Maintenance Manager (more than 10 years experience) - Vereeniging (Vaal Triangle)

Our Client, a leader in the FMCG industry, is seeking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Manager to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible to lead and manage the site maintenance team, maintain all milling assets utilizing the company maintenance systems within budget, whilst adhering and complying to all legal requirements, also ensuring a high-performance culture.

Applicants must reside in and around Vereeniging.

• Qualified Artisan (Electrician or Millwright).
• N4 in Electrical Engineering.
• Chamber of Milling theory process certificate.
• N6 Electrical Engineering (dependent on statutory plant-specific requirements).
• 5 - 7 years of working experience as a Maintenance Manager at a Mill.
• 3 - 5 years of Mechanical Engineering experience.
• 3 - 5 years of experience working with plant-related PLC and robotics.

Other reqirements

• MS Office skills.
• Planning and organizing skills.
• Asset management system (e.g. C-works, Pragma).
• Budgeting and cost control.
• Project management.
• Lean Six sigma or related.

Skills and Attributes required

• Milling process quality requirements and standards.
• Management and leadership principles and practices.
• Function of Raw materials and quality, especially flour.
• Food Safety.
• Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting and cost controls.
• Performance management principles.
• Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements.
• Respect.

• Ensure high performance culture and teamwork in the maintenance team by:
  • building and motivating capability though competency-based selection
  • training and development, coaching, mentoring, performance management
  • effective communicating
  • leading and participating in Invocoms and/ meetings
  • ensuring a conducive and safe working environment.
• Ensure adherence to preventative maintenance plan and system by the maintenance team as per company procedures and standards in collaboration with the Milling Manager.
• Ensure full statutory compliance to all health and safety, food safety and OSHACT requirements in line with Premier standards and SOP’s by ensuring training of relevant persons, audits and corrective action of all findings.
• Ensure milling process delivers quality products within specifications in collaboration with the Production Manager by:
  • ensuring adherence to Milling equipment parameters
  • monitoring the Milling process
  • identifying exceptions and variations
  • performing route cause to address and correct them.
• Support cost effective operations by identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, increased efficiencies, cost saving or quality improvements in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders through regular benchmarking and identification of best practises.
• Procure, manage and control essential spares, stock, consumables and tools in line with budget and lead team requirements in order minimise down time and support continuous bakery operations.
• Plan and organise resources to support the execution of preventative maintenance, breakdowns, support for projects, inspections and audits and day to day operations in line with budget and targets for the team.

To be discussed.

This is more than a role - it is a platform to fuel your potential, ignite innovation, and grow together with the company.

If you are ready to step up and thrive in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment, and meet all the requirements of the position, please forward your CV to Corné Bierman: Sign in to view email.

If you do not have the listed qualifications and experience, please do not apply as you will unfortunately not be considered for this position. We aim to reply to all applicants, however, due to the high volume of interest in our vacancies it is not always possible to do so. Should you not hear from us within 2 (Two) weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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