Maintenance Planner - Heavy Industry, CMMS & Shutdown Expert

Green Marble Recruitment Consultants; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 305,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Marble Recruitment Consultants invites applications for a Maintenance Planner role based in Howick, KZN. The role focuses on planning and scheduling maintenance activities, including shutdowns, to minimise downtime.

Candidates should have a non-negotiable trade background and extensive experience in planning maintenance within heavy industry, with proficiency in MS Project and CMMS.

Qualifications

• Non-negotiable trade background.
• 5+ years in maintenance planning.
• 3+ years in high-speed manufacturing environment.
• MS Project is essential.
• Proficiency with MS Office 365.
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems.
• Knowledge of SHEQ.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance across daily, weekly, monthly and shutdown programmes.
• Coordinate planned and ad hoc maintenance with Engineering.
• Prepare and update weekly maintenance plans and schedules.
• Allocate preventive maintenance tasks to resources via CMMS.
• Maintain and update PM master data.
• Follow up on completed projects and analyse feedback.
• Update equipment BOMs and add components to CMMS.
• Maintain the Critical Spares List.
• Create purchase requisitions for electrical, service, process, safety, mechanical, stores and projects.
• Coordinate consumable orders and approvals.
• Monitor weekly maintenance execution, schedule compliance and downtime.
• Analyse maintenance history and report to management.
• Review job cards for data accuracy.
• Assist with analysing shutdown costs.
• Collaborate with Engineering Stores to ensure spares are available.
• Support safety requirements including LOTO, PTW and SOPs.
• Perform general maintenance administration and reporting.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Shutdown planning

Predictive maintenance

Scheduling

Heavy industry experience

Commissioning

Downtime reduction

Boiler knowledge

Education

Trade Test – Electrician/Millwright/Fitter

Tools

MS Project

MS Office 365

CMMS systems

Job description

Green Marble Recruitment Consultants invites applications for a Maintenance Planner role based in Howick, KZN. The role focuses on planning and scheduling maintenance activities, including shutdowns, to minimise downtime.

Candidates should have a non-negotiable trade background and extensive experience in planning maintenance within heavy industry, with proficiency in MS Project and CMMS.