Maintenance Manager at ReelFruit

Job Summary

• The Maintenance Manager is responsible tocoordinate the Facility and Maintenance (People, assets, Facility, Process and Systems) to achieve the required standard of machine reliability, availability, continuous production and also provide specialist and technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Responsibilities
Plant Reliability:

• Create maintenance schedules and improve machines’ reliability and availability for production with quality standards, and labor utilization throughout the facility.
• Ensure delivery of daily planned output
• Deliver according to SOP
• Budget and manage manufacturing cost structures by developing and maintaining operational expenses within budget allowance {production, maintenance & energy usages cost per tons to benchmarks, and investigate cost-reduction measures i.e. waste reduction initiatives}.

Manage Assets, Process, and Systems:

• Asset register updated
• Spares stocks levels maintained
• Schedule revision audited
• Maintenance planning and execution
• Liaise with original equipment manufacturers {OEMs} Ensure conformance to specs and SOPs
• Ensure maintenance integrity
• Optimize process capability
• Lead facility and equipment projects
• Plan, direct, and coordinate all manufacturing operations of machinery
• Support maintenance integrity.

Maintenance Records and Report Management:

• Ensure records are detailed and updated
• Ensure data integrity
• Ensure the reporting standards and integrity.

Equipment & Cost Management:

• Production plant availability & reliability
• Asset management indicators {Generators & Machines}
• Maintenance cost per yield output to benchmarks
• Utilities cost per yield output to benchmarks

Health, Safety, and Environment:

• Enforce compliance with PPE policies
• Enforce General housekeeping
• Identification of unsafe practices
• Enforce safety inspections conducted and audited
• Enforce safe maintenance practices audited
• Enforce compliance with SHEQ {safety health environment & quality} systems requirements.

People:

• Develop staff on-the-job technical skills
• Execute planned job rotation
• Create alternates for all critical roles
• Build team spirit
• Manage Staff Performance
• Give weekly/monthly staff feedback
• Document /or follow SOP/ Recipe.

Educational Qualifications / Requirements

• HND / B.Sc Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a manufacturing industry on similar role
• Leadership and teamwork
• Crisis management
• Knowledge of plant operations & maintenance management and reporting
• Maintenance management systems & standards.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Understanding of the principles and practices of The TPM (Total productive management).