Maintenance Manager, Cape Town

Qualification:

• Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Millwright Trade Certificate

Skills & Experience:

• SAP PM Modules will be considered an advantage Basic Industrial Relations
• Management of staff
• Problem solving techniques
• Knowledge of required government codes and standards, and any other applicable safety and accreditation standards
• 5 to 10 years of working experience in Managing a maintenance department
• 5 to 10 years of working experience in a Heavy Engineering environment
• Experience in the Manufacturing sector and Customs / Import environment is desirable
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Experience in Budget preparations and managing of costs, Experience in managing subcontractors

Job Description:

• Accomplishes maintenance human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; adhering to policies and procedures
• Meets maintenance operational standards by contributing maintenance information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems
• Meets maintenance financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions
• Evaluates functionality and reliability of facility systems and associated equipment by conferring with operating departments; identifying problems and requirements
• Maintains function and reliability of facility systems and associated equipment by implementing a preventive maintenance program; operating and testing systems and equipment; restoring, repairing, rebuilding, or replacing faulty or inoperative components and parts
• Improves function and reliability of facility systems and associated equipment by studying performance results; identifying, recommending, and implementing changes, expansions, and additions
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures, complying with legal codes and regulations
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.
• Accomplishes maintenance and organization mission by completing and submitting monthly KPI reports

Personal Attributes:

• Must be compliance orientated with a high sense for detail
• Must be hands on when required
• Ability in producing accurate reports
• Must be able to motivate team members Good interpersonal abilities

Core Competencies:

General Problem solving

• Resolves day to day operational problems and remove barriers to production efficiency
• Develops fresh ideas that provide solutions to all types of workplace challenges
  
  

Self-Management

• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals
• Organizational and business savvy
• Uses knowledge of the organization, products and the business climate to solve problems, understands how the roles, products, and services of own work unit relate to and impact those of other work units
• Understand reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures, and align strategies accordingly

Coaching & Mentoring

• Enables team members to grow and succeed through, development, training, feedback, instruction, and encouragement

Accountability & Dependability

• Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight

Results Focus & Initiative

• Focuses on results and desired outcomes (productivity, efficiencies, quality) and how best to achieve them
• Gets the job done

Practical knowledge of ISO 9000 and or other QA Management systems

• Knows the requirements and various aspects of ISO 9000, and understands how the various functions within own unit fits into it
• Ensures compliance to the QMS, product quality and customer requirements
• Periodically performs functions required of ISO 9000

Apply computer skills

• Create, edit and retrieve documents, spread sheets on an advanced level, use internet as source of information, creates graphs and slides for presentation and store data in a logical manner

Staff Management

• Manages staff in ways that improve their ability to succeed on the job
• Aligns the right work with the right people; delegates tasks according to people's strengths and interests.
• Ensures staff has the skills and resources to get things done
• Provides staff with coaching, training, and opportunities for growth to improve their skills

Teamwork

• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables
• Knows and supports colleagues and piers' work and deliverables

Planning and Organizing

• Coordinates ideas, tasks and the resources needed to achieve a goal, and prioritizes key action steps and understands the impacts and risks of decisions
• Seeks and uses others' input about critical actions, timelines, sequencing, scope, methodology, expected outcomes, and priorities
• Sees potential challenges and opportunities, and adjusts plans based, Creates realistic schedules for projects and follows them
• Evaluates progress against schedule and goal