Maintenance Planner

About the role

A leading, established organisation in KwaZulu-Natal is looking for an experienced Maintenance Planner to play a key role in ensuring efficient and proactive maintenance operations. Only candidates who meet all the requirements will be considered.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and schedule engineering maintenance activities across daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and shutdown programmes.
• Coordinate planned and ad hoc maintenance with the Engineering team and assist with weekly maintenance plans and schedules.
• Schedule and allocate preventative maintenance tasks through the CMMS and maintain the preventative maintenance master data.
• Maintain the Critical Spares List, update equipment Bills of Materials and work with Engineering Stores so spares are available for planned maintenance.
• Create purchase requisitions and coordinate consumable orders with the required approvals.
• Monitor weekly maintenance execution, schedule compliance, breakdowns and artisan productivity, and review job cards for data accuracy.
• Analyse maintenance history and shutdown costs, and compile maintenance reports in the prescribed formats.
• Support Engineering team safety requirements, including LOTO, PTW and SOPs, and perform general maintenance administration.

Required profile

• Grade 12; N6/T3/S4 Engineering diploma or equivalent is advantageous.
• Trade test as Electrician, Millwright or Fitter is advantageous.
• At least 5 years' experience in maintenance planning and 3 years in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, excellent attention to detail, and working knowledge of SHEQ.

Required skills

• MS Project (essential)
• Proficiency in MS Office 365
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems