Intake Superintendent

Omnia Holdings

  • Sasolburg, Free State
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
The Superintendent is accountable for ensuring the efficient operation of the Intake facility through effective planning and optimal utilisation of resources, while also overseeing overall safety. This role involves coordinating and supervising all aspects of the Intake processes, resource allocation per shift, and the safe conduct of employees during their shifts. All duties, responsibilities and activities are aligned with world-class manufacturing principles, practices and philosophy. Assisting management with stock control, unidentified variances (UVs), and sin bins for the broader Bagging & Intake Department. Provide support to, and oversee, the Bagging Department during the absence of the Bagging Superintendent.
Qualifications
  • Matric (Maths and Science)
  • B. Tech (Chemical engineering) or B.Sc. Engineering (Chemical) or
  • Lean six Sigma – Black Belt will be an advantage
Experience
  • 5 - 10 years’ experience in similar role in a Manufacturing environment
DutiesSafety:
  • Investigate all incidents (safety & environment)
  • Perform process safety audits
  • Tracking and liaising with stakeholders on mitigating actions from investigations
  • Closing external and internal findings
  • Update task-based risk assessments
  • Update baseline risk assessments
  • PTO
  • Coach new employees on plant
  • OHSA 8.2(i) appointment
  • Coach existing employees on plant
  • Manage leading and lagging indicators with team leaders
  • Writing and developing procedures for operations
Quality:
  • Develop, train and mentor on quality control procedures
  • Develop SOPs and WIs (owner)
  • Co-ordinate training of employees minimising cost and business impact
  • Investigation poor quality product NCRs
  • Monitor and escalate raw material quality
Operational Cost control:
  • Monitor and control line budgets (PPE, staff welfare, cleaning, overtime, etc.)
  • Report cost expense and mitigation measures to management
  • Continuous improvement on cost reduction
Working Capital:
  • Ensure we produce as per plan (minimising stock outs and excess production)
  • Investigate stock losses as per monthly recon report
Business Innovation:
  • Review losses and waste with multi-discipline team
  • Propose solutions to losses
  • Promote and participate in problem solving
  • Encourage an innovative team environment
Plant Efficiency:
  • Perform stock control (monitoring and planning)
  • Reconcile usage variances against the BOMs
  • Monitor and Challenges shutdown Planning
Ensure product delivered as per customer expectations:
  • Liaises with supply planning dept about the production demand (plan, sequence, expectations)
  • Escalate delays with supply chain (customers)
Perform standby function Promote employee engagement:
  • Lead task forces to assist in implementing world class baseline practices (TW, VM, 5S ext)
  • Leading and managing change in the plant
  • Contracting and EDD discussion with team leaders
  • Reviewing KPIs
Ensure production viewpoint considered within short- and long-term maintenance strategy:
  • Provide input on maintenance planning (equipment specific)
  • Identify equipment performance deviations
Job CompetenciesKnowledge
  • Familiar / Competent in Microsoft Office
  • Competent in Payroll Solutions
Core Behavioural Competencies
  • Decision making
  • Teamwork
  • Work standards
  • Reliability
  • Motivation of self and others
  • Adaptability
  • Problem-solving
  • Integrity and trust
  • Communication skills
  • Planning and organization
  • Stress tolerance
  • Initiative
  • Building relationships
Functional / Technical Competency
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Facilitation / Meetings
  • Charing Disciplinary Enquiry
  • Project Management
  • Effective Change Management
  • Brand Knowledge
  • Product
  • Conflict Management
  • Product Knowledge
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Excellent Customer Service
Cross-Functional Competency
  • Collaboration
  • Functional Integration
Leadership Competency
  • Drive for Results
  • Strategic Agility
  • Managing Vision and Purpose
  • Motivating Others
General
  • OHSA
  • Omnia PSM standards
  • Omnia Baseline risk assessment
  • Omnia Task based risk assessment
  • KPI management
  • ISO standards
  • Omnia WI template
  • Isometrix
  • Raw material quality specs
  • Interpret expense reports
  • Opportunity identification
  • Stock counting
  • Interpretation of stock report
  • Data interpretation
  • Strong process knowledge

Omnia Holdings