Description

What awaits you?

Quality: 

• To support the team in achieving all Product, Process and System Quality targets (as per the Target Commitment Process)
• Ensure all required records and documentation are retained and updated
• Ensure adherence to ISO 14001
• Responsible for ensuring all equipment is maintained and repaired to the required quality standards (without supervision)
• Instigating changes to ensure quality improvements in the maintenance work done
• Together with support staff, set the required quality standards for maintenance work

Flexibility:

• Support the production team in achieving the Production volume, by quick response to breakdowns
• Commissioning equipment to ensure smooth production
• Adhere to the required shift pattern to ensure optimal support to production
• Needs to develop to ensure good support in all fields of the BIW environment (i.e. electrical and mechanical)
• Needs to develop skills in such a way that specialist tasks can be performed in more than one of the specialist technology groups
• Perform maintenance actions after hours as required to support production
• Ensure all breakdowns are resolved before handing over equipment to the following shift (extra work time)
• Needs to stand in for Team leader when required
• Responsible to perform plant testing and commissioning on weekends

Productivity:

• Support manager and implement measures to achieve Budget, Headcount and Equipment Productivity targets
• Eliminating equipment failure by means of preventative maintenance
• Gaining all required knowledge of the plant and equipment to ensure that first-hand information is available at all times
• Optimize and continuously improve equipment and systems to optimize product quality, plant availability and reliability
• Scope of equipment responsibility, all BIW specific equipment.
• Fault finding on integrated systems
• Needs to sustain specialized skills in assigned technology group and advanced skills in all other technologies
• Needs to develop contact to the other BMW Manufacturing Plants to ensure technology specific synergies are optimally utilized
• Needs to plan optimum usage of available spares / equipment during breakdowns and preventative maintenance actions to the advantage of the plant
• Adherence to maintenance/production rules of conduct

Human Resources:

• Support the team in achieving the Human Resource targets
• Share knowledge freely with all colleagues to ensure growth in team skills
• Develop training sessions and give the training on the specialized technology
• Take ownership for personal / soft skills development

Environment:

• Assist management in achieving the Environmental (ISO 14001) targets and conform to all BMW standards and procedures
• To ensure that all work is performed competently and in accordance with BMW specifications, the OHS Act and ISO 14001.
• To ensure that all equipment and work areas are safe at all times to prevent accidents or injury to personnel.
• Ensure that equipment is maintained in accordance with safety regulations.

What should you bring along?

• Minimum N4 or National diploma
• Grade 12 and N4 with Trade Test in the following discipline:
• Panel Beater
• Minimum of 3 years related experience in electrical & mechanical maintenance, in an automated production environment.
• Problem Solving skills.
• High level technical and analytical skills
• Specialized knowledge and experience on automated systems