Maintenance Planner (YES Programme)

Saint-Gobain Africa; Brakpan; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint-Gobain Africa is looking for a Maintenance Planner with a Diploma or BTech in Mechanical Engineering. The role centers on building and migrating maintenance plans into SAP PM, coordinating weekly planning meetings, and ensuring prepared work orders and parts availability.

The ideal candidate has SAP PM and MS Projects experience with at least one year in a manufacturing or plant setting. The position focuses on maximizing reliability and minimizing downtime through structured planning.

Qualifications

• Matric completion required.
• Diploma or Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• SAP PM experience is advantageous.
• MS Projects experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance job plans.
• Create and maintain standard maintenance task lists in SAP PM.
• Develop preventive maintenance plans and strategies.
• Build high quality job packs for execution teams.
• Lead migration from Excel to SAP PM for maintenance planning.
• Coordinate weekly maintenance planning and scheduling meetings.
• Ensure work orders are properly planned before scheduling.
• Develop weekly production-aligned schedules.
• Manage maintenance backlog and prioritization.
• Plan shutdown maintenance activities and develop shutdown scopes.
• Ensure parts, labor and contractors are prepared in advance.
• Track shutdown performance against plan.
• Coordinate with stores for spare parts availability.
• Improve productivity through structured planning.
• Provide clear job instructions and job packs to technicians.

Education

Matric

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

MS Projects

Job description

Why do we need you?

• Develop detailed maintenance job plan
• Create and maintain standard maintenance task lists in SAP PM.
• Develop structured preventive maintenance plans and strategies.
• Build high quality job packs for execution teams.
• Lead the migration of maintenance planning processes from Excel into SAP PM.
• Facilitate the weekly maintenance planning and scheduling meeting.
• Ensure all work orders are properly planned prior to scheduling.
• Develop weekly schedules aligned with production requirements.
• Manage the maintenance backlog and prioritization process.
• Plan all plant shutdown maintenance activities.
• Develop shutdown work scopes.
• Ensure all parts, labour and contractors are prepared in advance.
• Track shutdown performance against plan.
• Ensure all materials required for maintenance work orders are identified and reserved.
• Work closely with stores to ensure spare parts availability before scheduled work.
• Improve engineering productivity through structured planning.
• Ensure technicians receive clear job instructions and job packs.
• Reduce wasted maintenance hours due to poor preparation.

Is this job for you?

The ideal candidate must have a completed Matric and possess a minimum Diploma or Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. SAP experience and MS Projects experience would be an advantage. Must have at least one-year relevant experience within manufacturing or a plant environment.

To make sure nothing is forgotten

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, implementing and continuously improving the plant maintenance planning and scheduling system using SAP PM. The role ensures that all maintenance work is properly planned, resourced, scheduled and executed in a controlled manner to maximize plant reliability, reduce breakdowns and optimize engineering productivity. The role will lead the transition from Excel-based planning to a fully structured SAP PM maintenance planning system, aligned with World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles. The planner will be responsible for building high-quality job plans, managing the maintenance backlog, coordinating shutdown maintenance and ensuring that maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to production.

“We value the importance of a diverse workforce as a cornerstone of our business success. Our primary focus in selecting the most suitable candidates for our roles is based on their skills, qualifications, and experience. We wholeheartedly embrace the principle of equal opportunity in our employment processes and are committed to eliminating any unlawful discrimination in our hiring practices”