Are you a maintenance leader with a proven ability to design and implement systems that bring structure and consistency to preventative maintenance across multiple hospital sites?

Do you enjoy working with evidence, building fit-for-purpose processes, and coaching teams and service providers to deliver safe, reliable facilities at scale? 

If yes, this role in Nurture Health’s Business Process Team is for you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Maintenance Specialist is a head-office (remote-first) specialist who enables waste-free, compliant and reliable maintenance across our integrated practice units by designing and continuously improving maintenance policies, processes and automated systems (including our CMMS), auditing outcomes, and building capability in site teams and service providers nationwide.

Reporting to the Business Process Manager, you will:

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve Nurture’s maintenance policies, processes, and automated systems.
• Own and optimise the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and related maintenance data.
• Plan and govern risk-based, preventative maintenance within a hybrid outsourced delivery model (internal coordination with specialist service providers).
• Audit maintenance activities and outcomes across sites, and translate insights into practical improvements.
• Select maintenance vendors, define SLA scope, and support procurement decisions.
• Serve as the custodian of Nurture–SAAMA relations, supporting professional alignment and continued development.
• Delineate maintenance responsibility from leases to ensure clear accountability and follow-through.

GUARANTEED MONTHLY REMUNERATION: R 52 902.50 CTC (benefits included)

ABOUT YOU

You are the ideal candidate for this role if you have the following attributes:

Personal Attributes

• A passion for stewardship, and an innate respect for its role in driving business success.
• Identifies strongly with the core values and professional behaviour set out in the Code of Conduct of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA).
• Independent, coupled with an innate ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders from diverse personal and professional backgrounds.
• Naturally curious and creative, coupled with an innate respect for structure and follow-through.

Education, Experience, and Functional Learnings

• NQF-Level-7 Qualification in Facilities Management, Engineering, or Assets Management.
• Proven experience in successfully managing a risk-based, preventative maintenance system (as well as a computerised maintenance management system) within a hybrid outsourced maintenance delivery model (internal coordination with specialist service providers).
• Possess CPAM-level knowledge as set out in the Asset Management Professional Designations Framework including its application within the South African healthcare context.

ABOUT US

Nurture Health exists to make it possible for people and their families to live meaningful and fulfilled lives despite physical impairment and disability resulting from health conditions.

WHAT WE DO

As South Africa’s largest physical rehabilitation hospital group, we provide facility-based, post-acute healthcare outside acute hospital settings through Integrated Practices.

Our winning recipe lies in our experienced, interdisciplinary teams who work collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes for our patients and their families.

OUR VALUES

• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Communication
• Safety
• Continuous Improvement

The employer reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement at any time.