Plant Manager

To oversee and manage the operational activities of the factory and site on a daily basis. To ensure that all company requirements on HR, quality, safety, risk, environment, administration, logistics and production are met within the production environment.

Permanent

• Matric (Grade 12 Certificate)
• University Engineering qualification (Industrial Engineering)

To oversee and manage the operational activities of the factory and site on a daily basis. To ensure that all company requirements on HR, quality, safety, risk, environment, administration, logistics and production are met within the production environment.

• Ensure safe operation of the plant with compliance to legal and company regulations.
• Report any conditions that may affect the safety of personnel or machinery to supervisors and management as soon as you are aware of it.
• Production items and deadlines on safety report needs to be maintained and reported on.

• Comply and implement De Heus SA Environment and Sustainability procedures and work instructions.
• Implement and monitor Production environment and sustainability to meet all relevant and legal Company requirements, including relevant documentation – Environment report.
• Identify and implement water and energy saving initiatives.
• Reduce waste to the absolute minimum, with the appropriate waste recycling and disposal practices.

• Comply and implement De Heus SA Leadership and Human Resources procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure that you conduct production meetings with the staff and minutes needs to be on the S drive as well as the activity list. Minutes should be documented and shared across the team.
• Continually strive to improve teamwork with employees.
• Ensure that performance appraisals are conducted with staff and that deadlines are met.
• Ensure production team members are effectively communicated to with regards to their responsibilities and authorities.
• Report and implement training and development of the production team through utilising available training opportunities. Ensure that all production personal are skilled and trained according to work instructions relevant to their job functions.
• Report and implement training and development of the production team through utilising available training opportunities. Ensure that all production personal are skilled and trained according to work instructions relevant to their job functions.
• Manage production employee relation climate and ensure corrective and disciplinary action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.
• Manage production staff time keeping, leave roster and attendance in line with Company procedure.
• Display and promote the positive agreed De Heus behaviours while avoiding and deterring the negative agreed behaviours.
• Request recruitment of production staff and organise exit medicals.

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Quality and Laboratory Procedures and Work Instructions at Branch for raw materials and finished products.
• Implement and monitor Production quality control processes in line with the Company requirements.
• Implement and monitor the external certification bodies (i.e. ISO and AFMA) standards and approach in all areas of Production.
• Keep to deadlines on NCR and QAM reports.
• Monitors and drives housekeeping in Production and yard area.
• Investigation and establishment of root cause of Production related items on NCR Register. Calibration and verification matrix. Compile and submit daily redress report.
• Comply with company protocols of scale and weighbridge calibration.

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Finance and Administration
  Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Achieve the Production and Branch Annual Budget.
• Obtain quotes and recommend suppliers for Production related expense items
• Implement and encourage Production cost cutting initiatives that do not impact on long term business sustainability.

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Procurement and Inventory
  Procedures…