Maintenance Manager

Job Advert Summary

NUTRI Feeds is one of the leaders in the manufacturing of animal feed in South Africa. We are also a world player and the first choice in animal feeds for pigs, sheep, poultry, dairy, and beef cattle. The following position exists in our division in Lichtenburg: The incumbent will be responsible for the effective utilisation of all resources in the engineering/maintenance department to improve plant availability and to increase machine performance and quality at the lowest possible cost.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 (Matric)/ N4
• Qualified Artisan
• A tertiary qualification will be an added advantage
• Managing / supervising engineering department (2 years)
• At least 4 years’ experience as a qualified artisan.
• 3 years of experience in FMCG or related fields
• Computer literate

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate with appointment and evaluation of staff
• Assess training needs
• Draft development plan
• Follow company policy on discipline
• Communicate strategies / targets with sub-ordinates
• Approval or rejection of overtime
• Manpower planning / scheduling
• Labour performance & utilization of skills
• Ensure Quality workmanship (scheduled duration of tasks v.s. actual duration of tasks)
• Identify value adding projects
• Draft capital requests on projects
• Plan projects
• Implement projects
• Manage contractors
• Ensure compliance to Pragma
• Perform annual maintenance audits to identify gaps
• Take full ownership of Pragma2
• Develop and introduce new maintenance strategies / tasks
• Determine frequencies and schedule maintenance tasks
• Conduct root cause analysis
• Implement strategy to reduce unplanned downtime
• Ensure compliance to materials manager
• Ensure critical spares are available
• Ensure effective purchase of spares
• Assist GMR2:1 as GMR2:7
• Identify and assess all machine safety risks
• Participate in the safety committee
• Conduct daily analysis of results on Pragma
• Implement initiative to improve maintenance performance
• Monitor and control engineering expenses:
  • Authorized overtime
  • Spares
  • Consumables
  • Electricity accounts
  • Maintain machine / equipment catalogues
  • Sign off job cards and conduct spot checks
  • Draft annual maintenance budget
  • Authorize time sheet, Leave, etc.