Job Description

Closing Date: 2025-06-28
Job Type: Permanent
Job Level: Skilled
Experience: Between 3 - 5 Years
EE/AA: No
Summary

• Maintenance Manager (Packhouse Agriculture) - Hoedspruit

We are seeking an energetic, creative, and reliable Maintenance Manager to lead our facility maintenance team with a strong focus on maintenance and planning. This role is critical in ensuring facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in line with company standards. The Maintenance Manager will oversee staff, develop and manage maintenance schedules, plan facility improvement projects, and ensure timely execution through effective coordination and resource management. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to planning are key to success in this role.
Description
We are seeking an energetic, creative, and reliable Maintenance Manager to lead our facility maintenance team with a strong focus on maintenance and planning. This role is critical in ensuring facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in line with company standards. The Maintenance Manager will oversee staff, develop and manage maintenance schedules, plan facility improvement projects, and ensure timely execution through effective coordination and resource management. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to planning are key to success in this role.

• Scheduling and project management
• Planning, managing and controlling the maintenance budgets.
• Manage a proactive preventative maintenance strategy.
• Conduct frequent walkthroughs and regular inspections to ensure the upkeep and maintenance of all areas of the facility and ensuring the proper working of all electrical units and mechanical systems in the facility.
• Keep records of all day-to-day maintenance and service activities undertaken in the facility and place orders for spare parts and equipment for replacement and ascertaining the proper documentation of the same.
• Plan and oversee all repairs and installation activities.
• Managing and planning a digital maintenance system (CMMS).
• Comply with all corporate policies and procedures, ensure Occupational safety and health administration rules (OSHA) while carrying out maintenance functions.
• Ability to work under pressure and make decisions quickly.
• Experienced in leading a multidisciplinary maintenance team, fostering a safety-focused and high-performance culture.
• Proficient in diagnosing mechanical and electrical faults to optimize equipment uptime and efficiency.
• Proficient in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (Assetpool), data analysis, and maintenance KPIs.
• Successfully managed projects in time, including equipment upgrades, installations, and process improvements

Minimum Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years proven experience in maintenance management and planning

• A minimum of 1-year hands-on experience in maintenance or a related trade

• Relevant qualification in maintenance planning, management, or in the mechanical or electrical field

• Packhouse experience will be an advantage