Maintenance Planner

**Responsibilities** - Development of appropriate routine maintenance schedules - Main Custodian of all Engineering documentation and the Engineering Library to ensure accurate and efficient information retrieval. - Communicate and train maintenance and production personnel in the maintenance procedures. - Integration of maintenance activities with production plans. - Integration of maintenance activities with production boil-outs. - Forward planning of manpower and materials for planned work and ensuring that those resources are marshalled in readiness. - Accurate estimation of maintenance work in relation to duration, priority, skills requirements, spares, special tools and equipment, specialist services, and identification of appropriate material requirements. - Estimation and arranging of contract labour to supplement existing resources to meet maintenance loads. - Monitoring of maintenance operating system KPI’s, and trends and define maintenance performance measures. - Identification of critical equipment and spares. - Implementation of an effective AIB maintenance program. - Implementation of an effective safety and environmental maintenance program. - Regular scheduled task reviews and update. - Auditing of task completion. - Analyse major equipment losses and breakdowns. - Maintain plant Inventory records and machine histories and machine numbering - Propose improvement recommendations. **Qualifications** - Qualified artisan with at least N5 qualification. - Subject Matter Expert in CMMS Software, particularly SAP - Minimum 5 years maintenance experience in the FMCG environment. - Minimum 3 within Maintenance Planning - Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems - Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications and schematics - Effective interpersonal and written communication skills - Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively - Excellent organizational and prioritization skills - Technical abilities to resolve complex engineering plant breakdowns - Ability to read maintenance manuals and Engineering Drawings (P&IDs, SLDs, Isometric, etc) **“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act"