Maintenance Manager at Tiger Brands

Job Description
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 CPAEX 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)

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)

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
• Essential spares to be reviewed and available

Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience

• 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