Maintenance Manager

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Permanent
Full-time

24 days ago

Job SummaryA leading food company situated in Pietermaritzburg, KZN is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Maintenance Manager to join their team.ResponsibilitiesMaintenance Scheduling:

Do planned maintenance scheduling, update schedules and sign off on completed schedules
Conduct plant inspections, and issue unplanned maintenance schedules
Issue job cards and maintenance schedules
Approval of all engineering spares, within budget
Ensure quality maintenance is done on maintenance day

CAPEX budgets:

Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)
Complete and submit CPAEX motivations as per company requirements

People Management:

Promote a high performance culture
Engage regularly with employees through invocoms, union engagements
Identify and develop Talent and competency gap closing actions
Ensure training is undertaken as per PDP's
Ensure workplace discipline and manage ER issues in line with company policies and procedures

Health, Safety and Environment:

Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct
Instill an environmentally conscious mindset within the manufacturing environment (H2O, noise pollution, utilities, landfill)

Audits:

Engineering audit
Risk audit
Environmental audit (ISO 14001)
DQS audit
BMR audit

Finance:

Understand cost drivers
Develop cost saving strategies
Understand Cost Per Loaf (CPL), difference between budget and actual, and develop plan of action to recover
Manage stock movement procedure, book out spares on job cards only, conduct stock takes
Accurate and timely reporting (Supply Chain, environmental, scorecard)

Electrical and mechanical operation:

Ensure specialised equipment is operating correctly (scaling weights, water and dough temperatures, mixer energy watt hour calibrations)
Ensure adherence to process SOP's

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree(BSc Eng., B-Tech/Elec/Mech), N6 Dip(mech/Elec),T4 (National Higher Dip Mech/Elec Eng.), S4 (National Dip Mech/Elec Eng.)
MDP/MAP/PMD/MBA will be highly advantageous

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV toYou are also welcome to contact Rebecca or Nehelene on 021 551 8638.Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.Hire ResolveIT/ComputerRecruiterAboutSpecialists in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Mining, Manufacturing and Finance Careers! Hire Resolve is one of the larger and more agile South African recruitment companies that focus on placing professionals and skilled people in permanent employment and contract employment. We prefer and focus on working with top quality professionals and candidates in South Africa and Africa. Hire Resolve has successfully placed Engineering, Mining, IT, Manufacturing and Finance professionals with top firms across the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and in Africa. Hire Resolve has assisted candidates to find jobs at over 100 JSE listed companies of which many are global companies with offices and operations in South Africa and Africa. It is for this reason that we are well respected in the industries we operate in and in the recruitment industry.

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