Job Description

Job Advert Summary

Feltex (Pty) Ltd, a trusted leader in the manufacturing of automotive components, is seeking a highly experienced Regional Maintenance Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should thrive on solving problems, improving systems and keeping teams performing at optimal levels. If shaping a culture of reliabilty, safety and continuous improvements, across regions, sounds like your next challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Minimum Requirements

Qualified artisan (Millwright/Electrician) would be advantegeous) 10 years' experience in the management of a maintenance department

Duties & Responsibilities

Maintenance Management:

Develop the Maintenance Strategy and ensure implementation Provide leadership and manage the Maintenance Function and Teams Analyse and interpret Planned Maintenance Reports (Hours per department, hours per Artisan, etc.) Analyse and interpret Breakdown Reports (Manufacturing downtime, top-10, etc.) Diagnose plant and equipment problems (fault finding) and identify opportunities to modify, upgrade, improve or replace equipment and spares

Maintenance Planning:

Compile and manage the Preventive Maintenance Programme according to the maintenance requirements for machines and equipment

Maintenance Process (Scheduled):

Approve Stores Requisition for spares and consumables

Engineering Projects:

Project Initiation:

Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget

Project Planning:

Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution Monitor, evaluate and communicate project schedules

Project Management:

Manage implementation of Engineering Projects Support the project environment and activities to deliver project objectives Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise Identify, suggest, and implement corrective actions to improve quality of project work Evaluate and improve the project team's performance

Continuous Improvement:

Keep up to date with latest developments/technologies in Maintenance Benchmark Maintenance practices against Best Practices Identify areas for improvement Develop and implement continuous improvement interventions

Reporting:

* Analyse Maintenance Reports and identify opportunities for improvements