Maintenance Manager

Overview:

- To manage and coordinate the Electrical Maintenance, Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability functions in the plant, in order to reach the budgeted program within safety, quality, environmental and cost restraints.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure safe working conditions for department employees
- Ensure and improve Reliability of Plant equipment
- Set and Control maintenance budget
- Monitor and Control inventory of spare parts and consumable stocking levels. Develop department employees and promote communication and cooperation within and outside the department.
- Environmental Responsibility
- Communicate and implement regulations, local permits, policies and procedures within the team. Ensure compliance for related activities to ISO14001, environmental standards and sustainability.
- Guarantee adherence with Environmental policies and procedures for all personnel under responsibility (internal and external).
- Ensure that the process is operated and equipment is maintained in a way to minimise emissions.

Education/Qualifications:

- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related field
- Minimum 3 years maintenance management experience in the cement manufacturing or related industry
- Understanding of complex mechanical and electrical technology and equipment

**Experience**:

- Set performance objectives and priorities for the department in line with the Plant ambition
- Promote the participation from department employees through delegation of responsibilities, sharing of information on the plants and department's goals and constraints and recognition of individual performance
- Ensure the competence of department employees by initiating training, coaching, and counselling or discipline procedures to respond to items identified in.
- Coordinate all labour issues within the department in compliance with the Collective Agreement, Labour Law and Employment Equity Act
- Must be proficient in Predictive and Preventative Maintenance systems both in theory and in practice.
- Coordinate equipment inspections, preventive and corrective maintenance, and breakdowns of all plant mechanical, electrical and infrastructural equipment.
- Plans maintenance activities in a way that is compatible with the overall operation of the plant. Planning both long-term (3-Year Performance Plan and budget) and short term (monthly or weekly activities)
- Reports actions and results for his area of responsibility through monthly activity communication and annual reports
- Provide input for each function of the department towards cost budgeting, cost forecasting and control of department expenditure
- Participate in the preparation of the long-term plan mainly in the setting of goals as well as the identification and definition of projects necessary for staying in business improvement
- Maintain the staffing of department as per accepted guidelines and cope with plant demands through the use of overtime, contractors or other internal and external sources
- Constantly look for new methods of operation for the department which will improve equipment reliability, maintain expected life span of equipment and reduce department costs
- Develop procedures with suppliers to ensure equipment reliability, maximise their service, minimize the cost and minimize the plant inventory
- Performs any other reasonable tasks when requested by Plant Manager.

Knowledge & Skills:

- Leadership
- Management skills
- Delegation/organisation
- Decision making ability
- Promotions of his/her personnel's developments
- Performance orientated
- Innovation
- High level of anticipation
- Enjoys team work
- Assertive