Lead - Planning, Scheduling & Warehouse - Milnerton at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

About the Job

Reporting to Manager, Reliability & Maintenance (R & M), responsible for the direction and oversight of the Planning, Scheduling and Warehouse team. The role is on the R & M Mgt team.
Workflow & Controls, Planning & Scheduling and Warehousing Leads / Supervisors report into this position and overall size of the organisation is between 15 - 25 including contractors.

Responsible for the coordination, collaboration, alignment, and Refinery-wide (enterprise) focus for routine maintenance and R&M Projects to meet desired Business Plan objectives.

Responsible for the direction and oversight of the Planning, Scheduling and Warehouse team, acting as their point of contact with the R&M Leadership team.  Manages the day-to-day activities ensuring the team delivers on commitments and achieves its goals/objectives. Uses assigned authority to assign and ensure follow-up on actions/activities required to meet mandated organizational responsibilities.

Responsible for creating and managing the 12 month rolling worklist with manpower forecasting. Liaises and collaborates with Work Type Stewards (Tank Lead, Field projects; Ops, TSD) to determine annual work requirements for planning, scheduling, budgeting and warehousing purposes. Negotiates with respective Work Type Stewards – always maintaining an enterprise view – where differences arise regarding the prioritization of work and will set priority based on enterprise view. Provide guidance and recommendations to the R&M Manager with regards to capability and opportunity in what can be safely planned and scheduled for execution to maintain optimal plant operations. 

Responsible for the budgeting and cost control of R & M budget (OPEX and CAPEX) including the development/provision of associated financial targets; reports and analysis.

Responsible for the planning and scheduling activities related to routine maintenance and Reliability & Maintenance projects (Replace in Kind, Engineering Works Requests, Integrity Threat Repair, On Stream Inspection, On Stream Turnaround & Inspection). Ensures the required information and resources are available to meet business needs by providing a realistic and executable site-wide, forecasted schedule.

Responsible for optimized inventory and materials management to be able to provide of appropriate materials on demand.  

Supports the R&M Manager to set R & M Business Plan objectives / goals to align with Refinery requirements.

Dedicates time to organizational capability of the team. Ensures that the team is correctly resourced with the right balance of competencies. Ensures that all team members have development plans; provides feedback on performance; and provides coaching as required.

It is a requirement of the position for which you are employed (and any similar position, which you may be appointed to from time to time) that you hold, and therefore accept, an appropriate appointment in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act No 85 of 1993 (‘OHSA”), in terms of which you will assist your Departmental Manager / Head in the execution of the duties and responsibilities, as contemplated in section 8 of the OHSA (or any amendments from time to time)

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent relevant to role e.g.  B.Eng / B.Sc with Engineering; B. Tech Mechanical Engineering; N4 or ND in Mechanical Engineering plus minimum 5 years planning and scheduling experience
• Code 8 driver’s license

Work Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in routine maintenance (Preferably in petrochemical industry)
• Minimum 3 years’ supervisor experience

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge and experience with planning, scheduling and executing maintenance work.
• Knowledge and experience with Refinery specifications, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of MS Office and tools available used to support planning & scheduling efforts. E.g. Excel.