Maintenance Lead: Reliability, Planning & CI

Philip Morris International; Gauteng; In loco; ZAR 900.000 - 1.200.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Philip Morris International in Gauteng seeks a Maintenance Lead to drive maintenance excellence across production lines, improving uptime, reliability and cost efficiency. The role demands strong leadership and hands-on technical skills to elevate equipment performance in a high‑speed FMCG environment.

You will lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, manage planning and spares, coach teams, and partner with operations to deliver safety, quality and productivity improvements

Competenze

• Engineering or technical qualification required.
• Experience in manufacturing/FMCG environment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Experience with maintenance planning, reliability improvement, and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of SAP or similar maintenance management tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to make decisions.
• Ability to influence and coach technical teams; strong communication in English.

Mansioni

• Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize equipment reliability and performance.
• Drive breakdown elimination, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Plan, prioritize, and schedule maintenance activities to minimize downtime and support production targets.
• Monitor maintenance performance, analyze losses, and implement solutions to improve equipment efficiency.
• Manage maintenance backlogs, work notifications, spare parts, and technical documentation.
• Support maintenance budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and repair & maintenance performance analysis.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in Daily Direction Setting (DDS) and contribute to operational performance improvement plans.
• Coach and develop teams in maintenance best practices, troubleshooting methodologies, and technical problem-solving.
• Support Kaizen, continuous improvement, and OPEN+/IOS initiatives to strengthen operational excellence.

Conoscenze

Manufacturing environment experience

Preventive and predictive maintenance

Maintenance planning and reliability

Troubleshooting

Analytical and problem-solving

Leadership/ability to influence

English proficiency

Formazione

Engineering or technical qualification

Strumenti

SAP maintenance systems

Maintenance management platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

Philip Morris International in Gauteng seeks a Maintenance Lead to drive maintenance excellence across production lines, improving uptime, reliability and cost efficiency. The role demands strong leadership and hands-on technical skills to elevate equipment performance in a high‑speed FMCG environment.

You will lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, manage planning and spares, coach teams, and partner with operations to deliver safety, quality and productivity improvements