Maintenance Manager: Utilities

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** (NBL) operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

This job profile is for a qualified and experienced **Maintenance Manager **for _Utilities & Services_ at **National Brands Limited Isando Coffee & Creamer**. The successful incumbent will be a report to the Engineering Manager and have primary responsibilities of:

- Be appointed as the GMR 2.7 for the site and ensure all statutory compliance takes place according to the OHS Act and its regulations. Ensure that all legal inspections and risk assessments are carried out and that general safety is adhered to in area of responsibility.
- Implementing and execute engineering standards, maintenance strategies and asset plans for property, plant and equipment in the _Utilities & Services_ section, using SCADA and CMMS software.
- Be an expert in preventative maintenance and compliance to statutory requirements of spray drying process plants, utilities and boilers, air compressors, packaging equipment, gas burners, infrastructure and buildings.
- Provide supervision for the execution of equipment maintenance through the effective utilisation of key in-house resources, original equipment manufacturers and contracted services in the organisation.
- Plan and manage maintenance shutdowns and improve plant reliability and equipment availability using OEM, RCM, 5Why and RCA processes.
- Improve spare parts quality, consumption and availability of work done on spares and rotables.
- Deliver on the energy strategy and key performance indicators of energy consumption and savings for the section.
- Plan, prepare and execute on allocated maintenance budget and projects in accordance with the priorities and the necessities of the business, with due regard for cost control.
- Lead a team of maintenance foreman, engineer, technicians, millwrights, artisans and handymen.
- Subscribe to the values of NBL and foster a culture of care, ownership, accountability and teamwork with the other departments in the site and the wider engineering fraternity at other NBL factories.

The abovementioned activities shall be conducted in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, No. 85 of 1993 and all relevant NBL policies and procedures.

This profile acts as a guide and any additional work outcomes in-line with the role may be required to be performed by the incumbent.

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**Job Specification - Key Performance Areas (main outputs and responsibilities for this position)**:

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Health, Safety and Environment**
- Be the GMR2.7 legal appointee and the custodian for the organisation on all statutory inspections of plant and equipment in area of responsibility.
- Adhere to and ensure compliance by subordinates to the company safety policies and procedures by keeping the employees accountable for their actions, as well as for the lack thereof.
- Assist with implementation, obtainment and maintenance of relevant health, safety and environmental management system standards, SANAS, ISO and good engineering procedures.
- Ensure equipment compliance with relevant safety regulations and keep records of all statutory inspections and compliance documents for inspection and audit purposes.
- Ensure facilities and infrastructure are conducive to employee health and wellness
- Ensure that integrity of site emergency and warning systems are maintained (alarm systems, emergency equipment).
- Drive a safety culture in the department & section - Housekeeping, PTW, LOTO, SOP’s.
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Food Safety**

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- Adhere to, and ensure compliance by subordinates to FSSC 22000, AIB and ISO principles
- Actively participate as an integral member of the established site HACCP team
- Ensure site infrastructure and equipment are installed and maintained in such a manner that Food Safety is not compromised.
- Ensure standard of utilities (water and compressed air) is in line with Food Safety Standards in your area
- Manage all requirements related to CCP and OPRP equipment (calibration, validation, maintenance, etc.)
- Raising, and closing out of NCR’s in connection with equipment related food safety incidents.
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Plant availability, reliability and uptime**
- Execute relevant maintenance activities and ensure effective utilization of the preventative maintenance and material management systems.
- Develop maintenance plans and procedures for critical equipment to achieve preventative and proactive maintenance.
- Coach and assist with critical