Maintenance Manager

Tiger Brands; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Brands is seeking a Maintenance Manager to ensure the plant is mechanically operational at all times and to drive maintenance strategy across the facility in Paarl.

You will manage asset strategy, planning, and CAPEX budgeting, while promoting high performance, safety compliance and continuous improvement across maintenance operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in engineering relevant to maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience in plants/industrial maintenance.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and CAPEX planning.
• Knowledge of OHS Act and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance operations to ensure plant mechanical readiness at all times.
• Drive asset management strategy for availability, efficiency, reliability and cost.
• Schedule planning, updates and sign-off of maintenance work orders.
• Conduct plant inspections and issue planned/unplanned maintenance accordingly.
• Approve engineering spares within budget and CAPEX plans.
• Promote a high-performance culture and manage ER issues per policy.
• Oversee CAPEX budgeting and 5-year capex planning.
• Identify talent gaps and drive PDP-based training.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Support audits: engineering and risk, and drive cost-saving initiatives.

Skills

Maintenance scheduling

Asset management

Team leadership

OHS Act compliance

Education

BSc Eng

B-Tech Elec/Mech

N6 Dip Mech/Elec

T4 / National Higher Dip Mech/Elec Eng

S4 / National Dip Mech/Elec Eng

Tools

CMMS

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

The Maintenance manager will be responsible for ensuring that the plant is mechanically operational at all times.

What You Will Do

• Managing opportunities identified for Maintenance operations, to secure Tiger brands 'future growth, profitability and competitiveness through the implementation of maintenance operations strategy.
• Managing the implementation of asset management strategy and manages the assets of the company to ensure appropriate availability, machine efficiencies, reliability, OEE, quality and cost.
• Optimizing the utilization of resources in the Maintenance operations.
• Maintenance Scheduling
• Do planned maintenance scheduling, update schedules and sign off on completed schedules
• Conduct plant inspections, and issue unplanned maintenance schedules
• Issue job cards and maintenance schedules.
• Approval of all engineering spares, within budget
• Ensure quality maintenance is done on maintenance day.
• CAPEX budgets
• Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)
• Complete and submit CAPEX motivations as per Tiger requirements
• People Management
• Promote a high performance culture.
• Engage regularly with employees through Team work Pillar, union engagements.
• Identify and develop Talent and competency gap closing actions.
• Ensure training is undertaken as per PDP’s
• Ensure workplace discipline and manage ER issues in line with Tiger Brands policies and procedures.
• Health, Safety and Environment
• Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct.
• Instill an environmentally conscious mindset within the manufacturing environment (H2O, noise pollution, utilities, landfill)

CAPEX budgets

• Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)

People Management

• Promote a high performance culture.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct.

Audits

• Engineering audit
• Risk audit

Finance

• Understand cost drivers
• Develop cost saving strategies

Instrument calibrations

Electrical and mechanical operation

Quality

• Equipment setting as per SOP
• Process check alignment
• Hygiene
• Equipment cleaning
• Root cause analysis and preventative actions
• Self-assessments on all Tiger standards
• Hygiene, cleaning and sanitation, traceability, allergens
• Essential spares to be reviewed and available

What You Will Be Measured On

• DMS KPI’s and Engineering Scorecard
• Plant availability
• Audits – engineering, risk, environmental, DQS, BMR
• R&M budget attainment
• Environmental scorecard
• Safety – LTIFR
• Throughput and damages (OEE)
• Electricity usage efficiency
• Oven fuel efficiency

What You’ll Bring To The Table

• Bachelor’s Degree(BSc Eng., B-Tech/Elec/Mech), N6 Dip(mech/Elec),T4 (National Higher Dip Mech/Elec Eng.), S4 (National Dip Mech/Elec Eng.)
• MDP/MAP/PMD/MBA will be highly advantageous
• GCC for Factories
• Minimum of 6 years experience
• Computer literate
• CMS – experience of computerized maintenance systems
• Understanding of practical implementation of OHSAct
• Finance – budgeting and CAPEX planning
• Continuous improvement
• Environmental knowledge

In accordance with the employment equity plan of Tiger Brands and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.