Maintenance Planner

RCL Foods is seeking **Maintenance Planners** to join our **Baking Pies Business Unit**. The role will be based in **Krugersdorp**.

**Purpose of the Role**:To provide logistic support to the maintenance team by ensuring plant activities are planned well ahead of time in order to enhance equipment availability. This will be done by administrating the maintenance management system, monitoring and generating reports on maintenance performance for management decision-making

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
Establish, maintain and improve the maintenance planning and scheduling business flow process.
Prepare reports, analyse data and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance related problems.
Ensure key performance indicators are captured and reported for equipment reliability, departmental performance, planning and scheduled business flow process.
Schedule maintenance work into production plan.
Develop cost and time estimate of planned maintenance work.
Review applicable maintenance procedures that promote defect-free maintenance work quality.
Identifies, analyses, and reviews equipment maintenance problems with maintenance engineering team.
Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and jobs records database.
Continually improving planning, scheduling, data management and job reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency.
Collaborate with maintenance Senior Artisans to schedule manpower and resource for planned maintenance work.
Assists in educating operations personnel in maintenance management.
Perform any other related job that may be assigned from time to time.

**Minimum Requirements**:
Grade 12 or N3 or NCV Technical qualifications
Certificate in maintenance planning and scheduling

**Experience and Training**
3 years’ maintenance experience in FMCG
Formal maintenance training

**Knowledge and Skill**
A working knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems(CMMS).
Knowledge of Store Inventory Management System
An understanding of engineering machines components such as shafts, bearings, v-belts, drives, contactors, conveyors, etc
Knowledge of food safety standards is advantageous
Supervision of personnel added advantage

**Problem-Solving**
Ability to think logically and problem-solving
Ability to interpret the data and analyze
Ability to analyze the trends in performance parameters

**Customer Relationships**
Internal
Liaise with production management and machine operators and staff.
Liaise with Ecowise cleaning team and management
External
Liaise with suppliers and contractors

**Decision Making**
Decide on which parts needs replacement and any additional work required in daily basis
Decide on additional activity that is required to improve performance of the machines
Report any defects pickup during machine stripping to ensure is correct either immediately or during the weekend activities

**Competencies**
Must be proficient with word, excel and PowerPoint and Computerized Maintenance System
Demonstrate high degree of planning and organizational skills
Strong communication skills
Read, analyze, understand electrical, electronic and engineering drawings and tolerances
Work in the framework of a team
Attention to detail and deadline driven
Adhere to principles and values
Build interpersonal tolerance and teamwork practices
Must conform to contractual obligations
Be prompt and courteous
Training on root cause analysis
Logical reason
Individual must be able to work productively within a team

**Communication**
Ability to communicate well at all levels
Ability to read and write