Group Maintenance & Reliability Lead (Multi-Site)

Yellosa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Yellosa is seeking a seasoned Maintenance Strategy Leader to define and deploy a comprehensive maintenance policy across multiple sites in South Africa. You will standardize practices, implement reliability frameworks and drive KPI improvements such as OEE, MTBF and MTTR while leading a culture focused on performance.

You will also lead audits, roadmaps and action follow-ups, support cost optimization and CAPEX input, and oversee CMMS deployment and group dashboards to enable data-driven

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with mechanical/industrial focus required.
• 10-15 years in industrial maintenance with multi-site exposure.
• Strong knowledge of preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance and reliability concepts (MTBF/MTTR/FMEA/RCM).

Responsibilities

• Define group maintenance policy (preventive, corrective, predictive).
• Establish standards and frameworks across sites.
• Deploy maintenance best practices and reliability initiatives.
• Drive site audits, improvement roadmaps and action follow-up.
• Manage CMMS deployment and group dashboards.
• Support cost optimization, spare parts inventory and CAPEX input.
• Provide technical support for complex breakdowns and projects.

Skills

Strong transversal leadership

Analytical mindset

Structured approach

Results-oriented

Multicultural environment

Education

Engineering degree (mechanical, electromechanical, industrial maintenance)

Tools

CMMS

Lean tools

Job description

Yellosa is seeking a seasoned Maintenance Strategy Leader to define and deploy a comprehensive maintenance policy across multiple sites in South Africa. You will standardize practices, implement reliability frameworks and drive KPI improvements such as OEE, MTBF and MTTR while leading a culture focused on performance.

You will also lead audits, roadmaps and action follow-ups, support cost optimization and CAPEX input, and oversee CMMS deployment and group dashboards to enable data-driven