Asset Care Manager - Plastics Manufacturing (64622) at Ntice Sourcing Solutions

Job Description

• An industry leader in the packaging/manufacturing sector is seeking a qualified Asset Care Manager to ensure optimal asset performance, reliability, and availability across production operations, based in Queensburgh. They will be reporting into the Senior Asset Care Manager.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Own and drive the site asset care strategy (planned, preventative, and predictive maintenance) to maximise equipment availability, reliability, and OEE.
• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling, including weekly and monthly plans, resource allocation, shutdown coordination, and adherence to the maintenance calendar.
• Ensure effective breakdown response and structured problem-solving by driving root cause analysis (RCA), implementing corrective and preventative actions, and verifying effectiveness.
• Manage and lead the maintenance team (artisans, technicians, setters/fitters, and contractors), including performance management, coaching, skills development, and succession planning.
• Drive reliability and continuous improvement initiatives (RCM/TPM where applicable), identifying measurable technical and process improvements that deliver cost and uptime benefits.
• Prepare and manage the asset care budget, including spares, services, contractors, and capex support, ensuring accurate forecasting, variance control, and cost optimisation without compromising reliability.
• Oversee critical spares and maintenance stores, including defining min/max levels, managing criticality and obsolescence, and ensuring disciplined usage and stock accuracy.
• Effectively manage the cleaning, timeous servicing and maintenance/repairs of production moulds, ensuring moulds are available for production as required and mould maintenance records are up to date and accurate.
• Ensure maintenance governance and compliance, including ISO quality system adherence, statutory inspections, safe systems of work, audits, and maintenance records.
• Partner with Production and Engineering to align maintenance priorities with operational targets, clearly communicating risks, downtime plans, and resource requirements.
• Own and continuously improve the CMMS (planned maintenance system), ensuring accurate job cards, asset history, spares linkage, KPI reporting (MTBF, MTTR, schedule compliance), and data integrity.
• Champion Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) through risk assessments, LOTO compliance, incident investigations, legal compliance, and continuous improvement in safety performance.
• Maintain world-class housekeeping and departmental discipline, ensuring sustained 5S standards, PPE compliance, and adherence to company dress code requirements.
• Manage training and competence, including developing training plans, coaching maintenance staff, ensuring authorisations are current, and closing identified competency gaps

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies:

• Matric
• Millwright Trade Test and BTech/BEng or BSc in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years' maintenance experience in manufacturing industry
• Minimum 2 years supervisory or management experience.
• Strong experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown execution, and contractor management.
• Proven problem-solving and reliability expertise, including RCA and continuous improvement (TPM/RCM).
• CMMS experience with strong KPI reporting and data analysis capability