Maintenance Planner and Scheduler 35774

S Africa; Springs; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of manufacturing equipment. This exciting position involves planning, coordinating, and scheduling maintenance activities to optimize equipment reliability and plant uptime. You'll collaborate with production and maintenance teams, manage work orders using SAP, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence. If you're passionate about maintenance and eager to contribute to a successful team, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years experience in maintenance planning in FMCG.
• Solid knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve preventive maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance tasks.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Planning Skills

Multitasking

MS Office Proficiency

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem-Solving Skills

Proactive Approach

Results-Oriented

Education

National Diploma or Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

SAP CMMS

Job description

Position Title : Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

Position Type : Regular FullTime

Position Location : Springs

Grade : Grade 03

Requisition ID : 35774

Maintenance Planner & Scheduler

To plan coordinate and schedule all maintenance activities (preventive corrective and shutdown) to ensure the continuous operation of manufacturing equipment and utilities with minimal disruption optimizing equipment reliability and plant uptime.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop maintain and improve preventive maintenance schedules for all critical assets.
• Coordinate and schedule daily weekly and monthly maintenance tasks in collaboration with production and maintenance teams.
• Create and manage work orders and job cards using CMMS (e.g. SAP).
• Prepare and issue maintenance schedules ensuring resource availability (technicians tools parts permits).
• Prioritize work orders based on urgency safety and production requirements.
• Monitor compliance to planned schedules and update accordingly.
• Ensure maintenance KPIs are tracked and reported (e.g. MTTR MTBF adherence to schedule).
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and history of equipment breakdowns and interventions.
• Liaise with procurement / stores for timely availability of spare parts and consumables.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist in annual shutdown planning and .
• Ensure compliance with health safety and environmental regulations.
• Assigning schedules on SAP system
• Coordinate maintenance planning meetings
• Closing out completed shutdown work orders
• Maintenance shutdown compliance report
• Managing Work order turn over report
• OEE (Overall equipment efficiency or effectiveness)
• Weekly plant on a page report update
• Monthly plant on a page report update
• Veg review report update
• Weekly down time analysis report
• Monthly downtime analysis report
• Daily engineering availability report
• Work order management filing and archiving Audit ready)
• Participating in audits
• Engineering Board Engineering reports update on the board
• Adherence to work order schedules M
• Creating and loading new schedules on the SAP CMMS
• Altering old schedules on the SAP CMMS
• Shift job cards and schedule feedback archive
• Shutdown involvement supervising safety permits issuing shutdown coordinating & update progress meetings
• Request different user (New and additional) access for SAP on GRC
• Adding removing equipment on SAP hierarchy
• Coordinating the post shutdown meetings documenting and planning all actions

Requirements :

Education & Qualifications :

• National Diploma or Degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering or related field.

Experience :

• Minimum 35 years experience in maintenance planning / scheduling in an FMCG or fastpaced manufacturing environment.
• Solid knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Handson experience in working with plant machinery and utilities.

Skills :

• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to multitask and manage priorities under pressure.
• Good understanding of maintenance workflow and job estimation.
• Proficient in MS Office (especially Excel Project).
• Analytical mindset and problemsolving skills.
• Effective communication and coordination skills across departments.
• Attention to detail and qualitydriven.
• Strong sense of urgency and ownership.
• Proactive and collaborative approach.
• Resultsoriented with continuous improvement mindset.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse antiracist inclusive meritbased and equitable workplace. As a global familyowned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger.

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Job Family : Engineering & Technical

Division : South Africa

Department : Springs Engineering Electrical

ZA South Africa : Free State : Bloemfontein

ZA South Africa : Other : Reference job description

Company : McCain Foods (S Africa)

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