Senior Maintenance Planner

Closing Date 2025/10/25

Reference Number RCL

Company RCL Foods

Job Title Senior Maintenance Planner

Functions Operations/Manufacturing

Job Type Classification Permanent

Location - Town / City Pretoria West

Location - Province Gauteng

Location - Country South Africa

Job Description
At RCL FOODS we see and do things differently. We grow what matters

RCL Foods is seeking
a Senior Maintenance Planner
. The role will be based in
Pretoria West.
Purpose of the Role:
To assist the clients (production and engineering) to continuously improve their overall equipment effectiveness, by implementing and administering effective asset management systems and procedures, particularly in the areas of information management, work planning & control, performance measurement, maintenance tactics and spares & materials through the effective delegation and management of available resources (employees/equipment).

Minimum Requirements

• A recognised trade test (Fitting and Turner or Electrician- Preference will be given to Millwrights and Dual Trade- Electrician and Fitter and Turner).
• N4 technical qualification (minumum).
• 2 to 3 Years' experience in asset and asset care management Auditing experience
• 5 years supervision experience is required.
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Office- Namely MS Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint and Word
• A working knowledge Computerised Maintenance Management Systems(CMMS).
• Essential - 5 years experience on Pragma Onkey 5 (Onkey 5 Plus)
• Knowledge of Store Inventory Management Systems and techniques.

Duties & Responsibilities
Plans, schedules, and coordinates corrective and preventive maintenance activities
.

As a planner will be required to accomplishes this task by studying and managing work requests; analyzing job requirements; and determining materials, equipment, and labour needs (such as blueprints, tools, parts, and 'Artisans' skill requirements) to complete maintenance economically and efficiently. The maintenance planner is the logistics person. He or she has the responsibility for removing non-productive time from the maintenance work force. His or her basic responsibility is to ensure that when the maintenance work is ready to be performed, there will be no delays during the execution of the work.

Develops a weekly schedule and assists the maintenance Engineering Manager in determining job priorities
.

The planner will make changes and adjustments to the schedule and work package after reviewing them with the Engineering Manager. The planner maintains a complete and current backlog of work orders. As work is requested, the request is given to the planner. The planner examines the request, plans the job, and reviews the job with the Engineering Manager or craft workers. Once the job is planned and approved, it is placed on the schedule. The planner reviews the weekly schedule with the Engineering Manager before the start of the work week. The Engineering Manager recommendations that require changes are incorporated into the schedule, and the schedule is then published by the planner.

Ensures that the CMMS software data files are complete and
current
.

The planner does this task by gathering equipment and associated stores information for the entire plant or facility. The planner develops standardized codes for the equipment, stores, and task craft assignments for all maintenance activities. In short, the planner is the keeper of the CMMS software data files. The planner constantly reviews information being input into the CMMS for accuracy and completeness.

Breakdown and Lost Opportunity Analytics
Analysis/ Interpretation of maintenance history and feedback report preparation (should include an analysis of all AMiP KPI's and suggested actions).

Identifies, analyzes, and reviews equipment maintenance problems with maintenance engineering
.

The planner revises the maintenance management program as necessary to improve and enhance plant and facilities operations. Since the planner maintains the work order system, any repetitive problems should be apparent to the planner. He or she then reviews repetitive problems with maintenance engineering team to find a resolution. At this level, the resolution typically will be adjustments in the preventive or predictive maintenance program. By adjusting these programs, the planner provides a solution to the problem. If the problem is not related to the preventive or predictive maintenance program, then the planner refers it to the Engineering Manager for resolution.

Ensuring continuous asset management improvement through organizing of training for engineering personnel

• Drawing, documentation and modification control.
• Ensure that the team is adequately staffed based on careful consideration of utilization and work backlog information.
• Assisting in the continuous improvement, optimization (schedules reviews) and implementation of preventive maintenance tactics (usage-based, time-based, etc) via processes including OMM and root cause failure analysis.
• Management of the engineering planning office and the equipment, documents and tools within it.
• Meetings (daily & monthly) with the plant's key personnel (engineering & production) to plan work, transfer information, make decisions and agree on action plans.
• Assisting the further implementation, optimization and management of the Asset Management Improvement Program (AMIP).
• Track maintenance initiatives such as leak registers, employee contributions w.r.t. area of responsibilities per artisan and ensure close-out.