Durban: Maintenance Specialist posted by Abantu Staffing Solutions

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Job Summary

Overview:

To supervise the safe and cost-effective execution of Maintenance work in order to improve availability and reliability of plant and equipment. The position reports to the Technical Manager.

• Grade 12
• Trade-tested Millwright / Fitter / Electrician
• 5+ years experience in a similar role, within automotive manufacturing
• Supervisory experience
• PLC and Project Management experience

Maintenance Management:

Supervise the work unit to achieve work unit objectives.
Determine resources (labour and materials) required and allocate overtime work.
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.
Maintain register of all electrical hardware on-site and backups of all installed software

Maintenance Planning:
Compile and supervise the Preventive Maintenance Programme according to the maintenance requirements for machines and equipment
Maintain and update the Preventive Maintenance tasks lists
Maintain and update Critical Spares and Spares Lists

Maintenance Process:

Scheduled:
Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
Approve Stores Requisition for spares and consumables

Breakdown:
Supervises the carrying out of breakdown repairs
Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
Inform/advise Management of any breakdowns of a serious nature or where any potential equipment failure is imminent

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
Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise
Supervise a project team of a technical project to deliver project objectives
Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements

Project Administration:
Implement project administration processes according to requirements
Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops
Fulfil procurement activities and supervise procurement administration
Provide procurement administration support to a project
Conduct project documentation management to support project processes

Continuous Improvement:

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

Reporting:

Analyse Maintenance Reports and identify opportunities for improvements

People Supervision:

Ensure an enabling climate/culture
Supervise the team to achieve work unit objectives
Plan allocation of labour within area of responsibility
Achieve relevant targets for the Department
Obtain approval for and recruit and select employees in the area of responsibility
Conduct outcomes-based assessments
Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
Ensure discipline is maintained in department (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
Resolve grievances and disputes

Maintenance Specialist position available in Kwazulu-Natal, Durban. This job position was posted by Abantu Staffing Solutions. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2024-07-25 at 13:11:21 in the It Computer category

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