Maintenance & Project Planner at Astral Foods Ltd

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 with completed N6 / National Diploma / BTech Electrical /Mechanical
• A trade tested / qualified Artisan (Electrical or Mechanical)

Experience:

• 5 years post-trade experience and minimum 3 years planning experience
• Have knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering practices
• Have sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Projects, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Explorer & MS Outlook)
• Have working experience and knowledge in planned maintenance programs 

Other requirements:

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• To keep abreast of trends and new developments of HACCP, 20 keys and computer programs
• Able to solve problems related to Microsoft systems, HACCP and 20 keys
• Highly aware and cognizant of safety, health and hygiene stipulations and vigilant to reduce errors
• Due to the nature of the job, working additional hours will be required from time to time, which may necessitate working into the evening, public holidays or on weekends.
• Able to assist the Maintenance Manager and Engineer with reasonable requests and duties as required 

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Planning and scheduling of maintenance (routine, preventative and projects)
• Plan shutdowns, projects and feedback on progress
• Review shutdowns / projects
• Participate in job observations
• Identify the required follow-on work and raise the relevant work orders
• Capture data, analyze and generate asset management reports
• Analyze the equipment to identify failure causes and risks
• Identify maintenance tasks required to optimize productivity
• Maintain system integrity - ensure correct system usage by team – auditing and coaching
• Publish plant standard reports (thermal inspection, R&M costs, maintenance resource planning, formal failure analysis, downtime and asset care reports)
• Analyze all service orders/planned maintenance service orders and provide feedback of variances
• Costing of all planned maintenance and project job cards
• Analyze history and proposals regarding expenditure and life of equipment
• Logging of SGA Plant Modifications and filing
• Generating  CAPEX documents for maintenance or project related expenditure 
• Regular machine and plant inspections and generating reports when required
• Assisting with maintenance tasks and projects over weekends (when required)
• Assisting maintenance staff and foremen with technical problems

Closing Date: 03 March 2026