Maintenance Specialist

3 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Abantu Staffing Solutions Full time

**Overview**:
To supervise the safe and cost-effective execution of Maintenance work in order to improve availability and reliability of plant and equipment. The position reports to the Technical Manager.

**Minimum requirements**:

- Grade 12
- Trade-tested Millwright / Fitter / Electrician
- 5+ years experience in a similar role, within automotive manufacturing
- Supervisory experience
- PLC and Project Management experience

**Responsibilities**:
**Maintenance Management**:

- Supervise the work unit to achieve work unit objectives.
- Determine resources (labour and materials) required and allocate overtime work.
- Analyse and interpret Planned Maintenance Reports (Hours per department, hours per Artisan, etc.)
- Analyse and interpret Breakdown Reports (Manufacturing downtime, top-10, etc.)
- Diagnose plant and equipment problems (fault finding) and identify opportunities to modify, upgrade, improve or replace equipment and spares.
- Maintain register of all electrical hardware on-site and backups of all installed software

**Maintenance Planning**:

- Compile and supervise the Preventive Maintenance Programme according to the maintenance requirements for machines and equipment
- Maintain and update the Preventive Maintenance tasks lists
- Maintain and update 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:

- Supervises the carrying out of breakdown repairs
- Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
- Inform/advise Management of any breakdowns of a serious nature or where any potential equipment failure is imminent

**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 within own field of expertise
- 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 according to requirements
- 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

**People Supervision**:

- Ensure an enabling climate/culture
- Supervise the team to achieve work unit objectives
- Plan allocation of labour within area of responsibility
- Achieve relevant targets for the Department
- Obtain approval for and recruit and select employees in the area of responsibility
- Conduct outcomes-based assessments
- Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
- Ensure discipline is maintained in department (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
- Resolve grievances and disputes



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