Maintenance Manager

Fine Chemicals Corporation is seeking a proactive Maintenance Manager to ensure reliability and efficiency across our high‑performance manufacturing environment. If you’re passionate about leading teams, driving preventive maintenance, and keeping operations running at peak performance this role is your chance to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to maintenance Team leaders, Artisans and Trade hands.
• Responsible for Compliance with Mechanical equipment Lifting equipment and Pressure vessels and systems.
• Responsible for adherence to Maintenance and schedules.
• Manage Operation and Maintenance of Mechanical equipment and facility.
• Plan and Coordinate maintenance activities with the relevant Department within FCC where required.
• Lease with external service providers to ensure all maintenance and statutory requirements for safe and reliable operation of equipment and systems.
• Obtain and review quotations from external service providers for maintenance and repairs Equipment and systems.
• Ensure full compliance and execution of the company’s maintenance programmes, policies and procedures on all designated work.
• Plan work and lease with the relevant department to ensure work is completed on time as per schedules and production requirements.
• On a continuous basis, we carry out upgrades and improvements to plant.
• Drive Compliance to housekeeping standards. Manage the day-to-day functions in the Engineering workshop.
• Manage scheduling and completion of work on SAP In2Rep to meet operational targets for schedule adherence, plant and equipment availability and safety.
• Assume responsibility for safety and compliance of Plant and Equipment as GMR2.7.

Background/Experience Skills Required

• Educational requirements. N6 Mechanical or Electrical (Heavy Current), trade tested Millwright, Mechanical Fitter or Electrician. OR National Diploma/BTech degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current).
• 8-10 years’ management experience, of which at least 5 years must be in an FMCG or Pharmaceutical environment.
• A good understanding of Maintenance principles, the OHAS Act.
• Must be computer literate, Office 365, SAP ECC / S4 Hanna or similar.
• Good practical and theoretical knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
• Proven problem-solving skills and techniques.

Competencies/Personal Attributes

• Must be able to provide strong leadership to team members from trade hands to team leaders.
• Good organizational skills, with a hands-on and honest approach.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability and willingness to work long hours when required.
• Plan, lead, allocate and manage departmental activities, resources and tasks in accordance with agreed budgets, service/delivery targets and daily/weekly/monthly plans.
• Establish and maintain appropriate systems for operational management and measurement.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement plans and actions.
• Manage departmental absenteeism.

Suitably qualified applicants are invited to submit their CV’s online on or before the specified date. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups in accordance with laws governing employment equity, where such laws are applicable to the Aspen entity that will employ the successful candidate. If you have not heard from the HR department within 30 days of this advert closing, please consider your application unsuccessful. #AM