Area Maintenance Supervisor
- Bloemfontein, Free State
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promotes and fosters the CHEP culture of Zero Harm
- Maintains the corporate safety strategy in all plants
- Manages and controls Operational and Engineering strategic goals and objectives
- Recruits, motivates and develops subordinate staff which includes succession planning.
- Uses effective people management and communication skills
- Ensures that good communications, sound relationships are maintained
- Assists and prepares for GAP, SEMP and Environmental audits by assisting and ensuring that
- Drives efficiencies throughout the plant in order to reduce cost.
- Ensures that all plants in the region deliver optimum production through their plant and
- Proposes and presents projects and plans for new plant installations and replacements
- Drives ‘over time’ down and reduces plant ‘down time’ that are caused by maintenance
- Reports monthly to Management on all maintenance costs, expenses, and overtime
- Assists in vendor creation and getting the best service out of our current vendors.
- Assists in developing and implementing SLAs for contract suppliers
- Responsible for the up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records
- Perform root cause analysis and conduct investigations
- Schedule maintenance work into production plans
- Assists plants in managing stores and maintenance stocks efficiently.
- Ensures that the plants are efficiently and effectively stocked with the necessary tools and
- Ensures that the minimum quality standards are maintained
- Sets high standards on equipment received and ensures that all equipment delivers desired
- Ensures overall compliance to all CHEP Operational SOP’s as well as local laws which
- Ensures that all plants in the region have a controlled preventative maintenance plan in place.
- Promotes and manages the safe, efficient, and effective use of all plant and equipment.
- Ensures that all breakdowns are attended to immediately
- Assists in the Designs, Installations and Commissioning of new plants.
- Plans for expansion
- Is an expert on the PMS (Plant Maintenance System) for SAP
- Ensures that all legal and statutory requirements (such as labour legislation) as well as Company
- Ensures efficient and effective operating methods (i.e., for inspection, repair, manufacture, etc.)
- Ensures that purchasing systems are applied in line with best practice.
- Ensures the effective management of planned maintenance for all plants
- Ensures the adequate security and control of all Company assets in the Region
- Develop and maintains effective relationships with suppliers.
- Ensures that all products and services meet Customer satisfaction