Maintenance Planner - Boksburg at Colgate-Palmolive

Main Responsibilities

• Delegating maintenance tasks to the rest of the team, and finding relevant vendors and service providers
• Developing maintenance plans and implementing them
• Custodian for SAP EAM and program execution
• Control the issuing of the engineering spares/materials (new and used) in the engineering stores
• Keeping track and ordering of supplies, consumables, material and spare parts inventories for the maintenance department
• Keeping track and ordering of supplies and consumables for the production department
• Purchasing any equipment, tools, or materials that may be required
• Updating maintenance logs for all machinery
• Supporting requirements regarding Asset Tagging and Asset Management
• Assessing procedures and making recommendations for improvement
• Monitors the stock items in the engineering stores and replenish as needed
• Assists during the stock take activities of the Engineering parts/stock
• Ensuring that CFP (Colgate Financial Policy) expectations are consistently met

FP&R

• Assists in the implementation of Planned Maintenance and Autonomous maintenance standards as part of the FP&R standards.
• Provides Planned/ Autonomous Maintenance KPIs to the FP&R coordinator.
• Purchase the supplies needed for AM and PM activities such as (Grease, Rags, Brooms, Mops, etc.)
• Identify FTG opportunities/ initiatives

Planning 

• Develops short and long term maintenance schedules and ensures that maintenance schedules are always up to date.
• Negotiates plant availability with the Production Planner.
• Implements plant maintenance schedules through liaison with the artisan/technicians
• Follow up with artisans to ensure that the maintenance plan is implemented according to the schedule.

Maintenance Activities

• Controls all maintenance inspection records.
• Coordinate maintenance activities among the engineering staff.
• Hosting the Maintenance Planning meetings.
• Preparing and Sharing dashboards for Maintenance KPIs and SAP Notifications.
• Participates in problem solving/root cause analysis activities in the engineering department (related to mechanical reliability of machines).

Documentation 

• Implements and coordinates technicians job card system and track labour effectiveness.
• Captures and analyses failure history of various equipment in the plant for further investigation by the engineering department.
• Generates reports on plant performance and makes information available for the
• artisan/technicians and other employees on the maintenance board.

Managing Materials and Services

• Is able to determine material planning needs for maintenance activity schedule/condition.
• Is able to translate historical performance and maintenance information into accurate parts inventory levels.

Continuous Improvement 

• Uses data and information to develop/modify preventive maintenance schedules and identify potential improvements related to equipment.
• Understands and applies the Asset Effectiveness Model.
• Participates in Continuous Improvement activities to improve line performance.
• Share ideas, knowledge and best practices to improve processes and solve problems.
• Works to standardised best practices.

EOHS and Quality Leadership 

• Leads by example and demands safe behaviours and awareness, sound environmental practices and commitment to Quality.
• Understands own role and responsibility as well as that of others in implementing EHS and Quality standards and guidelines.
• Takes corrective actions in a timely manner to mitigate potential EHS or Quality incidents.
• Abides by facility safety and GMP requirements and sets the example.
• Proactive in self-assessing against corporate EHS and Quality standards and governmental regulations.

Expectations

• Optimum Making and Finishing efficiency achieved (measured using OPERA) through mechanical reliability of all machines
• Achieving Maintenance KPIs (PM Adherence, etc.)
• Minimal line downtime through the implementation of Planned maintenance
• Optimised overall cost of maintaining machines through effective and time repair work.
• Compliance to EHS/Quality and FP&R standards.
• GMP compliance with respect to equipment maintenance and operation.
• Successful generation and implementation of improvement ideas/projects.

Knowledge and Skills

• Computer literacy 
• Sound knowledge of SAP EAM
• Technical Literacy/ Numeracy skills
• Functioning with minimal supervision
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Time management
• Proactively apply skills and knowledge to consistently manufacture products to CP standards.
• Collaborates with others in a team to achieve plant objectives.
• Understands technical processes in the factory.
• Identifies and communicates equipment capabilities and constraints.
• Understands the individual components and interfacing of major components and systems of equipment.
• Ensures that equipment and processes are capable of meeting production schedules, customer demands, and Quality and Microbiology targets.
• Understand impact of Quality, and EOHS standards on overall performance.
• Models safe behaviour.
• Is able to correctly estimate time to repair and time to complete maintenance activities.

Experiences/Educational Level/Skills Attributes Required

LEVEL OF EDUCATION

• Minimum N6 Diploma in Engineering plus trade Test qualification or National Diploma.

LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE

• 2-5 years manufacturing or similar experience is preferred, with an emphasis in mechanics or electronics.