Maintenance Manager at PepsiCo

• Ensure that short term and long term maintenance plans are developed and executed on the plant in a manner that will benchmark to PepsiCo best practice.
• Ensure maximum plant availability and reliability by leading and directing the maintenance team, ensuring at all times adherence to Safety legislation, relevant SANS codes and PepsiCo standards.
• Drive effective execution of routine, preventative and reliability maintenance schedules.
• Development of daily, weekly, monthly and 12 months maintenance plans and execution for Isando site while driving synergies with the other PepsiCo plants.
• Provide support on project scoping, execution and commissioning by ensuring key maintenance resources are part of each stage of the project.
• Management and development of the maintenance team and leverage skills in other SA sites to drive capability building.
• Effectively drive synergies with the Reliability and Utilities functions to optimise plant performance.
• Drive PEMM maturity and ensure adherence to maintenance standards with special focus on asset utilisation, planning preparation and maintenance execution.
• Ensure availability of critical spares through regular reviews of equipment performance, equipment criticality assessments and equipment changes/upgrades.
• Development of maintenance and training budgets in line with the annual maintenance calendar and skills matrix.

Manage and deliver the required maintenance team service level on Food Safety (AIB), IPS, Quality and sustainability metrics

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering preferred or National Diploma.
• 5+ years’ experience in maintenance management role
• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems
• Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications and schematics
• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and maintenance software (e.g. SAP, On Key).