A leading chemical manufacturing company situated in Durban is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Manager to join their team of professionals. 

Responsibilities

• Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team
• 1 appointee responsibility for the site
• Accountable for application of the Maintain Facility Work Process
• Provides technical strategy to facility on how to improve equipment and machinery reliability
• Ensuring that the plans for the equipment viability and designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions
• Ensures delivery of best-in-class services to the business
• Accountable for maintenance work process results and maintenance cost
• Accountable for MRO inventory levels and the achievement of facility stretch targets
• Establish annual financial plan consistent with business needs, functional goals and targets
• Defines skills necessary to implement the work process and ensures effective resource leveraging within the mechanical facility
• Manage the formation of empowered teams for fast resource leveraging
• Provides engineering strategic support for specification, identification, and purchasing of needed parts
• Ensures that empowered teams apply the work process consistently and effectively
• Leverage most effective technology through partnership with the Discipline Activity Specialists
• Ensuring that Capex is strategically allocated to critical and future projects aligned with the strategy and the long-term mechanical renewal plan
• Actively participate and drive maintenance process improvements
• Serve as a strategic leader for the Mechanical subject matter experts in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations

Requirements 

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) or higher
• In possession of a GCC (Factories)
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the chemical industrial environment, coupled with a minimum of 5 years’ middle management or a leading role
• Must have good Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Exceptional leadership skills
• Productivity Focused, Technical Capability, innovative and strong assertiveness
• Highly analytical
• Strong people management skills
• Conceptualize and drive the mechanical maintenance strategy alongside
• Ability to work independently and as part of an Empowered MANCO team member
• Ability and willingness to travel

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to manufacturing@hireresolve.za.com

You are also welcome to contact either Rebecca or Nehelene on 021 551 8638 

Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.