Maintenance Planner - Scientia, Pretoria (On-site) at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

About the job:

The CSIR has a vacancy for Maintenance Planner in the Facilities Management and Security Services (FM&SS) Portfolio.

The purpose of the job is:

• To plan maintenance and technical services work through job scoping, resource allocation, procurement of materials and services and ensure implementation of works timeously;
• To use the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), asset register and maintenance tasks to ensure all equipment is maintained to requirements;
• To monitor and generate reports on maintenance performance for presentation during planning and scheduling meetings with maintenance supervisors and Management;

The position is based in Pretoria.

Key responsibilities:

• Implement of maintenance strategies and developing maintenance procedures;
• Utilize latest Maintenance Management tools to ensure effective maintenance of all assets;
• Proactively manage communication and relationships with all customers. Act as liaison between customers and FM&SS staff on FM&SS related issue;
• Apply the latest maintenance safety technologies to ensure best-in-class maintenance safety performance and statutory compliance;
• Develop detailed work packages for preventive maintenance routine (PMR) and corrective maintenance activities for maintenance teams;
• Analyse and screen corrective maintenance (CM) job cards and burning maintenance issues for opportunities to perform root cause failure analysis to prevent future failures. Coordinate root cause analysis;
• Analyse spare parts inventory requirements and continuously improve inventory control;
• Compile of weekly reports for presentation and discussion at planning and scheduling meetings to assist supervisors with backlog management;
• Implement FM&SS’s procurement requirements for spares, materials, and outsourced work;
• Update maintenance tasks per asset to capture any changes and improvements and ensure job cards from the CMMS always have current information;

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• National Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering with at least three years Maintenance Planning experience;
• Supervision of skilled maintenance trades will be advantageous;
• Good organizational skills;
• Experience in analysing trends in performance parameters;
• Computer literacy;
• Knowledge and experience in use of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) will be advantageous;
• Planning and organising;
• Verbal & written communication;
• Teamwork.    

Closing date: 13 March 2024