Job Description

Minimum Requirements

• BTech/ BSc/ BEng in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Mechatronics Engineering.
• 3 years' experience in a maintenance function in manufacturing environment.
• Experience in maintenance planning
• Experience in lean implementation in maintenance.
• Experience in the automotive sector
• ERP System knowledge e.g., Syspro or SAP
• Knowledge on QMS % EMS procedures and SA safety and environmental regulations.

• Develop and maintain system in line with company Production System, ISO9001 and ISO14001.
• In charge of the metrology and maintenance teams and is responsible to supervise all their activities.
• Create planned maintenance schedules for the maintenance team leader to implement.
• Avail oneself for shutdown work when required.
• Communicate with other departments in order to ensure adherence to the machine requirements.
• Planning and organizing spares for maintenance assets.
• Responsible for all new machine commissioning and plant start-ups as well as decommissioning.
• Create and maintain maintenance dashboards.
• Develop work instructions and standard operating procedures for safe maintenance and testing all plant equipment.
• Responsible for data and documentation for the purpose of analysis and systems improvement.
• Participate in daily meetings. Highlight/ feedback issues related to potential disturbances for the day and week.
• Disciplines issues of absenteeism, timing, leave planning etc.
• Identify the training needs of the team members and actions required to impart the training.
• Maintain a prosper asset register for the whole plant and ensure replacement plans are communicated in time.
• Ensure all plant equipment are properly tagged for identifiability.
• Recommend maintenance intervals and prepare plans thereof.
• Ensure 5s is lived in calibration and maintenance workshop.
• Ensure tool service and calibration plans for all production and measurement equipment are developed and adhered to.
• Prepare and annual calibration and maintenance budget for approval by superior.
• Recommends tools for repair or condemnation and raise purchase orders.
• Together with Process Engineers, support ME and maintenance Manager in developing Capital budgets for the plant.
• Be a champion for plant equipment safety.
• To ensure that equipment, jigs, fixtures, tools, material handling equipment and lifting gear conform to Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS Act) specifications.
• To appoint contractors for jobs that cannot be done in-house and supervise them to ensure safe and quality completion thereof.
• Lead machine breakdown root cause analysis.
• Support Real Estate function in ensuring company's site facilities is maintained in good working order.
• Perform related duties as required.

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