Maintenance Planner - Kempton Park at AVI Limited

An exciting opportunity exists for a Maintenance Planner at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando Coffee & Creamer.  The successful incumbent will be responsible for the planning of preventative and shutdown maintenance, reporting on maintenance analysis, and participate in projects as assigned

Line Manager: Engineering Manager

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

• Planning maintenance activities and co-ordination of maintenance activities including annual shutdown and daily adhoc work.
• Analyze machinery and component life cycles by identifying failure trends.
• Verifying integrity of data captured by artisans on a daily basis.
• Updating job cards and maintenance schedules based on OEM manuals and historical performance.
• Support the junior maintenance planner in generating and capturing job cards and other routine tasks.
• Develop cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work.
• Manage preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, which will include condition monitoring and other practices.
• Monitor job completion rates, follow up with various departments and report trends to the Engineering management team.
• CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) – implementation, optimization and management of the Shopware Asset Care system.
• Planning and optimizing the most appropriate maintenance tasks for relevant equipment.
• Analysis and interpretation of maintenance history and feedback report preparation.
• Ensure ongoing communication with Engineering Team Leaders, Production Managers and Production Planner.
• Work closely with engineering stores personnel to control spares and stock levels.
• Projects – work closely with the project team to ensure efficient delivery of tasks involving engineering input.
• Prepare Gantt Chart for shutdowns.
• Communicate with OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers) regarding planned interventions.
• Management of annual shutdown budgets.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• At least 8 years experience as a Maintenance Planner
• FMCG/ Food manufacturing experience will be a distinct advantage

Qualifications:

• Completed a trade test as a Fitter, Millwright and Electrical with a recognized institution.
• National Diploma or equivalent qualification in Mechanical - or Electrical Engineering (N6/T3/S4) highly advantageous.

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of Electronic Maintenance Management System (EMMS) e.g. SAP, Shopware and/or Pragma experience.
• Experience with CMMS preferably, ‘On Key”, will be a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of TPM and RCM concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of MS Projects and MS Excel advantageous.
• Understanding and compliance with FSSC 22000 and AIB standards.

Competencies:

• Plan and think ahead
• Optimize business performance
• Remain composed and resilient
• Focus on achieving results
• Work with others
• Solve problems
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Computer literacy
• Extensive working knowledge of MS Office.
• Ability to function well when under pressure and meet tight timelines.