Maintenance Planner

Green Marble Recruitment Consultants; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Marble Recruitment Consultants is seeking a Maintenance Planner in Howick, KZN, for a heavy industry environment with a focus on scheduling and preventative maintenance. You will plan, coordinate, and document maintenance activities, manage CMMS data, and support safe operation with LOTO, PTW and SOP procedures.

The role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and experience with CNC or high-speed manufacturing settings.

Qualifications

• Non-negotiable requirements include maintenance planning experience and strong scheduling.
• Heavy industry experience and commissioning exposure are essential.
• Ability to plan for breakdowns and minimise downtime is required.
• Candidates meeting all requirements will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule engineering maintenance activities across daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and shutdown programmes.
• Coordinate planned and ad hoc maintenance activities with the Engineering team.
• Assist with preparing and updating weekly maintenance plans and schedules.
• Schedule and allocate preventative maintenance tasks to resources through the CMMS.
• Maintain and update preventative maintenance master data.
• Follow up on completed projects and analyse maintenance feedback.
• Update equipment BOMs and add new components to the system.
• Maintain and update the Critical Spares List.
• Create purchase requisitions for Electrical, Services, Process, Safety, Mechanical, Stores, and Projects requirements.
• Coordinate consumable orders and ensure the required approvals are obtained.
• Monitor weekly maintenance execution, schedule compliance, breakdowns, and artisan productivity.
• Analyse maintenance history and report findings to management.
• Review job cards and verify the integrity and accuracy of maintenance data captured by artisans.
• Assist with analysing maintenance shutdown costs.
• Work closely with Engineering Stores to ensure spares are available for planned maintenance.
• Support Engineering team safety requirements, including LOTO, PTW, and SOPs.
• Perform general maintenance-related administration as required.
• Compile maintenance reports using collected and analysed data in the prescribed formats.

Skills

Scheduling

Predictive maintenance

Heavy industry experience

Commissioning

Downtime reduction

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Education

N6/T3/S4 Diploma or engineering

Trade Test: Electrician/Millwright/Fitter

Tools

MS Project

MS Office 365

CMMS systems

Job description

MAINTENANCE PLANNER

Location:Howick, KZN

NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience planning maintenance and shutdowns.
• Strong scheduling and predictive maintenance experience.
• Heavy industry experience essential.
• Experience with commissioning.
• Ability to effectively plan for breakdowns and minimise downtime.

Please note that only candidates who meet all the requirements will be considered for this opportunity.

• N6/T3/S4 Diploma or equivalent in Engineering will be advantageous.
• Trade Test as an Electrician, Millwright or Fitter will be advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in maintenance planning.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience within a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• MS Project is essential.
• Proficiency in MS Office 365.
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems.
• Knowledge of SHEQ.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Plan and schedule engineering maintenance activities across daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and shutdown programmes.
• Coordinate planned and ad hoc maintenance activities with the Engineering team.
• Assist with preparing and updating weekly maintenance plans and schedules.
• Schedule and allocate preventative maintenance tasks to resources through the CMMS.
• Maintain and update preventative maintenance master data.
• Follow up on completed projects and analyse maintenance feedback.
• Update equipment Bills of Materials (BOMs) and add new components to the system.
• Maintain and update the Critical Spares List.
• Create purchase requisitions for Electrical, Services, Process, Safety, Mechanical, Stores, and Projects requirements.
• Coordinate consumable orders and ensure the required approvals are obtained.
• Monitor and report on weekly maintenance execution, schedule compliance, breakdowns, and artisan productivity.
• Analyse maintenance history and report findings to management.
• Review job cards and verify the integrity and accuracy of maintenance data captured by artisans.
• Assist with analysing maintenance shutdown costs.
• Work closely with Engineering Stores to ensure spares are available for planned maintenance.
• Support Engineering team safety requirements, including LOTO, PTW, and SOPs.
• Perform general maintenance-related administration as required.
• Compile maintenance reports using collected and analysed data in the prescribed formats.