Maintenance Supervisor - Umhlanga at Winning Form Group

Minimum requirements: 

• 3 to 5 years' experience in lithographic or signage industry
• Knowledge and understanding of electrical and mechanical workings of machinery
• Effective implementation of maintenance programs

Advantageous: 

• Relevant Degree / Diploma

Responsibilities: 

Financial metrics

• Implement preventive maintenance program by planning and coordinating major scheduled maintenance outages.
• Monitor maintenance scheduling and report maintenance information to management.
• Provide insight and information to management regarding onsite improvement project specifications.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical issues according to industry standards.
• Implement improved training procedures to better develop new personnel.
• Establish and implement new procedures for standard maintenance scheduling.
• Orchestrate tooling changeovers, setups and repairs to minimize downtime and improve productivity.
• Review blueprints and manuals to repair and restore optimal functionality.
• Maintain equipment performance by cleaning and lubricating components.
• Inspect completed work to assess quality and identify skill or ability issues.
• Determine schedules, sequences and assignments for work activities, based on priority, quantity of equipment and personnel skill.
• Coordinate efficient maintenance schedules to keep systems running at peak levels.
• On call for repair of press, plate room and signage department.
• Responsible for major components of press operations to include pumps, water injectors, ink injectors.
• Order parts and supplies to facilitate repairs and maintain adequate inventory for current and or future needs.
• Negotiate with various service providers and inspect all workmanship carried out.

People

• Creation and maintenance of roles and job descriptions and KPIs.
• Performance measuring and management.
• Enforcing ethical, honest, transparent, fair work environment.
• Sourcing of training as and when needed for the team.
• Adequate recognition of team efforts.
• Talent retention & succession planning.
• Sustainable morale and team building.
• Induction and adequate training for all new hires.
• Implementation of HR initiatives.
• Monitoring of employee productivity.
• Effective communication with all team members, departments and customers.

Compliance, risk and quality

• Creating, maintaining and enforcing company policies and procedures.
• Compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Intense focus on providing stock control / buying with accurate customer specifications.
• Maintenance of department process write-ups / system descriptions and quarterly updating.
• Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each year’s financial records can stand on its own when enquiries / investigations / audits take place.
• Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work / templates / workbooks / financial models - of which is substantiated by facts with no numbers in the formulas.
• Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved / backed up.
• Effectively deal with internal, external, SARS and BEE auditors

Growth and new markets/products

• Customer and supplier relationship management.
• Assist with company projects or lead company projects if specific to stock control.
• Automation and management of the ordering process using Pastel / HIS / Websites.
• Ad-hoc requests from Management.