{"id":24596,"date":"2025-11-26T16:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/senior-engineer-utilities-mill-manager-utilities-services\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:24:25","slug":"senior-engineer-utilities-mill-manager-utilities-services","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=24596","title":{"rendered":"Senior Engineer: Utilities \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Mill Manager: Utilities &amp; Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Description<\/p>\n<p>We are hiring!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tAt Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets. We lead through our values centred around safety, integrity, courage, making smart decisions which we execute with speed. We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive and safe environment.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\tWe are on the lookout for an experienced\u00a0Senior Engineer: Utilities\u00a0to manage the operations and maintenance of the Utilities and Services Department.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a Senior Engineer: Utilities you will be responsible for:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tManaging the Water\/Effluent Treatment and Boilers operations, system and maintenance, railway operations, civil maintenance, scaffolding and workshop services<br \/>\n\tActively driving\u00a0the use of plant reliability monitoring techniques to ensure proactive maintenance and reduce unplanned downtime<br \/>\n\tCost effective and reliable supply of Utilities &#8211; water, compressed air and steam availability for production, meeting demands for the mill<br \/>\n\tLeading and managing\u00a0the maintenance and production teams<br \/>\n\tSafety, health, environmental and quality issues, including incident investigations<br \/>\n\tShort term planning as well as annual shut planning<br \/>\n\tCost Control and Budget management\u00a0<br \/>\n\tLegal compliance to environmental standards, regulations and statutory requirements<br \/>\n\tRoot cause failure analysis and close outs<\/p>\n<p>What are we looking for?<\/p>\n<p>\tBSc\/BEng\/BTech in Mechanical Engineering\u00a0<br \/>\n\tGovernment Certificate of Competency (Factories)\u00a0<br \/>\n\t5 years\u2019 experience as a Mechanical Engineer in a heavy industry\/manufacturing environment<br \/>\n\tExperience in the operation of boilers and utilities is preferred<br \/>\n\tStrong Leadership experience<br \/>\n\tExcellent planning,\u00a0organising and technical problem-solving skills<br \/>\n\tAbility to make smart decisions<br \/>\n\tExperience in the Pulp &amp; Paper industry would be an advantage<br \/>\n\tMust be able to work efficiently in a high-pressure environment<\/p>\n<p>go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( http:\/\/www.sappi.com ) or<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Sappi","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.sappi.com","_company_tagline":"Sappi is a global company focused on providing dissolving wood pulp, paper-pulp and paper based solutions to its direct and indirect customer base across more than 100 countries. Our dissolving wood pulp is used worldwide by converters to create viscose fibre for clothing and textiles, acetate tow, ... read morepharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer products. Our market-leading range of paper products includes: coated fine papers used by printers, publishers and corporate end-users in the production of books, brochures, magazines, catalogues, direct mail and many other print applications; casting release papers used by suppliers to the fashion, textiles, automobile and household industries; and newsprint, uncoated graphic and business papers and premium quality packaging papers and tissue products in the Southern Africa region. The pulp needed for our products is either produced within Sappi or bought from accredited suppliers. Across the group, Sappi is close to 'pulp neutral\u2019, meaning that we sell almost as much pulp as we buy. 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