Head of Engineering

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa AVI Limited Full time

**Head of Engineering**

The roots of Irvin & Johnson Limited (I&J) are steeped in the history of South Africa's trawling industry. From its modest beginnings, Irvin & Johnson has established itself as a leading fishing company, primary and secondary processor and marketer of an extensive range of branded and non-branded frozen and chilled convenience foods, sold on both the local South African market and across a wide range of international markets. As such, the I&J brand commands significant respect and credential at household, corporate and international levels.

Part of the AVI Limited group of companies and based in Cape Town, I&J is a vertically integrated business, comprising of two primary business units - Fishing and Aquaculture.

The Fishing business unit comprises 10 sea-going vessels and a shore-based operations and maintenance capability. Availability and continuity of the fleet, underpin the I&J value chain of production, conversion, marketing and selling of its predominantly Cake Hake products both domestically and abroad. The production environment comprises of two factories and a cold storage facility, all located in Cape Town. c. 1,300 staff support the land and sea-based operations.

The Aquaculture business unit is located at Danger Point, near Gansbaai, where it farms Abalone (_Haleotis Midae_) in a pump-ashore, tank based facility. Similarly, this business is a vertically integrated process, from nursery, grow-on, harvest, production and distribution of I&J Cape Abalone product for customers, largely based in Asia. It employs c.150 staff, at the Danger Point farming and production facility.

I&J has a proud heritage, a strong brand, underpinned by a professional work environment and ethic, producing high quality, well regarded product sold in to both the foodservice and retail channels in South Africa and internationally.

**Role Description**:
Reporting to the Managing Director, the scope of this role will include both Fishing and Aquaculture and will include:

- Provision of engineering oversight, governance, risk management and quality assurance to all of the major engineering systems and processes.
- Working together with the business unit site management and engineering teams to understand and ensure appropriate engineering discipline and control is applied.
- Understanding, reviewing and updating OEM Service Level Agreements, ensuring appropriate service provision, quality assurance and commercial tension is applied.
- Providing technical oversight and assistance to I&J engineering management and staff, where appropriate deploying best practice tools and techniques to assist in the provision of pro-active engineering best practices.
- Ensuring the provision of best practice asset-care principles, systems and processes for I&J’s operational assets.
- Delivering the above to all of the major I&J systems and processes, including refrigeration reticulation, electrical reticulation, water reticulation, mechanical and electrical systems underpinning core machinery across the I&J business units.

**Key Performance Areas**:
The key performance objectives of this role will include:

- Engaging with I&J executives, engineering managers to understand key engineering systems and processes. This is a hands-on role, demanding intimate knowledge of I&J’s operating equipment, systems and processes.
- Assist in developing strategies to optimize plant performance, minimize downtime, and maximize efficiency and output.
- Perform engineering risk and safety assessments on key equipment and processes to identify critical engineering risk of failures and/or disruption.
- Work cross-functionally with other departments to ensure that engineering designs meet applicable product quality, safety, environmental, legal and regulatory standards.
- Conduct regular inspections of facilities, plant and equipment to identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and implement best practice improvement initiatives to maintain and improve the plant's engineering performance.
- Ensure prudent management of engineering spend against Capex and Opex budgets..

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Bachelors or Masters’ degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering.
- GCC
- 15 years’ experience in a senior engineering management role in either of a mining, manufacturing, chemical, or processing environment.
- Strong experience in refrigeration, electrical systems, heating, processing, flow, risk and safety engineering.
- Excellent leadership and management skills, with experience in leading and developing teams.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills to evaluate, troubleshoot, and refine engineering processes.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels of the organization.
- Must be a self-starting individual and a proactive problem solv


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