Top Accountabilities

Operational management

• Analyse the production needs
• Complete shift handover with previous shift
• Identify issues and the actions taken and outstanding
• Ensure operator handover at each station
• Engage with operators
• Move people around and take up relied shift foremen duties to avoid production delays
• Identify and plan for potential challenges
• Allocate tasks to individuals
• Co- ordinate general housekeeping of tunnels and conveyors
• Plan and Co- ordinate cleaning of scales, silo scales and saturators
• Oversee resin changes and auto- filter cloth
• Maintain purity levels
• Maintain optimum sugar colours
• Meet planned High-Test Molasses (HTM) target volumes

Safety, health and environment

• Monitors compliance with manufacturing standards, Food Safety and Hygiene regulations and controls, quality assurance procedures and the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Issue pre-inspection checklist forms and follow up on completion
• Maintain ongoing awareness and focus on safety
• Conduct corrective counselling
• Conduct incident investigations and write reports

People engagement, management and development

• Interact, provide and/ or clarifying instructions and work procedures in relation to the Operations and, checks the implementation and/ or execution of responsibilities
• Monitors conduct, performance and implements corrective measures to align behaviours and activities
• Participate in the recruitment process within the Department
• Develop and update the people / training matrix
• Conduct on the job training
• Monitor completion of compliance training
• Resolve individual performance problems as identified
• Take action to improve engagement and employee relations
• Apply the disciplinary process through to initiating and chairing enquiries
• Comply with THS policies and procedures and legislative requirements
• Interact positively with employees in the workplace and build a positive culture with open and constructive communication and teamwork

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Technical qualification. Chemical engineering diploma/degree would be advantageous.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a role of a shift or dayshift process foreman.
• Proven track record.
• Computer skills/literacy. Proficient in SAP and Microsoft office packages

Contact information

Nokwazi Kunene