Maintenance Manager at Ellahi Consulting

Qualifications

• Applicable B. Eng Degree (NQF 8/10) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering plus a Structured Junior Management Development Program

Experience and Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 years supervisory experience of a multiskilled team
• Maintenance / development experience
• SAP experience (plant maintenance and project systems)
• Experience in managing multiple maintenance teams
• Computor literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Projects

Responsibilities and Requirements:

OPERATIONS

• Develop and track performance of key performance indicators for asset utilization, capacity and manufacturing yield for each process group or route within area of responsibility.
• Represent zone by participating in a daily production review meeting in which the previous day’s plant performance is reviewed, key issues recognised, and priorities set for the next production period.
• Adhere to the schedules produced by Operations Planning and provide appropriate feedback on maintenance performance.
• Participate in different zones in achieving throughput plan and ensure alignment of Electrical systems facilities with production plan.
• Participate as member of capital project teams.
• Lead shutdown planning and execution and ensure compliance in scheduled planned downtime for Electrical systems, instrumentation and motor house teams.
• Relevant Control Subjects/KPI’s are identified
• Control Systems Plans/Systems are in place to achieve BU Goals
• Control Standards are in place
• Containment Plans are implemented for out-of-control events
• Troubleshooting process is developed and implemented
• Reaction Plans are implemented for out-of-control events
• Planned downtime and unplanned downtime performance is being monitored within the BU.
• Participate with, and lead a team through the FMEA process as a risk mitigation tool for BU specific issues such as but not limited to:
• Prevention of failures on equipment
• Prevention of Safety and Environmental Incidents
• Prevention of lengthy Process outages due to equipment/process failures
• Prevention of Shutdown overruns. Supports the Equipment Reliability Process.
• Assists to provide guidance and expertise re: equipment limitations, capability and potential opportunities to other functional groups (e.g. maintenance teams etc.)
• Participate in continuous improvement of both Equipment and Product/Process performance, thereby improving the overall Business Unit performance.
• Benchmark – Participate in benchmarking activities, identifying performance gaps and the development of plans to close the gaps.
• Provide and use manufacturing and/or technical knowledge and skills to support other business processes that allow the compnay to meet business goals per the business plan
• Ensure maintenance schedules are followed and updated to ensure plant availability
• Regular Audit of Electrical Systems job cards to ensure compliance to schedule and execution

COST MANAGEMENT

• Ensure maintenance budgets are managed to be within budget. Make risk decisions on budget and spares availability. Manage maintenance labour cost for own personnel.

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT

• Develop and manage continuous improvement plan for the responsible zones.
• Ensure regular contacts with other Company's plants and with group experts in order to support the CI process.
• Benchmark relevant KPI’s to identify gap’s for improvement.

LEADERSHIP

• Lead by example and live out Vanderbijlpark’s organisational and key competencies.
• Support and promote core company value’s (5 8 Competencies).

ASSET CARE

• The active involvement in asset care, by ensuring compliance to maintenance schedules on execution. Updating of maintenance plans task procedures and safe work procedures. Ensure that RCA are conducted for equipment deviations and corrective actions are implemented and updated in maintenance plans. Do regular inspections on the basic conditions of plant equipment to improve the basic condition of plant equipment. The aim is to achieve lower equipment downtime, reduced costs, better asset performance and increase asset life. Asset care involves the following:

Cleaning.

• Detecting and correcting faults.
• Condition Monitoring.
• Daily inspection of plant critical equipment.
• Rapid discovery of abnormalities, prompt and accurate reporting.
• Daily deterioration checks.
• Minor repairs.