Maintenance Manager

Our client is seeking a Maintenance Manager manage engineering and maintenance operations in their plastic manufacturing facility in Western Cape. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all maintenance activities, ensuring manufacturing assets operate safely and efficiently and supporting continuous improvement

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute maintenance strategies to maximise equipment uptime and plant performance

Lead preventative, predictive, and reliability-centred maintenance programmes

Manage maintenance teams, engineering resources, contractors, and capital projects

Improve equipment reliability through root cause analysis and process optimisation

Monitor maintenance KPIs, budgets, and asset performance

Ensure compliance with engineering standards, health and safety legislation, and environmental requirements

Support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations

Work closely with production and senior management to achieve operational objectives

Minimum Requirements

Matric

Millwright/ Electrician/ Tool Maker Trade Test advantageous

5 - 7 Years experience in a Maintenance Manager role within the plastics or manufacturing industry

Knowledge of plastic processing equipment and maintenance best practices

Experience in asset management, CMMS, and reliability engineering

Leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Analytical and strategic problem-solving abilities

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your updated CV to Sign in to view email or call 011 462 3018

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Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful