Maintenance Manager (Bakeries) at Tiger Brands

THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

Ensures that the plant is mechanically operational at all times.

Responsibilities
WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Maintenance Scheduling

• Do planned maintenance scheduling, update schedules and sign off on completed schedules
• Conduct plant inspections, and issue unplanned maintenance schedules
• Issue job cards and maintenance schedules
• Approval of all engineering spares, within budget
• Ensure quality maintenance is done on maintenance day

CAPEX budgets

• Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)
• Complete and submit CAPEX motivations as per Tiger requirements

People Management

• Promote a high performance culture
• Engage regularly with employees through invocoms, union engagements
• Identify and develop Talent and competency gap closing actions
• Ensure training is undertaken as per PDP’s
• Ensure workplace discipline and manage ER issues in line with Tiger Brands policies and procedures

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct
• Instill an environmentally conscious mindset within the manufacturing environment (H2O, noise pollution, utilities, landfill)

Audits

• Engineering audit
• Risk audit
• Environmental audit (ISO 14001)
• DQS audit
• BMR audit

Finance

• Understand cost drivers
• Develop cost saving strategies
• Understand Cost Per Loaf (CPL), difference between budget and actual, and develop plan of action to recover
• Manage stock movement procedure, book out spares on job cards only, conduct stock takes
• Accurate and timely reporting (Supply Chain, environmental, scorecard)

Instrument calibrations

Electrical and mechanical operation

• Ensure specialised equipment is operating correctly (scaling weights, water and dough temperatures, mixer energy watt hour calibrations)
• Ensure adherence to process SOP’s

DMS reporting – draw all reports for scorecards

• Conduct root cause analysis for all breakdowns
• Drive implementation of PM pillar of MECP
• Drive LTIFR
• SBO’s
• Near misses

Quality

• Equipment setting as per SOP
• Process check alignment
• Hygiene
• Equipment cleaning
• Root cause analysis and preventative actions
• Self-assessments on all Tiger standards
• Hygiene, cleaning and sanitation, traceability, allergens
• Essential spares to be reviewed and available

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role within FMCG preferably Bakeries
• Computer literate
• CMS – experience of computerized maintenance systems
• Understanding of practical implementation of OHSAct
• Bakery process and equipment experience
• Finance – budgeting and CAPEX planning
• Continuous improvement
• Environmental knowledge

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical engineering
• Trade Test in electrical or mechanical engineering