Maintenance Planner - Grain Field Chickens Abattoir, Reitz at VKB Group

Job Description 

• Responsible for planning maintenance and technical services work and producing work plans and schedules. Administer and monitor the maintenance management system and generate reports on maintenance performance.
• Monitor the implementation of maintenance schedules to avoid production interruptions and equipment downtime as well as ensuring that assigned maintenance work orders are adequately resourced and successfully completed.

Job Requirements 

• Grade 12 / NQF 4
• 3 - 5 years’ experience with On Key 5 (or any other Manufacturing/ Engineering CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).
• National Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
• Maintenance Planning Certificate will be an added advantage.
• At least 3 years’ relevant experience in a production lant.
• Advanced knowledge of production machinery, processes and standards.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement/ 20 Keys.
• Must be computer literate on Advanced Microsoft Office (incl. Advanced Excel).
• Will be required to work overtime where necessary, including on weekends.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Responsible for improving workforce productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordinating maintenance resources, parts, materials and equipment access.
• Daily checking to ensure that all engineering downtime reported on production sheets are fully captured on the CMMS.
• Review the planning department’s weekly performance as required.
• Ensure daily compliance to work planning and control procedure.
• Assist in planning and administration of statutory inspections.
• Provide On-Key (CMMS) support to users.
• Participating in relevant daily production/engineering review meetings and following up on any requests raised in the meetings.
• Keeping a filing system in place for easy access to any information needed by management or auditors.
• Keeping attendance records.
• Periodic review of preventive maintenance schedules and keeping a record thereof.
• Ensure maintenance personnel understand required job card detail and importance of information.
• Ensure all relevant performance measurement data/graphs by means of daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Ensure correct capturing procedures are being followed on On-Key.
• Ensure all data is entered systematically, accurately and verified regularly.
• Returned work orders are verified for correctness and completeness.
• Incomplete work orders are effectively dealt with.
• Weekly KPI analysis and interpretation and report generation for review.
• Compile monthly asset management report.
• Attend weekly planning meetings review performance graphs.
• Compiling and optimising preventive maintenance schedules.
• Assist the maintenance manager with the administrative process and the work planning and control of legal compliance activities.
• Compiling budgets for the machine maintenance.
• Ordering spares for the services.
• Liaising with external service providers on machine recurring issues.
• Conducting Root Cause analysis and action finding as preventative maintenance.
• Support to the CMMS and the Financial system to obtain cost per asset.
• Initiating cost saving per assets.
• Any other duties as may be required by management.

Skills Required 

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• Troubleshooting expertise and attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good reporting skills.
• Good planning and organising skills.
• Ability to maintain long-term relationships.
• Team player.
• Be self-motivated, enthusiastic, and trustworthy.

Closing Date 24 April 2026