Reliability Manager at Sappi

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Reliability Manager to manage the detailed analysis of the Mill’s operations by developing and implementing strategies and recommendations to improve equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness and asset standardisation..

As a Reliability Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Professionally and systematically define, design, develop, monitor, and refine the asset maintenance plan that includes value-added preventive maintenance tasks; effective utilisation of predictive, proactive, condition-based, and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
• Drive SAP maturity and ensure adherence to maintenance standards with special focus on asset utilisation, planning preparation and maintenance execution.
• Undertake detailed analysis of the plant/assets to develop and drive strategies and recommendations that will improve the reliability and performance of the plant, systems, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams to develop, maintain, and compile asset reliability, criticality, and condition information necessary for asset planning, delivery, and maintenance strategies.
• Supply reliability status monthly reporting figures, analyse trends and develop improvement projects to address the issues of concern, making continuous improvement a way of life.
• Work with project Engineers to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations and ensure adherence to the life cycle asset management process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining the relevant mill statutory documentation and standards.
• Drive maturity and adherence to regional shut management best practice strategy.
• Coordination of annual, quarterly, and monthly outages by utilising shut planning in line with shut best practices and procedures.
• Responsible for improvement-specific training, coaching, and development of engineering personnel in the maintenance of equipment consistent with regional maintenance best practices and operating objectives.
• Responsible for guiding maintenance, projects, and production towards the best practices to improve availability, reliability, etc.
• Ensure that the departmental maintenance planning team develop effective asset care strategies, standards, schedules, and task instructions, through accurate data analysis and reporting.
• Responsible for integrating with lean manufacturing and aligning with lean manufacturing.
• Advise on spares and materials strategies.
• Participate in the identification, prioritisation, motivation, and justification for capital expenditure projects for new plants or machinery or upgrades of existing ones.
• Ensure a safe and healthy work environment through compliance to legal regulations and mill procedures (e.g., OHS Act, ISO systems, etc.).
• Effectively direct team members in terms of performance management, talent management, goal alignment, career development and learning.
• Compile and implement annual and participate in long-term (5-year plan) financial business plans to execute the maintenance and improvement strategy.
• Accountable for selected CAPEX cost control and effectiveness.
• Responsible for managing working capital costs.

What are we looking for?

• BSc / BEng degree / BTech in Engineering or equivalent
• Relevant experience 8 -10 years
• RCM, TPM and/or Lean Manufacturing experience
• Government Certificate of Competence (Factories) advantageous
• Pulp and Paper Industry experience will be advantageous
• Relevant management qualifications will be advantageous

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence
• learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi
• Opportunities to travel (dependent on upon the role)
• Market leading leave benefits
• Employee wellbeing benefits