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Maintenance Specialist (Plant)

Executive Placements
Durban Full-day Full-time

Description:

Job Purpose:

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

Minimum Requirements:

Grade 12 National Diploma or Degree in engineering with a dual trade in Electro-mechanical Must be a trade tested Millwright/Fitter/ Electrician 7+ years’ experience in supervision of a maintenance department Proven track record of discipline Knowledge in instrumentation is advantageous Must have PLC and project management experience

Main Responsibilities:

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 communi
08 Apr 2025;   from: gumtree.co.za

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