Maintenance Manager (Nelspruit)

Our Talent Team are currently looking for a Maintenance Manager within our Baking Business Unit to be based in Nelspruit. The role will report into the General Manager (Bushbuckridge Bakery).

RCL Foods entrusts the Maintenance Manager to:

• Manage the maintenance activities of a bakery to maximise equipment availability, performance and quality of product at the lowest cost in accordance with strict safety, health, environmental, food safety and risk requirements.
• Manage the facility maintenance requirements at two distribution depots.
• Lead the maintenance team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• GMR2.1 responsibility and accountability.
• Develop and manage a planned preventative maintenance system (PPM) and to ensure all work requests are completed safely, cost effectively, on time and to a satisfactory standard, by thorough auditing and action close-out.
• Promote health, safety and environmental awareness of employees and contractors.
• Ensure compliance to all company policies, procedures and guidelines with respect to food safety, risk, health, safety and the environment.
• Ensure appropriate risk assessments are undertaken to identify operational risks and to provide a robust framework within which the risks can be mitigated, and the residual risks can be managed to provide a safe and effective working environment.
• Undertake food safety auditing and improve effectiveness of pre-requisite programmes.
• Participate in Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) teams To provide a service that ensures all mechanical and electrical equipment is running optimally and that all departmental service level agreements (SLA's) and KPI's are met.
• React in a timely manner in response to breakdowns.
• Ensure that the plant is available for production as per the production plan.
• Maximise availability of all mechanical and electrical equipment through continuous improvement and to improve equipment efficiencies and reduce costs through Kaizens and other initiatives.
• Liaise with contractors or external suppliers and clearly communicate company safety, technical and contractual requirements and standards.
• Ensure adequate resources, equipment and people, are in place to meet operational needs; including management of the store, scheduling of shift patterns for the team and purchasing equipment so that spare equipment levels are met and maintained.
• Create and manage engineering and facilities budgets for the site for both capital expenditure (Capex) and operational expenditure (Opex).
• Produce weekly reports covering metrics and performance of the bakery and direct maintenance team.
• Line management of all maintenance personnel on site including meetings/reviews, time and attendance, overtime and absenteeism.
• Recruit, train and develop all maintenance personnel.
• Report and advise the senior management team on all related maintenance issues.
• Ensure continuous improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Assist in defining the annual plant objectives and build departmental key performance areas in support of these objectives.
• Prepare and collates the annual departmental budget.
• Set and share maintenance department long, medium and short term goals and objectives in line with the bakery objectives.
• Define, follow up and optimise maintenance expenses.
• Manage the performance of the maintenance department including effective use of key performance indicators.
• Ensure adoption and adherence to standards, norms and best practices.
• Ensure that employee and labour relations are healthy and to seek to minimise the impact of manufacturing on the environment.
• Create and maintains a motivated work environment within the maintenance department.
• Build skill development programs for maintenance personnel and evaluate the results.
• Ensure regulatory compliance of maintenance activities.
• Inform the broader maintenance community about local best-practices, difficulties and results.
• Contribute to the achievement of production, quality, environment, reliability and utilization targets.
• Contribute to the inception, acceptance and integration of new equipment and installations.
• Validate work requests.
• Propose and plan maintenance shutdowns and major repair work.
• Propose and support project identification work for the multi-year investment plan.
• Develop, train, audit and maintain effective Standard Operating Practises and Safe Work Procedures.
• Undertake regular Planned Job Observations to minimise operational risks.
• Champion departmental continuous improvement initiatives.
• Be on standby 24 hours a day.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks when requested by General Manager.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum N4 certificate with a trade test as a Millwright or Electrician, N6 certificate preferred.
• Wireman’s license will be advantageous.
• Valid driver’s licence.
• Must understand ladder/STL and gate logic and be able to interpret control system