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Maintenance Specialist - Durban

  • Must be in possession of a school leaving Certificate
  • Must be a trade tested Millwright/Fitter/ Electrician
  • Minimum 5 years experience in a similar role preferable automotive industry
  • Must have supervisory experience
  • Must have PLC and project management experience
  • Must be willing to work excess hours when required

Maintenance Management:

  • Supervise the work unit to achieve work unit objectives.
  • Determine resources (labour and materials) required and allocate overtime work.
  • Analyse and interpret Planned Maintenance Reports (Hours per department, hours per Artisan, etc.)
  • Analyse and interpret Breakdown Reports (Manufacturing downtime, top-10, etc.)
  • Diagnose plant and equipment problems (fault finding) and identify opportunities to modify, upgrade, improve or replace equipment and spares.
  • Maintain register of all electrical hardware on site and backups of all installed software

Maintenance Planning:

  • Compile and supervise the Preventive Maintenance Programme according to the maintenance requirements for machines and equipment
  • Maintain and update the Preventive Maintenance tasks lists
  • Maintain and update Critical Spares and Spares Lists

Maintenance Process:

Scheduled:

  • Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
  • Approve Stores Requisition for spares and consumables

Breakdown:

  • Supervises the carrying out of breakdown repairs
  • Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
  • Inform/advise Management of any breakdowns of a serious nature or where any potential equipment failure is imminent

Engineering Projects:

Project Initiation:

  • Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control
  • Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget

Project Planning:

  • Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution
  • Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules

Project Management:

  • Manage implementation of Engineering Projects
  • Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise
  • Supervise a project team of a technical project to deliver project objectives
  • Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements

Project Administration:

  • Implement project administration processes according to requirements
  • Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops
  • Fulfil procurement activities and supervise procurement administration
  • Provide procurement administration support to a project
  • Conduct project documentation management to support project processes

Continuous Improvement:

  • Keep up to date with latest developments/technologies in Maintenance
  • Identify areas for improvement
  • Develop and implement continuous improvement interventions

Reporting:

  • Analyse Maintenance Reports and identify opportunities for improvements

People Supervision:

  • Ensure an enabling climate/culture
  • Supervise the team to achieve work unit objectives
  • Plan allocation of labour within area of responsibility
  • Achieve HDSA/Female targets for the Department
  • Obtain approval for and recruit and select employees in the area of responsibility
  • Conduct outcomes-based assessments
  • Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
  • Ensure discipline is maintained in department (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
  • Resolve grievances and disputes

















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