Maintenance Manager

**Job Number**
- 68628

**Job Type**
- Permanent

**Job Title**
- Maintenance Manager

**Computer Skills**
- Ms Office

**Industry**
- Manufacturing

**City**
- Ekurhuleni (East Rand)

**Province**
- Gauteng

**Roles and Responsibilities**

**Equipment Maintenance**
- Develops and ensures the implementation of maintenance programs and procedures
- Creates and enforces Maintenance Schedules. Plans, organises and implements mechanical maintenance and repair of production and utility machinery
- Oversees the installation of equipment and machinery by equipment contractors
- Communicates with the production team on mechanical maintenance related issues
- Coordinates the troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance (preventive and corrective) for all equipment and machinery directly and indirectly involved in the production process. E.g. Body Maker, Cupper, Trimmers, Washers, Baler, etc.
- Modifies and upgrades production and utility machinery as and when required/demanded to achieve reduction in the cost and improvement in efficiency of the process
- Implements maintenance programmes and oversees day-to-day maintenance activities to ensure the proper and efficient maintenance and repair of equipment
- Supervises the general maintenance and repairs of Plant Auxiliary equipment
- Contracts maintenance work that is beyond the scope/capability of the Maintenance unit. This includes defining the work scope, soliciting bids from vendors, vendor selection, and safe work execution

**Tool room & Inker room Operations**
- Examines and inspects worn out or defected tools, and determines course of action for reworking, fixing or replacing them
- Supervises Equipment Rework/ Grinding activities. This involves reworking production equipment parts and spares to return them to original capability
- Manages the spare part requirements to ensure the Tool room & Inker Room are capable at all times to meet equipment maintenance requirements
- Supervises the setting up and operation of machine tools, grinders, and other maintenance tools
- Oversees the selection, grinding, and adjustment of tools, ensuring correct speeds and feed rates of tooling for efficient machining
- Ensures that parts and tooling are in accordance with requirements, instructions, prints, and work orders. May be required to make drawings or sketches of parts to be made or repaired
- Initiates the spare parts procurement process

**Health, Safety and Environment**
- Ensures that all maintenance programs comply with the applicable Health, Safety and Environmental regulations
- Promotes safety culture in the team and ensures required training, PPE and safety tools are provided by the HSE department, in order to ensure safe maintenance activities

**People Management**
- Provides direction to the Maintenance team, and ensures the quality of work meets with performance expectations
- Provides on-the-job coaching and mentoring to the Maintenance team
- Prioritises and assign tasks to subordinates to ensure effective workflow
- Reviews/inspects work carried out by subordinates, and evaluates their performance**Inherent Requirements**

**Required Education**
- Minimum of an a First Degree or HND in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- Advanced skills (Journeyman / Trade Certificate level) required in one or more of the following areas: HVAC, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic & pneumatic systems, plumbing, carpentry, piping systems

**Required Experience**
- Minimum of 10 years work experience, 5 of which must be in a maintenance role within the manufacturing industry
- Demonstrable experience in carrying out electrical and mechanical maintenance
- Experience with basic machining functions such as turning, threading, boring, grinding, cutting, sanding, etc.

**What Qualification**
- Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

**Minimum Qualification**
- Bachelors

**Status**
- Available