Duties & Responsibilities:

• Defines and maintains maintenance plans and tasks according to the maintenance strategy. And has an in-depth knowledge of the Maintenance strategy and maintenance classifications and enforces the application of the strategy.

• Utilize the asset maintenance process and transaction to execute maintenance planning and scheduling.

• Understands the design, manufacture and construction of assets and the proper operating conditions required for the components within

• Decides appropriate PM strategy, activities and scheduling of maintenance intervention from first principles to prevent failure root causes and component failure with business and operating risk in mind

• Understands, explains and can undertake maintenance history analysis according to the asset functional location structure.

• Prepare spare parts and all other resources to carry out preventive maintenance

• Pre plan maintenance day, follow progress during the maintenance day, evaluate maintenance day and come up with improvements

• Plan in cooperation with the maintenance unit heads, team leader, technicians and 3rd parties to carry out preventive maintenance

• Prioritize work orders together with Maintenance manager and maintenance unit heads

• Plan all activities associated with planned plant outages under the direction of the Maintenance Manager to provide for maximum use of available resources.

• Register and Report all maintenance activities in our reporting excel based STD format

• Ensure all labour hours, materials, and necessary notes or procedural changes associated with the work are accurately recorded within Excel, and work is closed in a timely manner.

• Communicates directly with Purchasing and Inventory Agent regarding parts required and inventory levels needed to complete all scheduled Work Orders and PM Orders. 

• Manage and schedule maintenance activities such as inspections, instrument calibrations, and equipment preventive maintenance and validation assessments along with coordinating project workload.

• Prepare and maintain a weekly maintenance schedule. 

• Creates maintenance notification and manages work orders accordingly.

• Develops and reviews work order costing to improve accuracy of maintenance budgeting

• Ensured maintenance activities are carried out according to plan and documented accordingly.

• Manages critical spare parts stock in accordance with the maintenance strategy followed for each asset.

• Authorize which risk parts should be kept in stock in order to guarantee the availability of the installation

• Responsible to include all required spare parts on MRP with reorder level & updates made as required on MRP. 

• Responsible to ensure all required materials (Critical, risk, emergency, wear & tear parts) and services available for maintenance with communication of procurement and his direct manager

• Monitor & Requesting purchase and service request on time on SAP system as required 

• Updating plant layout with the latest position and preparing sketching/drawing required to manufacture parts locally and when installations are modified.

• Ensure all machine history is properly catalogued and documented.

• Receiving& updating documents of supplier updates with equipment supplier/ with manufacturer support. 

• Requests for viable support from suppliers channell through appropriate channels,3rd line support called in only after internal channels have been exhausted. 

• Proficiently runs maintenance meetings and gets consensus and agreement to action decisions

• Uses interpersonal negotiation and influencing skills to maintain the agreed schedule.

• Has knowledge of Breakdown analysis methodology and process and can effectively explain to others.

• Performs breakdown analysis with the maintenance team and ensure quality and completeness of analysis. Collaboratively participates in the development and application of solutions or corrective measures.

• Has knowledge of and can explain equipment failure modes and failure causes as it relates to all equipment.

• Undertakes failure cause analysis and investigation using suitable analysis tools through to determination of root cause

• Can ably run and record Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FEMA) team activity and measure risk reduction on a risk matrix, then take outcomes through to implementation in the maintenance strategy

• Facilitate in Implementation of 5S, participate in teams and reduce all technical downtime and energy and water consumption

• Support the development of maintenance budgeting as per guidelines provided with maintenance manager.

• Conducts maintenance activities with an optimum cost consideration, no compromise on equipment performance.

• Manages resource planning with a focus on cost optimization.

• Communicate with team on the progress of maintenance cost in all aspects of the activities carried out.

• Ensure the installation and measurement of tools for all utilities and services like electricity, steam, water etc. and the optimization of utilization of the same.

• Support the Maintenance Manager in preparing training needs analysis and develop training plans; accordingly, monitor that training delivers the expected results in view of the maintenance strategy.

• Train all technician, operators, maintenance Team leaders on breakdown analysis,5S implementation and other Wilmar Standards.

• Ensures an understanding of the maintenance team on the maintenance planning and scheduling process.

• Trains a maintenance planning backup team member to ensure business continuity.

• Cascade down the maintenance principles to the front-line operators and other team members.

• Ensure CILT is implemented at the shop floor level with the support of the production leadership.

• Ensure that all maintenance activities are carried out in compliance with safety rules and regulations.

• Enforce the use of PPE’s and availing & utilizing Relevant safety equipment and protective clothing 

• Enforce the use permits for all High Hazard Work carried out by team and any contractor in addition issuing of HHW permits.

• Promote implementation of Accident Registration and Analysis when necessary and support the maintenance Manager during the investigation of the root causes for accidents

• Reporting of unsafe conditions, nears misses, incidents and accidents & actioned as per procedures

• Make sure housekeeping is maintained to the highest standards

Job Requirements

Qualification:

• 3 years’ experience in a maintenance planner or maintenance role within manufacturing or FMCG industry. 

• Mechanical or electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent Degree 

Competencies:

• Motivate Team

• Meet Deadline

• Conflict Resolution

• Team Management

• Cost Management

• Self-Improvement

• Strategic Thinking

• Communication skill

• Coaching skill

• Problem solving Skill

• Analytical ability

• Time Management

• Attention to Detail

How to Apply

Qualified candidates who meet the above requirements can apply via THIS LINK