Phinda Assistant Technical Manager (iOCO0141)

We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Assistant Technical Manager with 3–5 years’ maintenance management experience in a similar-sized operation and a strong technical background in electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioning, plumbing, water and sewage treatment, building, carpentry and general maintenance. The ideal candidate will have proven experience overseeing preventative and breakdown maintenance, managing maintenance teams, contractors, suppliers, budgets and CAPEX projects, while ensuring that lodges, staff villages and reserve facilities are maintained to the highest organisational standards

What you'll do

• Advise on all areas of maintenance in the lodges, staff villages and reserve – both preventative as well as the daily breakdown maintenance, in order for the lodges to be maintained to the highest possible organisational standard at all times.
• Guide budgeting processes for both the monthly maintenance budgets of the various business units as well as annual CAPEX budgets.
• Communicate with lodge-managers daily on maintenance needs/requirements and reporting on project progress.
• Oversight of all administration and financial processes relating to maintenance including ordering, issuing and stock control of supplies and tools and equipment.
• Training of plumbers, carpenters, wireman, painters and general maintenance staff.
• Employment of new staff members and carrying out any HR function that was required/instructed by the HR Manager or General Managers.
• Negotiating with suppliers.
• The deployment of the permanent maintenance staff at Phinda.
• The complete site-management of all building and renovation operations undertaken at the lodges and staff villages. This could mean that at stages an additional 50 – 90 casual contractors could be on-site.
• The design, construction and maintenance of water purification systems.
• The design, construction and maintenance of grey water treatment plants.
• Plumbing.
• Electrical (domestic).
• Refrigeration and air conditioning.
• Building, carpentry and general maintenance.
• Support and assist in management and maintenance of IT network infrastructure.
• Maintain open communication channels with the lodge or operations managers and camp managers and ensure that clear feedback loops are in place.
• Hold frequent meetings with camp managers and the operations manager.
• Morning meetings with the other maintenance staff and make ensuring that good team work exists within the team.
• Oversee and manage lodge sustainability efforts relating to energy reducing projects such as solar installations and water saving initiatives.

Your Expertise

• Must have at least 3 – 5 years’ experience as a Maintenance management in a similar sized operation.
• Must be experienced/qualified in at least one of the following disciplines - Electrical (single and three phase), Refrigeration and Air-conditioning.
• Plumbing, Sewage treatment systems, water treatment systems, building and general maintenance.
• Valid unendorsed SA driver’s license essential.

Competencies

• Excellent administrative skills, with a focus on attention to detail on numbers and analysis
• Excellent time management skills
• Critical thinking skills: Ability to solve problems
• Teamwork / collaboration
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication: Good Interpersonal skills as well as being able to communicate clearly in both written and verbal format
• Patience
• Operate in an informal but highly driven and results oriented environment
• Self-driven, motivated and organized
• Comfortable in dealing with diverse cultures, languages and environments
• Drive, effect and enact change

Other information applicable to the opportunity

• Permanent position
• Location: KwaZulu-Natal