Maintenance Supervisor

**Educational Qualifications**
- Matric
- Trade Test (NQF 5)
- A diploma or degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering or a related field
- At least 5 years of experience in maintenance management or supervision in a manufacturing environment
- BSC Mechanical / BTech Mechanical or relevant qualification

**Experience**
- Up to 5 years’ experience in Maintenance operations in a Manufacturing environment of which at least 2 years should be at Supervisory level
- Up to 3 years’ experience in working Shift
- Advantageous
- Must have a sound knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment

**MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY RESULTS AREAS**
Planning and scheduling preventive and corrective maintenance activities for the plant equipment and facilities
- Supervising and training a team of maintenance technicians and ensuring they follow safety standards and procedures
- Troubleshooting and resolving any issues or breakdowns that may affect the production process or quality
- Coordinating with external contractors and vendors for any repairs or upgrades that require their expertise
- Preparing and maintaining records and reports on maintenance activities, costs, and performance indicators
- Evaluating and recommending improvements to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the factory systems

**Maintenance operations and control**
- Ensures effective reactive, predictive and preventative maintenance are performed on all plant / infrastructure / equipment as required, to limit potential failure and optimise production processes.
- Coordinates first line maintenance to restrict or prevent plant / equipment downtime.
- Raises job cards for all maintenance work required, ensure work permits are included (work permits for “hot work”, vessel entry and elevated work to be escalated to Manager for approval).
- Drives and participates in all fault analysis on equipment failure i.e. Root Cause Analysis - 5 WHY, 8D, etc.
- Approves all job cards after maintenance work is completed successfully.
- Ensures that equipment and work areas are safe, maintained by Operators, and that housekeeping principles are adhered to at all times.

**Compliance**
- Operates within controls and procedures in order to ensure the integrity of.
- Identifies and reports risks or areas of concern to management within own department and area of responsibility.
- Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and procedures to prevent fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure.
- Accepts responsibility for Health and Safety by creating awareness, as well as to address all unsafe practices in a timeous manner.

**Customer Service**
- Maintains effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) towards rendering highest quality of services.
- Represents in meetings with relevant stakeholders.
- Identifies and solves problems creatively whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with core values.

**Staff supervision**
- Ensures that all employees have signed performance agreements.
- Monitors and measures performance quarterly by conducting employee appraisals.
- In collaboration with HR, identify staff performance objectives, potential areas of development and action plans where necessary.
- Ensures ongoing training and development of employees.
- Addresses employee relations matters fairly and promptly.

**Cost and financial control**
- Contributes to the budget preparation process.
- Promotes and communicates the effective, efficient, economical and transparent use of financial and other resources.
- Monitors and controls expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and financial guidelines, report deviations to direct Manager.
- Explores opportunities to control and reduce costs.

**ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIRED SKILLS**
- Computer Literacy
- In-depth knowledge of maintenance practices, procedures and processes
- Sound understanding of compliance with applicable legislation, safety and other related manufacturing regulations
- Ability to cope under pressure and handle conflict situations
- Communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Strong technical skills and knowledge of various types of machinery, tools, and equipment used in the plant
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent report writing skills
- Strong understanding of structured problem solving and root cause analysis
- Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks and deadlines
- PLC programming and fault finding
- Robot experience