About the Job

• Responsible ensuring optimal availability and performance of the business unit by developing all maintenance plans & schedules. Planning and scheduling resources required for execution and ensuring proper execution of all planned and corrective maintenance work.

Your New Key Responsibilities

• In association with PE/CE/MSE, prepare maintenance strategies for the BU and be responsible for operation of same.
• Develop and ensure execution of maintenance activity plans by MCs.
• Review job requests, create job orders, schedule, and allocate maintenance work for plant.
• Determine and arrange resources such as spares, tools and other materials as may be required for maintenance tasks.
• Carry out budget preparation, implementation, and cost monitoring
• Be the driver for process and equipment improvements using available improvement tools as RCM, EATB, Kaizens etc to cause improvement in performance.
• Responsible for maintenance IS management including preparation of visual intrusions and other displays as required.
• PE/CE reports preparations including but not limited to end of week, month, year management review templates, meeting minutes etc.
• Recommend maintenance mix and schedule improvements based on status reports of executed maintenance schedules.
• Custodian of all engineering maintenance records including staff related matters & equipment history.
• As directed, prepare, and keep staff development actions including skill gap analysis, tools analysis, training plans etc.
• Measure/evaluate equipment efficiencies, downtime and assist in development of maintenance requirements - i.e., RCM implementation - until effective hand over to final user.

Education / Knowledge

• Relevant Engineering Degree or equivalent certificate (HND / BSc).
• Significant experience with a measure of cost reduction initiatives within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in practical project management
• Any WC certifications in maintenance, reliability, or project
• Minimum of 5 years experience in technical positions most of which should have been around the shop floor.
• Proven familiarity with budgeting procedures.
• Experience in capex projects, installation of new plant equipment and extension of the current plants.

Do You Have These Skills?

• Excellent degree of computer literacy especially MS Excel and Ppt.
• Good command of the English Language - Spoken and written.
• Good command of SAP EAM Software
• Technical & Cost leadership.
• Analytical problems solving skills
• Improvement project management skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Maintenance & Reliability skills.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of plant HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good oral communication, influencing, analytical and relationship skills.