Reliability Manager

Become part of the team powering household names like Andrex, Kleenex, Cottonelle, Scott, Viva, and WypAll. At Arbex, everything you need is right here—innovation, growth, and the chance to leave a real mark.

At heart, you're a learner and a natural leader, someone who takes the initiative to improve things and brings others along in the process. You hold yourself to the highest standards of integrity and quality, consistently turning your responsibilities into a lasting success story. In this role, you'll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide.

We'll be Unstoppable Together.

About You

In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

To ensure Enstra Mill assets are managed, maintained and operated at their optimum at all times by implementing and sustaining best practices in maintenance management and reliability engineering. The Reliability Manager is responsible for providing leadership in establishing, implementing and improving reliability and maintenance systems to identify, analyse and correct root causes that lead to equipment unreliability, unavailability and safety concerns. These include systems to optimize and then maintain the health of PM documentation, predictive or preventive practices, improving capability of the maintenance work force, major maintenance, condition monitoring, site lubrication, precision maintenance, engineering initiatives and overall budget spending levels. The Reliability Manager will work with cross functional teams (engineering/maintenance teams, manufacturers, operations, procurement, logistics, stores, vendors etc.)

Main responsibilities include

• Lead the development, implementation and ongoing management of reliability systems, maintenance planning, condition monitoring, lubrication and precision maintenance practices to improve asset performance.
• Ensure assets are safe to operate and compliant with all internal standards and local statutory requirements, including legal appointments, machinery risk reduction, fire and explosion systems, and other compliance systems.
• Drive reliability improvement through PM optimization, failure analysis, root cause analysis, criticality analysis, reliability analytics, KPI tracking and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage and develop the reliability team, supporting preventive and predictive maintenance capabilities, communications, training, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Plan and manage shutdowns, engineering spares, stores processes, MOC systems and lifecycle cost improvement activities, including redesign opportunities and critical spares management.

Required skills / Must have

• Minimum of a BSc./B-tech Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent tertiary qualification Minimum of 10 years previous engineering and maintenance experience in an FMCG and/or Manufacturing environment
• Reliability Engineering and Asset Management
• Maintenance Excellence, PM Optimization and TPM
• Root Cause, Failure and Reliability Analysis
• Condition Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
• Team Leadership, Shutdown Planning and Spares Management
• Legal Compliance Management

Nice-to-have

• Design for Reliability
• Fire & Explosion Systems Management
• GRC Systems Ownership
• MOC Management
• FMCG Manufacturing Best Practices

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then ARBEX is the place for you

South Africa

As part of your Total Rewards package, you will be entitled to a comprehensive set of benefits. Some of these are listed below:

• Reward and recognition – to attract and retain the best talent we offer competitive pay. We reward excellence and high performance through annual performance related increases and employee recognition awards.
• Great support for good health – we value good health, and to support you, you will have various options for medical insurance with a 50% employer contribution and Gap cover.
• Planning for the future – Being a member of the Provident fund will provide you with savings to provide an income after retirement.
• Protection for you and your family in case of illness or injury – for peace of mind you will have Life cover, disability insurance and Funeral benefit.
• Learning and growth – our employees value the opportunities for professional and personal growth that we offer. A wide range of training is available with Study bursaries for external courses and an opportunity to apply for School fee bursaries for your children.
• Employee Wellbeing – our Thrive program covers Physical, Emotional, Mental and Financial wellbeing to help you be at your best, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers professional resources and tools to support you and your family.
• Time off – to help you manage your work life balance and cater for different stages of life, we offer attractive annual leave, and policies to cover maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leave.
• Other – you will be able to enjoy discounted company products. A subsidised canteen and uniforms are provided at our mill locations.

To Be Considered

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And finally, the fine print….

For ARBEX to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that shape the future of tissue and hygiene, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to ARBEX, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to relevant background checks carried out in South Africa.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in South Africa only. ARBEX will not provide relocation support for this role.

Primary Location

Enstra Mill

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time