation.
* Accountable for Mill wide electrical engineering support for Capex and Renewal project implementation.
* Responsible for the identification and management of relevant major upgrade projects.
* Represent the Mill in regional standardisation processes.
* Ensure a safe and healthy work environment through compliance with legal regulations and mill procedures (e.g. OHS Act, ISO systems)
* Effectively direct electrical engineering and project team members, in terms of performance management, talent management, goal alignment, career development, and learning.
* Compile and implement annual (electrical budget) and participate in long-term (5-year plan) financial business plans to execute the maintenance and improvement strategy. What are we looking for?
* 4 Year B degree in Sciences or Engineering or National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering (heavy current), with Recognition of Previous Learning or experience
* Government Certificate of Competence (Factories)
* Relevant management qualification
* Registration as a professional engineer would be advantageous
* Relevant experience 8-10 years
* Pulp and Paper Industry experience advantageous What’s in it for you?
* Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence
* learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi
* Opportunities to travel (dependent on upon the role)
* Market leading leave benefits
* Employee wellbeing benefits
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About SAPPI
Sappi was formed in South Africa in 1936 to serve South African consumers with locally produced paper.
We have a tradition of innovating and developing new products to meet local demand for newsprint, uncoated graphic and business papers, packaging and speciality papers used and protect our customers’ products especially in the agricultural sector and speciality papers used in the convenience food, confectionery, cosmetic and luxury markets, and tissue products for household, medical and industrial use in the Southern Africa region.
We are also the world's largest manufacturer of dissolving wood pulp (DWP), which are used worldwide by converters to create viscose fibre for fashionable clothing and textiles, acetate tow, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer and household products. Almost all of the production of our mills in South Africa is exported.
Our headquarters in Johannesburg (South Africa), manages the sub-divisions of Sappi Forests, Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging, and Sappi Specialised Cellulose. A number of regional functions like finance, human resources, sales and marketing, technical and engineering as well as board functions are also based there.
We are looking for people with the right attributes
Whether you’re mild or wild at heart, you could have what it takes to work in forestry.
We’re looking for people who...
Are hardworking, passionate, and professional;
Share our ambitions to be the benchmark in forestry;
Will take well-considered risks to grow the value of our business and returns for our shareholders; and Own their work and have pride in it.
Like a blank sheet of paper, a career at Sappi offers infinite possibilities. There has never been a better time to build a career at Sappi.
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