Maintenance Planner at AVI Limited

• We’re looking for a passionate Maintenance Planner to join our NBL Durban Tea in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. This role serves as the hub from which all maintenance activities are planned, co-ordinated and executed. It is the custodian for the CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) and all work planning and control processes.

Reporting Structure:

Reports to: Engineering Manager
Direct Reports: 1

Key Areas of Impact:

• Planning and co-ordination of maintenance activities
• Optimisation of maintenance tasks
• Assessment of Engineering workload requirements, liaison with Engineering and Production stakeholders to ensure that maintenance plans are realistic, adequately resourced and plant downtime is appropriately and effectively planned
• Ensures that all Job Cards are reviewed with the following in mind:
• Effective scope identified
• Resources appropriately allocated
• Durations are realistic and accurate
• Spares and specialist tools required are available
• Drives outage and Shutdown planning activities
• Facilitates daily and weekly work planning meetings with Maintenance, Operations, Stores and other supporting departments
• Plays an active role in maintaining legal registers and driving compliance
• Serves as the custodian for all Work Planning and Control business processes
• CMMS implementation, optimization and management
• Develop cost and time estimates of maintenance work
• Drive the tracking of actual versus budget spend, with the identification of high risk spend areas
• Conduct detailed analysis into the cost of maintenance shuts
• Periodically reviews existing schedules and task lists
• Manage preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, which will include condition monitoring and other practices.
• Updating job cards and maintenance schedules based on OEM manuals, input from Maintenance teams and historical performance.
• Analyse machinery and component life cycles by identifying failure trends and making recommendations to improve maintenance strategies
• Maintains appropriate records to permit the meaningful analysis and reporting of results and compiles reports from the CMMS
• Ensure the availability of requisitioned spares to prevent any unnecessary “idle” time
• Involved in the periodic review of net working capital with input into the decision making to optimise
• Plays an active role in maintaining a satellite store
• Management of Shut interventions
• Involvement in site Capital, Repair and Maintenance Projects
• Manages and develop Data Capturer
• Oversee activities of Data Capturer or Artisans capturing information into the CMMS
• Verifying integrity of data captured by artisans on a daily basis

What It Takes to Succeed:

Experience that set you up for success:                       

• At least 10 years’ experience as Maintenance Planner
• Engineering Background as either a Mechanical, Electrical or Trade Tested Artisan

Qualifications and Certifications that will contribute to your success:

• Completed Tertiary qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical or Electrical  Trade Test
• NQF 5 Qualification in Maintenance Planning will be advantageous

Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:

• Competency in Computerized Maintenance Management System (Shopware, Pragma, SAP, )
• MS Office package knowledge especially Projects is essential
• Plant Maintenance