Job role overview

  • Date posted

    May 7, 2026

  • Closing date

    May 14, 2026

  • Hiring location

    Western Cape

  • Experience

    4 - 6 years

Description

Key Purpose.

  • Maintenance planning and scheduling (preventive, corrective, predictive)
  • Plant Maintenance (PM) module on relevant CMMS
  • Equipment master data management
  • Job card creation and resource coordination
  • Parts, tools, and resource availability planning
  • Backlog, compliance, and cost monitoring
  • Maintenance performance reporting and continuous improvement
  • Communication and stakeholder coordination

Key Duties & Responsibilities
Key Outcomes:

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Planning

  • Develop, schedule, and optimize PM tasks in line with OEM standards and internal best practices.
  • Plan and schedule inspections, lubrication, calibrations, and condition-based tasks to ensure equipment reliability.
  • Ensure that preventive maintenance plans are reviewed and updated periodically based on equipment performance.

Maintenance Work Management & Scheduling

  • Convert maintenance notifications into work orders with clear scope, required materials, and labor estimates.
  • Schedule daily, weekly, and shutdown maintenance plans in coordination with production and maintenance teams.
  • Allocate tasks based on artisan availability and skill set, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.

Resource & Materials Coordination

  • Ensure all materials, tools, and spare parts are available before scheduled maintenance begins.
  • Collaborate with the Engineering Stores and Technical Administrator to expedite procurement or issue parts.
  • Track consumption of critical spares and maintain minimum stock levels through system updates.

Maintenance System Administration & Data Integrity

  • Ensure accurate entry and update of technical object data, task lists, and maintenance history in the CMMS.
  • Manage maintenance master data integrity and structure (equipment hierarchy, task groups, maintenance plans).
  • Generate and distribute reports on work order backlog, PM compliance, and overdue tasks.

Compliance, Safety & Continuous Improvement

  • Adhere to all SHEQ requirements when planning and coordinating maintenance activities.
  • Support root cause analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement (CI) initiatives through historical data and KPIs.
  • Contribute to asset care strategies and reliability improvement projects by providing maintenance insights.

Team Leadership and Support

  • Supervise and guide the Technical Administrator in managing documentation, maintenance records, and work order processing.
  • Build strong relationships with maintenance teams, production, stores, and engineering stakeholders.

KBI:

  • PM compliance (%)
  • Maintenance schedule adherence (%)
  • Maintenance backlog volume (days or weeks)
  • Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
  • Equipment uptime and availability (%)
  • Maintenance cost vs. budget
  • CMMS data accuracy and completion rate

Skills, Experience & Education
Education

  • Minimum: N6/National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Preferred: BTech or Degree in Engineering/Asset Management/Operations Management
  • CMMS Certification (advantageous)

Experience

  • 4–6 years’ experience in a maintenance planning role within a manufacturing or FMCG environment
  • Experience with CMMS (preferably SAP PM)
  • Solid background in asset care, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), or TPM environments
  • Working knowledge of production and maintenance integration

Skills

  • Proficiency in SAP Plant Maintenance or similar CMMS
  • Strong understanding of maintenance workflows, planning, and scheduling principles
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, OEM manuals, and technical standards
  • Analytical and reporting skills using Excel, Power BI (advantageous)
  • Strong planning, organizing, and time management skills
  • Sound understanding of spare parts planning and engineering stores processes
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) systems

Deadline:14th May,2026

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