Reporting to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager. The incumbent must;

Ensure scheduling, coordination and resourcing of maintenance activities to achieve maximum production and asset efficiency / availability.
Responsible and accountable for the effective operation of the CMMS and MRO Systems. He/She administers, manage, configure and control all asset management data in the CMMS as well as generate and distribute Maintenance Management Reports (KPI’s) on a weekly basis.
Ensure that the right spares are available at the right time prior to executing planned work.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Plan, schedule and co-ordinate routine and major plant shutdowns taking account of shut work, major maintenance, capital work, statutory and operational requirements.
• Chair weekly Shut planning meetings with maintenance and production leadership teams to discuss scope, dates and requirements for all shut work orders.
• Develop 2-weekly rolling maintenance plans.
• Chair weekly planning meetings with maintenance foremen and production team leaders to discuss scope, dates and requirements for all maintenance work orders.
• Create and review the maintenance plans and jobs, by updating and reviewing changes, in order to optimize utilization of engineering resources, in conjunction with the Engineering Management team;
• Manages the CMMS system (knowledge of DMS system preferable), and submits system management reports to the Engineering Manager.
• Manages the RCFA System database.
• Carries out job loading for maintenance personnel.
• Follow up on status of spare parts that needs to be ordered for maintenance work orders.
• Capture work orders as they come in. Create work orders from completed PM Schedules.
• Arrange quotes for services due on equipment.
• Creation & updating of purchase requisitions, following up on quotations.
• Report daily and monthly on schedule attainment per department.
• Develop and maintain effective Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for maintenance performance including plant efficiency/availability, cost, quality, safety, shuts, planning, etc. Update KPI Tracking Board on a weekly basis.
• Update PM Schedule Calendar and tracking Board on a monthly basis.
• Co-ordinate standby lists for Production and Engineering support.

RELATION TO OTHERS:

• Internal: Engineering Manager, Operations Managers, Mill Engineers, Mill Management Team, Maintenance Foreman, All Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation technicians and artisans, Stores Personnel, Safety and Risk Personnel, Admin and Financial Departments, Human Resources, Buying and Training Departments.
• External: Approved Technical Suppliers/Contractors, Appointed Consultants.