
NATIONAL GROUP MAINTENANCE MANAGER - JOHANNESBURG OR PAARL (SS-PE)
- East London, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop, update and facilitate the implementation of group asset management strategy and objectives.
- Review and update Asset management policies
- Develop and implement maintenance and asset management scorecards across the group of companies.
- Facilitate cross pollination, learnings and integration between companies, sites, various department and specifically the engineering department
- Develop and provide E,M&I maintenance and reliability solutions to ensure operational and maintenance excellence.
- Develop and lead a culture of world class maintenance and asset management principles and values.
- Develop relationships with suppliers and service providers with a view to improve service provision and supply chain process.
- Buy-in from all stakeholder to adopt vision, roadmap, new methods and best practices across all group operations.
- Management, maintenance and improvement of CMMS systems.
- Implementation of the required CMMS (including spares management) on all new sites.
- Develop and maintenance of operational and strategic maintenance reports.
- Ensure that gaps and opportunities are identified through the analysis of maintenance data and trends. Continuous improvement projects to be identified and implemented.
- Ensure that preventative maintenance and spares systems are developed, implemented, optimised & maintained.
- Maintain and improve effective administration and control procedures to meet group performance objectives.
- Manage the maintenance processes to ensure the optimal functioning of production processes.
- Implement and monitor critical maintenance KPIs to ensure production and business risk is minimise and asset life cycle cost are optimised.
- Enforce compliance to standard operating procedures, contractual agreements and safety guidelines and deals with non-conformances when required.
- Provide guidance and co-ordinate where required with all suppliers in terms of spares, equipment and materials with the objective to obtain high quality materials and critical high-value spares at competitive prices.
- Conduct audits and compile action plans
- Ensure efficient management and control of Condition Monitoring functions.
- Guide and assist compilation of internal and external maintenance reports and attend client meetings where required.
- Assist, guide and control best practice in terms of Root Cause analysis.
- Develop pool of E,M&I expertise
- Champion strategic development in new technologies and systems to drive predictive and reliability best practices
- Advice on breakdowns and corrective maintenance to ensure minimal down time and improved reliability
- Lead all risk and change management initiatives
- Drive standardization and best practices in E,M&I maintenance excellence and reliability throughout the group
- Facilitate lessons learnt and feedback sessions and platforms throughout the group
- Ensure efficient resource management to ensure they are able to meet the performance objectives required of them.
- Implement a strategic organisational and maintenance resource competency improvement though training, coaching, career pathing and talent management
- Investigate technology and maintenance system improvements such as automation systems, asset management solutions, predictive solutions, information management, technical information systems.
- Provide technical input to the preparation of tenders as and when required.
- A technical engineering tertiary graduate qualification (BSc Eng / B Eng) with mechanical engineering or electrical engineering and / or reliability engineering with the right exposure preferred
- A proven track record of 15+ years hands on technical experience in E,M&I maintenance and reliability engineering.
- Computer literate i.e. Microsoft packages with previous experience in computerized maintenance management systems
- Proven ability & application of data driven maintenance and ability to integrate maintenance activities into ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.
- Proven ability to lead key initiatives; motivates teams to work collaboratively to achieve objectives. Achieves organizational focus on key priorities. Provides clear direction, delegates, and actively communicates.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Capability to demand performance from partners/suppliers, while maintaining a healthy and friendly relationship with them.
- A strong communicator capable of presenting ideas, selling new concepts and tactics, listening to differing opinions, and building consensus around strategy and execution.
- Commitment to developing teamwork and team capabilities, and a fervent belief in the importance of talent as a competitive advantage.
- A strategic, change-oriented mindset with the ability to develop & optimize internal maintenance strategies & skills.
- Committed to service excellence, continuous improvement and achievement of objectives.
- Strong client focus, able to anticipate future client needs and develop strong client value propositions.
- Ability to analyze and solve complex problems to achieve the correct outcomes. Pushes beyond the status quo to transform organizations.