A leading chemical manufacturing company situated in Durban is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Manager to join their team of professionals. 

Responsibilities

• Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team
• 1 appointee responsibility for the site
• Accountable for application of the Maintain Facility Work Process
• Provides technical strategy to facility on how to improve equipment and machinery reliability
• Ensuring that the plans for the equipment viability and designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions
• Ensures delivery of best-in-class services to the business
• Accountable for maintenance work process results and maintenance cost
• Accountable for MRO inventory levels and the achievement of facility stretch targets
• Establish annual financial plan consistent with business needs, functional goals and targets
• Defines skills necessary to implement the work process and ensures effective resource leveraging within the mechanical facility
• Manage the formation of empowered teams for fast resource leveraging
• Provides engineering strategic support for specification, identification, and purchasing of needed parts
• Ensures that empowered teams apply the work process consistently and effectively
• Leverage most effective technology through partnership with the Discipline Activity Specialists
• Ensuring that Capex is strategically allocated to critical and future projects aligned with the strategy and the long-term mechanical renewal plan
• Actively participate and drive maintenance process improvements
• Serve as a strategic leader for the Mechanical subject matter experts in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations

Requirements 

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) or higher
• In possession of a GCC (Factories)
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the chemical industrial environment, coupled with a minimum of 5 years middle management or a leading role
• Must have good Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Exceptional leadership skills
• Productivity Focused, Technical Capability, innovative and strong assertiveness
• Highly analytical
• Strong people management skills
• Conceptualize and drive the mechanical maintenance strategy alongside
• Ability to work independently and as part of an Empowered MANCO team member
• Ability and willingness to travel

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to *****@*****.co.za

You are also welcome to contact either Rebecca or Nehelene on (***)***-**** 

Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.