Maintenance Planner

SUMMARY:
Maintenance Planner to develop and implement maintenance management systems monitor maintenance performance, ensuring efficient operation of equipment and facilities across the group.

POSITION INFO:

Top Employer 2025 has an opportunity for a maintenance planner within the engineering department.

Purpose of the role:

To manage the maintenance and technical services function, develop and implement maintenance management systems and monitor maintenance performance to ensure efficient operation of equipment and facilities across the group.

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance management
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies and procedures
• Utilize the latest management tools to ensure effective maintenance of all assets.
• Apply the latest maintenance safety technologies to ensure best-in-class maintenance safety performance and statutory compliance.
• Develop detailed systems from preventive maintenance routine (PMR) findings and corrective maintenance activities for all maintenance teams.
• Analyse and revise screen corrective maintenance (CM) job cards and burning maintenance issues for opportunities to perform root cause failure analysis to prevent future failures. 
• Coordinate root cause analysis.
• Attend to procedural and equipment issues.
• Analyse spare parts inventory requirements 
• Implement management’s procurement requirements for spares, materials and outsourced work. 
• Coordinate the drawing of detailed maintenance tasks per asset. • Assist with planning of new projects, including progress tracking reports and critical spares lists. 
• Assist with shutdown planning. 
• Identify, assess and propose new ways of managing maintenance.
• Compile accurate periodic reports (weekly/monthly/quarterly/annually). 
• Proactively manage communication and relationships with stakeholders. 

Minimum requirements:

• Occupational certificate: Maintenance planner (or equivalent qualification) or a valid trade certificate with further training in maintenance management.
• National diploma in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering will be advantageous. 
• 5 -6 years’ experience in maintenance management.
• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, Outlook. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both Afrikaans and English.

Knowledge and attributes:

• Knowledge of maintenance management systems.
• Knowledge of maintenance management performance parameters.
• Knowledge of grain handling and grain storage equipment.
• Regulatory and compliance awareness. 
• Focus on innovation and sustainability.
• Analytical thinking. 
• Good planning and organising skills