Maintenance Planner at Unique Personnel

JOB PURPOSE:

• Establish and manage world class maintenance practices and systems to optimise all plant equipment in the areas of responsibility. Identify and provide improvements to maximise efficiency and output of all plant equipment and provide specialised planning support to the maintenance teams to support the achievement of set targets.

JOB FUNCTION:

Continuous Improvement and Production Support:

• Ensure plant maintenance cards are current and applicable to equipment in areas of responsibility in conjunction with the Plant Maintenance Superintendent.
• Manage project schedules with the project manager and ensure that project risks are highlighted accordingly.

Maintenance Administration and Control:

• Plan, control, and accurately record all maintenance activities in JDE CAM to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Develop and maintain a record keeping and on-line filing system.
• Improve JDE CAM and manage quality of data weekly. Ensure planned maintenance schedules are developed and active on JDE with respective Plant Maintenance Superintendent and/or Maintenance Manager.
• Ensure all statutory inspections in areas of responsibility including record keeping are properly managed and filed. Planning and Scheduling 
• Develop a planning and scheduling culture through necessary planning and scheduling meetings with stakeholders weekly. 
• Develop a forward planning schedule, discuss with business units accordingly for implementation.

Plant and Equipment Maintenance:

• Minimise and reduce equipment downtime by ensuring that plant equipment is maintained as per plant maintenance schedule and necessary shutdowns or refurbishment plans.
• Plan and schedule equipment downtime request as per inspection findings and secure plant from Production for the duration of maintenance.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders in ensuring equipment, facilities and productivity is maintained through planning practices.
• Audit compliance to plant maintenance cards on a regular basis by conducting over inspections.

Reporting:

• Develop, compile and distribute equipment performance parameter reports to the Plant Maintenance Superintendent and/or Maintenance Manager.
• Develop plant maintenance compliance dashboard and communicate it weekly with the Plant Maintenance Superintendent and/or Maintenance Manager.
• Develop plant related equipment performance report, indicating reliability parameters.
• Escalate all planning and scheduling non-compliance accordingly.
• Consolidate all plant and reliability reports for MANCOM monthly.

Spares Management and Replenishments:

• Ensure spares availability before requesting equipment downtime as per shutdown or refurbishment plan.

Inherent Requirements    
QUALIFICATION & REQUIREMENTS:

• Grade 12.
• Qualified Millwright Attention to detail, follows up, initiates action, quality and safety orientated, good planning, organising and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and JDE would be advantageous
• Displays strong technical knowledge of plant and equipment maintenance, tooling maintenance, and preventive maintenance programs.
• Displays an understanding maintenance management system (e.g., JDE CAM), budgeting, and cost control.