Maintenance Planner

SUMMARY:
MAINTENANCE PLANNER - MANUFACTURING
KZN MIDLANDS
The role requires deep knowledge of heavy industry maintenance practices,
focuses on maximizing equipment uptime and production quality within a safety -first environment.

POSITION INFO:
Planning & Scheduling - Develop a robust preventive and predictive maintenance schedule

Work Order Management - To process, Prioritize and issue orders

Inventory & Resource Management - Manage a strategic stock of critical spare parts and high wear components.

Technical documentation & compliance - Maintain accurate records of all maintenance activities

Analysis & Continuous Improvement - Perform root cause analysis for significant equipment failures and provide insight

Collaboration & Communication - Coordinate with production, quality, engineering, and H&S teams to align maintenance activities with the factory’s operational goals

Prepare detailed work scope for each task

Review completed work orders for quality and completion

Coordinate procurement to source necessary materials , ensuring cost effectiveness.

Track and report maintenance KPI’s such as equipment availability, mean time between failures(MTBF), and maintenance backlog

Prepare monthly reports on maintenance performance , presenting finding and recommendations to senior management

Establish targets for maintenance productivity and cost reduction , working towards continuous performance improvement