Maintenance Manager Job at Tiger Brands

• Managing opportunities identified for Maintenance operations, to secure Tiger brands ‘future growth, profitability and competitiveness through the implementation of maintenance operations strategy.
• Managing the implementation of asset management strategy and manages the assets of the company to ensure appropriate availability, machine efficiencies, reliability, OEE, quality and cost. Optimizing the utilization of resources in the Maintenance operations.6 years experience and degree in Industrial engineering.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Maintenance Scheduling

• Do planned maintenance scheduling, update schedules and sign off on completed schedules
• Conduct plant inspections, and issue unplanned maintenance schedules
• Issue job cards and maintenance schedules.
• Approval of all engineering spares, within budget
• Ensure quality maintenance is done on maintenance day.

CAPEX budgets

• Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)
• Complete and submit CAPEX motivations as per Tiger requirements

People Management

• Promote a high performance culture.
• Engage regularly with employees through invocoms, union engagements.
• Identify and develop Talent and competency gap closing actions.
• Ensure training is undertaken as per PDP’s
• Ensure workplace discipline and manage ER issues in line with Tiger Brands policies and procedures.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct. 
• Instill an environmentally conscious mindset within the manufacturing environment (H2O, noise pollution, utilities, landfill)

Audits

• Engineering audit
• Risk audit
• Environmental audit (ISO 14001)
• DQS audit
• BMR audit

Finance

• Understand cost drivers
• Develop cost saving strategies
• Understand Cost Per Loaf (CPL), difference between budget and actual, and develop plan of action to recover
• Manage stock movement procedure, book out spares on job cards only, conduct stock takes.
• Accurate and timely reporting (Supply Chain, environmental, scorecard)

Instrument calibrations

Electrical and mechanical operation

• Ensure specialised equipment is operating correctly (scaling weights, water and dough temperatures, mixer energy watt hour calibrations)
• Ensure adherence to process SOP’s
• DMS reporting – draw all reports for scorecards
• Conduct root cause analysis for all breakdowns
• Drive implementation of PM pillar of MECP
• Drive LTIFR
• SBO’s 
• Near misses

Quality

• Equipment setting as per SOP
• Process check alignment
• Hygiene
• Equipment cleaning
• Root cause analysis and preventative actions
• Self-assessments on all Tiger standards

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree(BSc Eng., B-Tech/Elec/Mech), N6 Dip(mech/Elec),T4 (National Higher Dip Mech/Elec Eng.), S4 (National Dip Mech/Elec Eng.)
• MDP/MAP/PMD/MBA will be highly advantageous 
• 5 years similar experience in a leadership role within FMCG
• Must have a GMR 2.1 apppointment

Experience

• Computer literate
• CMS – experience of computerized maintenance systems
• Understanding of practical implementation of OHSAct§
• Bakery process and equipment experience
• Finance – budgeting and CAPEX planning
• Continuous improvement
• Environmental knowledge

End Date: January 15, 2026