Maintenance Specialist (Automotive), Durban

Overview Maintenance Specialist

required for an automotive company based in

Durban

Requirements

Must be in possession of a school leaving Certificate

Must be a trade tested Millwright/Fitter/ Electrician

essential

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role preferable automotive industry

Must have supervisory experience

Must have PLC and project management experience

Must be willing to work excess hours when required

Maintenance Management

Supervise the maintenance team to achieve departmental objectives

Allocate labour, materials, and overtime effectively

Analyse planned maintenance and breakdown reports to minimise downtime

Diagnose plant and equipment faults and recommend improvements, upgrades, or replacements

Maintain registers for electrical hardware and software backups

Maintenance Planning&Execution

Develop, implement, and maintain the Preventive Maintenance Programme

Update maintenance task lists, critical spares, and spares registers

Plan and approve scheduled maintenance, repairs, and spares requisitions

Supervise breakdown repairs and escalate unresolved or critical issues to management

Engineering Projects

Contribute to project initiation, scope definition, budgeting, and cost control

Plan, schedule, and manage engineering project activities

Supervise technical project teams to deliver objectives on time and within budget

Manage project risks, quality standards, and implementation outcomes

Oversee project administration, procurement, documentation, and reporting

Continuous Improvement&Reporting

Analyse maintenance reports and identify improvement opportunities

Stay updated with maintenance technologies and best practices

Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives

People Management

Lead, coach, and supervise maintenance personnel

Plan workforce allocation and support recruitment and selection

Conduct performance assessments, coaching, and discipline management

Resolve grievances and maintain a productive, compliant work environment

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.

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