Maintenance Manager Power and Utilities at Mondi Group

Job Purpose:

The Maintenance Manager shall ensure effective and safe management of all maintenance (asset care) processes, including the utilisation and management of the resources related to these processes in accordance with legal requirements. These resources would include human resources, budget resources, available time, processes, and technical information, etc. Ultimately, through this focus, the role will support the organisation in ensuring the required levels of asset availability through the execution of the defined maintenance strategies.

Qualifications & Expertise

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree (B.Eng, BSc.Eng), or

Equivalent Advanced Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

• Minimum NQF level 7
• Certificated Engineer (Government Certificate of Competency, Factories).
• Code 08 / EB license

Job Experience

• A minimum of 5 years within the maintenance / engineering function in a heavy-industry environment – pulp and paper, steel processing, mining, etc.
• A minimum of 3 years in the role of maintenance management or in a senior engineering discipline role within this environment – preference given to experience in the management of engineering / maintenance teams.
• Experience in the management of the following core engineering processes:
• Management of compliance to the Occupational Health & Safety Act, #85 of 1993.
• People performance and development management
•  Maintenance quality management
• Shutdown management
• Budgeting and cost management

Key Performance Areas:

• Effective management of safety during the execution of maintenance activities
• Legal appointment GMR2.7a – support to the GMR2.1 in compliance to the execution of machine-related statutory activities
• Proactive management of the personal development of all maintenance execution team members – ensuring engagement and high-performance within these teams
• Management and oversight of the quality of the execution of maintenance activities
• Effective risk mitigation relating to technical change within the plant
• Effective management of equipment and process risk, through engagement with the production teams in order to achieve the most effective balance of plant risk and output
• Maintaining the required condition of plant and equipment
• Ensuring the execution compliance of maintenance activities against the defined maintenance strategies. Further to this, engagement with Production Teams to realise the most effective balance of work week compliance and plant output.
• Efficient oversight of non-CMMS actions and tasks within the maintenance teams (RCFA tasks, etc.)
• Effective management of the maintenance execution team against the principles of the Work Order Management Process (WOMP)
• Management of the applicable elements within the ‘repairables’ process to ensure effective turnaround of repairable spare parts
• Ensure compliance to the shutdown schedule for the plant. Further to this, engagement with the Business Unit Head and Production Manager to realise the most effective balance of shutdown schedule compliance and plant output
• Compilation of budgets for human, time, and cost resourcing, as per routine process
• Compliance to the defined cost budgets (maintenance spend)
• Provide support to the Engineering and CMS departments in medium- and long-term processes (Capex planning, Root Cause Failure Analysis, etc.)
• Provide support to the Engineering and CMS departments in continuous development of maintenance processes and resource models (cost budgets, shutdown schedules, spare parts management, etc.)

Job Competencies/ Attributes/Skills:

• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills coupled with good stakeholder management
• Outcomes focused on quality delivery
• Planned and organised
• Able to effectively persuade, communicate and influence key stakeholders
• Competent conflict management skills
• Good judgement and ability to critically evaluate challenges experienced