Maintenance Manager at RCL Foods

• RCL FOODS is seeking a highly skilled and experience Maintenance Manager to join our Baking Business Unit based in Polokwane.
• The purpose of the Maintenance Manager is to manage the maintenance activities of a bakery to maximize equipment availability, performance and quality of product at the lowest cost in accordance with strict safety, health, environmental, food safety and risk requirements. To manage the facility maintenance requirements at two distribution depots and to lead the maintenance team.

Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum N4 certificate with a trade test as a Millwright or Electrician, N6 certificate preferred.
• Wireman’s license will be advantageous.
• A certificate of competence in FSSC22000 will be advantageous.
• A relevant and recent PLC course will be advantageous.
• 5 years hand-on experience as a Maintenance Manager in a Bakery or FMCG environment with complex and yield-sensitive manufacturing equipment that operates on a continuous basis, 7 days a week.
• A strong operating knowledge and demonstrated capability in both planned preventative maintenance systems and in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) measurement systems gained over a period of at least 3 years.
• Must understand ladder/STL and gate logic and be able to interpret control system drawings.
• Wireman’s license will be advantageous.
• Valid driver’s licence.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• To develop and manage a planned preventative maintenance system (PPM) and to ensure all work requests are completed safely, cost effectively, on time and to a satisfactory standard, by thorough auditing and action close-out.
• To promote health, safety and environmental awareness of employees and contractors.
• Ensure compliance to all company policies, procedures and guidelines with respect to food safety, risk, health, safety and the environment.
• To ensure appropriate risk assessments are undertaken to identify operational risks and to provide a robust framework within which the risks can be mitigated, and the residual risks can be managed to provide a safe and effective working environment.
• Undertake food safety auditing and improve effectiveness of pre-requisite programmes.
• Participate in Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) teams.
• To provide a service that ensures all mechanical and electrical equipment is running optimally and that all departmental service level agreements (SLA's) and KPI's are met
• To react in a timely manner in response to breakdowns.
• To maximise availability of all mechanical and electrical equipment through continuous improvement and to improve equipment efficiencies and reduce costs.
• To liaise with contractors or external suppliers and clearly communicate company safety, technical and contractual requirements and standards.
• To ensure adequate resources, equipment and people, are in place to meet operational needs; including management of the store, scheduling of shift patterns for the team and purchasing equipment so that spare equipment levels are met and maintained.
• Create and manage engineering and facilities budgets for the site for both capital expenditure (Capex) and operational expenditure (Opex).
• Produce weekly reports covering metrics and performance of the bakery and direct maintenance team.
• Line management of all maintenance personnel on site including meetings/reviews, time and attendance, overtime and absenteeism.
• Ensure continuous improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Assist in defining the annual plant objectives and build departmental key performance areas in support of these objectives.
• Prepare and collates the annual departmental budget.
• Build skill development programs for maintenance personnel and evaluate the results.
• Ensure regulatory compliance of maintenance activities.
• Propose and plan maintenance shutdowns and major repair work.
• Propose and support project identification work for the multi-year investment plan.
• Develop, train, audit and maintain effective Standard Operating Practices and Safe Work Procedures.
• To be on standby 24 hours a day.

Deadline:23rd May,2026