Maintenance Foreman

My client is looking for a suitably qualified person for the position of a Maintenance Foreman – in the Front-End Department.

This position reports to the Front-End Engineer.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
• Supervise maintenance employees in the Mechanical discipline to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity (Maintenance Excellence)
• Drive implementation of the company to ensure the company's is the best-in-class producer
• Ensure implementation of preventative / reactive maintenance initiatives and plans to reduce costs and downtime
• Identify L&D needs within the team and manage training through business partnership
• Optimize maintenance performance, by holding team accountable to achieve the highest standards of efficiencies, quality and agreed/required standards of maintenance
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations
• Adhere to and promote SHERQ & Food Safety standards
• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee on assigned shift, organize schedules, and assign work activity to achieve team and company objectives safely
• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, monthly and off-crop shutdown targets ensuring that tasks are prioritised and planned in a logical, systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability
• Develop budget for discipline with Maintenance Head, finance business partner, optimization and manage costs effectively
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action
• Monitor standards for setting, operating and maintaining equipment and ensure instructions are adhered to
• Manage company policy adherence to practices amongst maintenance teams
• Manage work quality to reduce rework and increase plant reliability
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability for respective area and ensure maintenance plans are aligned
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections
• Work with Optimization and Production team to solve problems and promote cross functional engagement & teamwork
• Ensure Plant, Equipment and BOM information and WO’s are captured accurately within Maximo
• Provide teams with necessary tools and equipment to perform work effectively
• Ensure technical and maintenance reporting (From Maximo) is compliant with company policy and procedures
• Manage and maintain key engineering activities guided by the Group technical risk guidelines
• Monitor performance and take corrective action where required
• Provide input into best practices, frameworks and minimum standards within function through Head
• Office platform, and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues
• Promote and adhere to company's procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS AREAS
• Matric
• National Trade Test or Diploma in Mechanical
• 3+ years’ experience in planned maintenance systems
• Extensive experience using planned maintenance systems, especially Maximo
• Able to work methodically and systematically in a Sugar Mill environment.
• Familiarity with company's systems would be an advantage & strong leadership skills
• Key culture attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork; effectively leads and communicates because our people matter