Maintenance Practitioner Planner (Steelpoort) at Samancor Chrome

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• To safely, cost-effectively and accurately identify, plan & schedule maintenance and shutdown work and maintain Master Data on the CMMS.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY

• Comply with SHEQ requirements (SHEQ Toolbox)
• Utilise the Information Management System (IMS) to initiate, investigate and report SHEQ status.

 CUSTOMERS

• Regularly check success of the PM schedule in the field
• Incorporate suggestions from artisans, supervisors and production personnel to continuously improve the schedule in terms of safety, duration and cost.
•  Coach Users on PM Functions

 BUSINESS PROCESSES

Maintenance Support:

• Link new materials to Bills of Materials and update Bills of Materials on SAP
• Load New Task Lists and update existing Task Lists on GSAP
• Capture, update and maintain maintenance plans on GSAP.

 Schedule Preparation:

•  Decide whether to use internal or contractor artisans.
• Create Work Orders and allocate the Task Lists
• Create Purchase Requisitions for non-stock items and allocate Components.
• Release Purchase Requisitions / Work Order Permits
• Release Planned Work Orders
• Check material and follow up on material availability (arrange expediting if necessary)
• Report discrepancies for scheduled materials on a weekly basis
• Release Planned Work and monitor the Forward Workload
• Estimate work order costs.
• Allocate Resources, arrange weekly planning meetings and create the Schedule.
• Estimate cost of scheduled work for the week
• Communicate and issue the schedule.
• Print Work Orders as required.

Work Analysis:

• Investigate W/O exceptions.
• Produce various routine and special reports as required.

Contractor Management:

• Optimise resource levelling through the use of internal or contractor artisans for planned work
• Verify contractor attendance the week before the job is scheduled to start.

 SHAREHOLDER VALUE

Budgeting:

• Prepare cost forecast for each schedule.
• Forecast material required for each schedule.
• Compare actual cost of schedule to planned cost.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE:

• Trade Certificate or Planning Diploma
• N3 or Grade 12 Certificate
• N4 Studying towards N5 (Internal)
• Maintenance SAP
• 5 years relevant experience, preferably 2 years planning department (Mines)

Closing Date: 12 July 2023