Job Description

• The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy relating to production lines, drives innovation and improvement of lines, manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution
• Actively participates in organization and scheduling of annual overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Schedules routine maintenance activities taking into consideration production program and monitors execution (using SAP where appropriate)
• Carries out root cause analysis on breakdowns
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) / HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 – 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise / experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case / cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards.