Site Engineering Lead

In brief

**Overview** SC Johnson, a company with over a century of experience making trusted household brands like Pledge®, OFF®, and Mr. Muscle®, is seeking an experienced Site Engineering Lead. The company, which started in 1886 as a parquet flooring company, is dedicated to creating a cleaner, healthier, better home for families globally through its products and environmental efforts. This role is a key site-based position at the Rosslyn manufacturing plant in Gauteng. The Site Engineering Lead will provide technical and engineering leadership, being accountable for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery of all engineering activities, including capital projects, asset reliability, process and packaging engineering, utilities and facilities, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will collaborate with Manufacturing, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regional Engineering teams to enhance equipment performance, build engineering capability, and execute the site's capital investment plan. **What you will do** * Lead the site's engineering and capital project agenda, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required technical standards. * Own the Rosslyn site capital strategy and multi-year investment plan, covering asset replacement, capacity, compliance, productivity and factory development. * Lead engineering design, implementation, commissioning and technical handover of new and upgraded equipment, processes and systems. * Drive asset reliability and equipment performance, partnering with Maintenance on preventive and predictive strategies, chronic-loss elimination, obsolescence and lifecycle planning. * Ensure engineering activities, contractors, installations and modifications meet all relevant safety, legal and company compliance requirements. * Provide engineering solutions and capital estimates to support new products, processes, packaging and business initiatives. * Drive the implementation of SC Johnson Engineering Best Practices, technical standards and continuous improvement across the site. * Manage and develop relationships with engineering contractors, equipment suppliers and technical partners. * Provide engineering governance for site utilities and facilities, ensuring reliability, capacity, efficiency and compliance. * Lead and develop engineering and technical talent through coaching, capability building and succession planning. * Establish and monitor engineering KPIs covering safety, reliability, capital delivery, cost, schedule and benefits realisation. * Support sustainability initiatives by identifying opportunities to reduce energy, water, waste and environmental impact. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial or Chemical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. * Typically 7–10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including significant exposure to capital/project delivery and site technical leadership. * Experience leading engineers, technical professionals and/or contractors is strongly preferred. * Demonstrated experience in capital governance, equipment commissioning, reliability/OEE improvement and cross-functional manufacturing support. * Experience within FMCG, LPG, aerosol, chemical or another high-volume regulated manufacturing environment would be advantageous. * Strong Engineering and project management capability. * Strong Problem-solving and analytical skills. * Strong People leadership, coaching and capability building. * Strong Business and commercial acumen. * Strong Stakeholder management and influencing skills. * Strong Planning, organisation and prioritisation. * Strong Reliability and asset lifecycle management knowledge. * Strong Continuous improvement capability. * Strong Communication and negotiation skills. * Strong Ownership, initiative and ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an experienced engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline and 7-10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, particularly with exposure to capital/project delivery and site technical leadership. The ideal candidate will be a leader capable of providing technical guidance, driving safe and cost-effective engineering activities, and managing cross-functional collaborations at a manufacturing plant. They should demonstrate expertise in capital governance, equipment commissioning, and reliability improvement, coupled with strong leadership, problem-solving, project management, and business acumen, along with the ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision. Candidates with experience leading engineers or within high-volume regulated manufacturing environments are particularly sought after. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/site-engineering-lead-sc-johnson Source: myjobmag

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