Maintenance and Reliability Manager (Polokwane)

Oxyon People Solutions; Polokwane; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Polokwane seeks a Maintenance and Reliability Manager to oversee maintenance operations. The ideal candidate will have a degree in mechanical engineering and extensive experience in maintenance management. You will lead a team, improve asset reliability, and ensure compliance with safety requirements. Candidates with food manufacturing experience will be preferred.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in maintenance management.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a management role.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve preventive maintenance programs.
• Use reliability engineering tools to improve asset health.
• Ensure work is performed following safety guidelines.

Skills

Predictive maintenance

Reliability engineering

Team leadership

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or National Diploma in mechanical engineering

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE :

The Maintenance and Reliability Manager will manage the maintenance of company assets within all applicable laws and procedures while achieving maximum plant reliability and availability performance and lowest overall costs through high maintenance efficiency. In this role, you will provide leadership, technical knowledge, and collaboration with operations to ensure integration of maintenance services in the attainment of short- and long-term facility and group objectives. You will champion a cultural change focused on increasing plant reliability and performance efficiency, while minimizing unscheduled plant interruptions and reducing scheduled downtime using continuous improvement tools to optimize the company's physical assets, processes, and strategies.

Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree or National Diploma in mechanical engineering with 5 years’ experience.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Management role.
• Experience managing multiple crafts (predictive maintenance and planning MRO stocks, etc.)
• GCC Factories.
• Other minimum qualifications may apply.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Food / Feed manufacturing experience is preferred, solvent based vegetable oil extraction experience is a plus.

DUTIES

• Develop and improve preventive maintenance programs.
• Use reliability engineering tools to improve asset health and operational reliability.
• Coordinate and integrates with other plant functions to provide support.
• Ensure work is performed following safety guidelines to ensure health and wellbeing of employees.
• Comply with food safety requirements.
• Resolve maintenance priorities based on established plans and assigns tasks.
• Oversee maintenance activities to ensure that disruption to production is minimized.
• Lead and develop a team, coach, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Serve as a member of the plant leadership team.
• Other duties as assigned.