Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to:

• Drive plant efficiencies across all areas with particular focus on problem maintenance issues, as identified through our computerised maintenance system, Flex
• Design and implement maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods
• Collaborate with the production team to achieve site schedules and provide engineering solutions to recurring reactive maintenance issues
• Manage and update the Computerised Maintenance Management System
• Diagnose breakdown problems and develop preventative maintenance programs for electrical and mechanical systems
• Ensure constant supply of electrical services & mechanical services for the site
• Be actively involved in any lean initiatives to improve plant efficiency
• Manage the development and up-skilling of the site maintenance team to achieve a high performance team and liaise with the Factory Manager on additional resourcing needs
• Install & commission new equipment such as plant machinery, portable firefighting equipment, and fire hydrants
• Be responsible for setting and achieving agreed maintenance budget and targets
• Manage Maintenance PO system to include creation, approval and matching of PO’s to delivery dockets
• Monitor and report on electricity, gas, refrigeration, water, and steam costs
• Develop and manage good relations with critical suppliers
• Purchase, manage and control critical and routine spare parts, supplies and equipment
• Ensure service contracts are in place for mission critical services and machinery, and schedule their completion
• Manage external contractors by ensuring that contractor management procedures are adhered to and that method statements have been received and by checking insurance information
• Be responsible for meeting predefined KPI targets with respect to maintenance downtime, maintenance performance and overall equipment effectiveness and report on same as required
• Ensure that statutory maintenance testing is carried out
• Ensure site documentation is accurate, timely and relevant
• Ensure timely calibration of plant equipment and instrumentation
• Ensure that all portable firefighting equipment is inspected and certified annually by a fire protection equipment company
• Ensure that all fire hydrants, emergency showers and any water supply that would not be used regularly is flushed out on a weekly basis for the prevention of Legionella
• Manage the plant to maintain safety, environmental, quality and hygiene standards, and present to auditors as required