Maintenance Specialist

SHARON NUROCK RECRUITMENT CC; Durban; On-site; ZAR 250 000 - 350 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Durban seeks a skilled Millwright or similar professional to manage maintenance, supervise projects, and lead a technical team in the automotive sector. Candidates must have a National Senior Certificate and trade testing, along with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. This role offers opportunities for continuous improvement and project management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience, preferably in the Automotive industry.
• Must have supervisory experience and trade testing.

Responsibilities

• Supervise maintenance and repair work.
• Manage implementation of engineering projects.
• Conduct assessments and recruit employees.

Skills

Supervisory experience

PLC experience

Project management

Fault-finding

Education

National Senior Certificate

Trade tested Millwright / Fitter / Electrician

Job description

We Need

• National Senior Certificate, essential.
• Trade tested Millwright / Fitter / Electrician, essential.
• Minimum 5 years experience, referable from the Automotive industry.
• Must have supervisory experience.
• PLC and project management experience, essential.

What you will do

Report to the Technical Manager :

• Maintenance Management :
• Determine resources (labour and materials).
• Analyse and interpret Planned Maintenance and Breakdown reports.
• Diagnose plant and equipment problems (fault-finding).
• Maintain register of all electrical hardware on site and backups of all installed software.
• Maintenance Planning :
• Compile and supervise the Preventive Maintenance Programme.
• Maintain and update the Preventive Maintenance tasks lists and Critical Spares and Spares lists.
• Maintenance Process :
• Scheduled :

Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work.

• Approve Stores requisition for spares and consumables.
• Breakdown :
• Supervise the carrying out of breakdown repairs.
• Inform / advise Management of any breakdowns.
• Engineering Projects :
• Project Initiation :
• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
• Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget.
• Project Planning :
• Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution.
• Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules.
• Project Management :
• Manage implementation of Engineering Projects.
• Contribute to the management of project risk.
• Supervise a Project team of a technical project to deliver project objectives.
• Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements.
• Project Administration :
• Implement project administration processes.
• Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops.
• Fulfil procurement activities and supervise procurement administration.
• Provide procurement administration support to a project.
• Conduct project documentation management to support project processes.
• Continuous Improvement :
• Keep up to date with latest developments / technologies in Maintenance.
• Identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement interventions.
• Reporting :
• Analyse Maintenance reports and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Staff Supervision :
• Conduct outcomes-based assessments.
• Obtain approval for and recruit & select employees.