Maintenance Manager

Job Purpose

• As the Maintenance Manager you will be responsible for managing all installations, repairs and upkeep of operations and facilities. Your duties will include maintaining machinery, planning repair activities and developing maintenance procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible as the GMR 2.7 compliance on site.
• Management of assets and ensuring planned preventative maintenance.
• To provide technical support to the Technical Team.
• Maintenance of automated packing machine and systems which include Fawema’s
• Assist with projects and Capex management in the improvement of the Mill efficiencies
• Responsible for Cost Control and Budget management of the Maintenance Department.
• Responsible for Health and Safety as well as Food Safety within the Maintenance Department.
• Responsible for the management of staff within the maintenance department which includes, recruitment, employee relations, performance management and training and development.
• Ensure sufficient maintenance stock in accordance with maintenance department requirements and standards.
• Co-ordinates, assigns, directs, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly schedules.
• Establishes job priorities and time frames for Maintenance staff.
• Responsible for the installation of repair of Electrical and Mechanical equipment.
• Monitors completion of job assignments through frequent observation and inspections to ensure compliance with standards and instruction and revises instructions and time frames as necessary.
• Responsible for training employees on equipment, task procedure, work standards and proper safety procedures.
• Schedules maintenance activities within the relevant system, including work performed by contractors.
• Develops specifications and makes recommendations on capital equipment purchases.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of maintenance schedules, equipment installations, structural repair and work orders and other operating reports for all Mills.
• Ensure effective INVOCOM implementation.

Qualification Requirements

• Matric.
• N6 Electrical qualification

Experience Requirements

• Min 10 years’ experience in a managerial position (Technical environment).
• Min 10 years’ experience in a milling environment (FMCG).
• GMR 2.7 experience and advanced OHSACT Certification (Proven track record minimum 6 – 10 years).

• FSSC 22000 Food Safety experience (Proven track record minimum 5 years).
• Health and Safety experience (Proven track record minimum 6-10 years).
• Experience (minimum 6-10 years) in a planned preventative maintenance program (C-Works, Pragma or SAP).
• HR and IR process experience (Proven track record minimum 5-10 years).
• Experience on blowers, boilers, and compressors (Proven track record minimum 6-10 years).
• Experience on Scada, VSD,
• 5-10 years experience and extensive knowledge of Fawema packing machinery

Key Outputs

• Have a good understanding of PLC’s.
• Industry knowledge (Wheat and Maize Milling knowledge)
• Legislation knowledge of GMR2 and Railway legal requirements
• Accuracy and Attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking.
• Coaching and People development.
• Cost consciousness.
• Problem solving skills.
• Innovation Continuous Improvement
• Must be able to work in a team.