Maintenance Lead

SKILLS CONNECTOR; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

SKILLS CONNECTOR is seeking a Qualified Mechanical Artisan with a National Technical Diploma (NTS 6) and at least 4 years in a similar role to lead plant maintenance. The role focuses on preventative and predictive maintenance, reliability planning, and team leadership across 4 shifts.

You will develop standard procedures, manage materials, schedules, and budgets, and drive continuous improvement with strong problem-solving and data reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified Mechanical Artisan with a national diploma (NTS 6) and 4+ years in a similar role.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Experience with maintenance planning and data reporting.

Responsibilities

• Drive routine preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Lead development of standard maintenance procedures for Production Plant.
• Use problem solving tools in team sessions.
• Develop a reliability plan and ensure team competencies.
• Coordinate materials and supplies for maintenance at the site.
• Schedule daily activities across artisans and operators.
• Supervise contractors and allocate responsibilities.
• Control and verify daily job cards.
• Analyse production data to identify improvements.
• Manage maintenance budgets and spend vs. actuals.
• Ensure health and safety compliance for equipment and staff.
• Lead HR/IR matters for the maintenance team.
• Oversee 4 shifts and daily operations.
• Coordinate major overhauls and inspections.
• Stock control and governance.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Problem solving

Data management

HR/IR coordination

Education

National Technical Diploma or equivalent (NTS 6)

Job description

Minimum Requirements

Qualified Mechanical Artisan with at least a National Technical Diploma or other relevant diploma (NTS 6) coupled with a minimum of 4 year's experience in a similar role.

Roles & Responsibilities

Production Plant Reliability

• Drive execution of routine preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Lead the development of maintenance standard maintenance procedures for Production Plant.
• Ensure problem solving tools are used by the team and take part in problem solving sessions.
• Lead the development of the reliability plan for Production Plant and ensure maintenance team has the required competencies.
• Determine material, equipment, and supplies to be used and ensure that these are ordered and available at the work site, in conjunction with the input of the asset care planner.
• Use planned maintenance schedules to co-ordinates daily activities of artisans, machine operators and assistants.
• Develop a daily work schedule for all activities to be performed to ensure the smooth operation of the team, minimize downtime and overtime taking food safety imperatives into consideration.
• Supervise and assign maintenance work to contractors daily, ensuring clear allocation of responsibility and accountability.
• Control daily job cards, by issuing to employees, receive back completed ones and verify work is done satisfactorily.

Production Plant Optimization

• Analyse Production Plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and implement best in class cost saving initiatives within Production Plant.
• Evaluate and implement performance improvement suggestion CAPEX projects within Production Plant.
• Evaluate and sign off new equipment and all Production Plant modifications.

Engineering Team Leadership

• Management of the Maintenance team with regards to HR and IR issues.
• Management of the day-to-day activities and outputs of all team members across 4 shifts.

Health & Safety

• Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.

Budgets and Administration

• Management of the maintenance spend against budget through daily review of budget vs. actual financial reports.

Problem Solving

• Where problems have occurred during routine or planned maintenance activities, apply structured problem solving approach to resolve.

Project Management

• Give input to the Plant and Project Engineer on the feasibility of projects by analyzing technology, resources needs and market demands to ensure that project is feasible.

Repairs / Overhauls

• Coordinate major overhauls of existing equipment.
• Coordinate and inspect major contract work in area of responsibility.

Stock Control

• Control the distribution of equipment and supplies amongst artisans.

Governance

• Ensure that Company ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to.
• Report and or escape any areas of non- compliance appropriately.

Information and Data Management

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the information
• System to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Effective Teamwork & Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrates effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self- development.