Manager: Maintenance Planning

It is the responsibility of the Maintenance Planning Manager to manage the maintenance planning function at the Production Plant, ensuring strong support to the Maintenance team and provide constant updates to the Plant Manager.

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification.
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level in a food manufacturing plant.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience managing a team.
• Must have proven work experience working with Senior Management.
• Advanced computer literacy.

Implement and update maintenance system

• Responsible for Plant register.
• Audit the General Ledger codes continually.
• Liaise with Support Manager: EAM for ongoing support and trouble shooting.
• Ensure all modifications are updated through the EAM System.
• Maintain schedules (CPR 373)
• Handle all job cards and requests (CPR594)

Coordinate maintenance planning (CPR379)

• Liaise with Departments with respect to all maintenance tasks and ensure that all work carried out is planned and completed in a systematic and coordinated manner.
• Ensure that a schedule board exists and is used for planning and shutdowns (CPR860).
• Set up a master plan for all planned maintenance work at branch and to follow up on the success of these plans.
• Plan and initiate all plant shutdown.
• Ensure that all status codes are used correctly for planning.
• Carry out weekly planning meetings with maintenance and production present.
• Issue schedule cards each week.
• Retain details of uncompleted job cards/requests
• Plan work loading per Artisan per week, taking into consideration work priorities and available manpower.

Manage engineering stores

• Manage engineering store ensuring that all controls e.g. stock levels, stock count, issues and purchases are maintained (CPR380, CPR853, CPR804, CPR805).
• Ensure that all stock transactions are within the guidelines of the accountancy policies.
• Undertake parts adjustments.
• Undertake annual and quarterly stock usage analysis and take action e.g. change of minimum stock levels, identifications of slow moving parts and obsolete stock.
• Identify critical spares.
• Manage and control used spares store e.g. details of stock, bin numbers etc.
• Ensure that lubricants are identified per equipment manual and capture details on EAM for equipment lubricant specifications.
• Ensure that cycle counts are done monthly and that an official quarterly stock count is carried out as per Clover policy (CPR804).

Oversee the engineering buying process

• Manage engineering buying ensuring that all controls are as per the accounting policy and Clover policies (CPR853).

Compile reports and ad-hoc activities

• Ensure performance standards and performance indicators for the different mission success factors are identified and measured.
• Identify the measurements needed and ensure that the Maintenance Manager/Plant Engineer is updated with these daily, weekly and monthly (CPR382, CPR853).
• Ensure the completeness and control of the technical library.
• Ensure the completeness and filing of all calibrations.
• Help with the maintenance index measurements.
• Carry out a self-audit as per the annual maintenance audit carried out by Head Office