Maintenance Manager
Staff Unlimited
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Constantly seek ways to improve plant efficiency and effectiveness, conduct regular reviews and monitor progress, and act. This action requires great research and solutions.
- Be a dedicated and focused leader to lead the team and manage the day-to-day maintenance of the plant.
- Understand the full implications of potential problems and minimize their impact.
- Have an excellent understanding of Mechanical /Electrical engineering together with general factory engineering principles.
- A Degree/Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, with 5 years trade experience of which least 3 years in a supervisory category.
- Good understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Drive the daily / weekly maintenance planning process for the plant – prioritizing, scheduling, and allocation of tasks to different discipline of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner.
- Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment and plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff
- Ensure that the required focus is given to all audit requirements and findings
- Management of the day-to-day activities and out puts of each discipline of the engineering department.
- Drive sustainable maintenance practices throughout the plant
- Manage maintenance team and ensure that planned maintenance programs are implemented to enable optimal asset utilization.
- Ensure that maintenance practices and procurement processes are aligned to business standards
- Management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests and break downs.
- Ensure that all are working according to safety regulations and ensure the enforcement of food safety requirements.
- Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of team and effective maintenance of equipment
- Guides the engineering team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved, and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance
- Follows up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to
- Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility
- Reporting theft and dangers on the premises
- Ensures safety equipment is in good working and ensure safety registers are complete and signed off.
- Maintain safety audits credibility.