Job Description

Role: Plant Maintenance Manager
Location: East London, Eastern Cape
**Role open to ALL **
Job Overview:
Our client, a well-established manufacturer within the automotive components sector, is seeking a skilled Maintenance Manager to oversee plant maintenance operations. This leadership role focuses on ensuring optimal equipment performance, reducing downtime, and streamlining maintenance processes to support operational efficiency.
The successful candidate will be confident, actively engaged, and skilled in shaping a unified, results-driven team. Your leadership approach should promote ownership, encourage collaboration across functions, and deliver tangible improvements in the plant maintenance and operational performance.
Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily maintenance operations, preventative and planned maintenance and ensure minimal plant downtime
• Support cross-functional teams by addressing maintenance-related concerns promptly and effectively
• Ensure equipment and machine reliability, to maintain quality output and reduce scrap and loss.
• Manage the maintenance budget, monitor expenditure, and submit quarterly reports on spend vs. budget
• Lead continuous improvement efforts and drive process optimisation
• Coordinate supplier services for equipment, facilities, and utilities, ensuring plant functionality
• Ensure availability of critical machine spares and maintain inventory accuracy
• Implement corrective actions and lead root cause analysis for maintenance-related issues
• Supervise and develop maintenance team members, oversee timesheets, conduct performance reviews, and enforce HSE compliance
• Take ownership of access control, surveillance systems, and the overall upkeep and maintenance of facilities.
• Escalate critical maintenance risks to senior management and collaborate closely with Production for effective maintenance planning

• Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering. Or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in industrial or automotive maintenance management role.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Working knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance systems
• Strong HSE and compliance awareness
• Strong leadership and people management abilities