About the position
An industry leader in the packaging/manufacturing sector is seeking a qualified Asset Care Manager to ensure optimal asset performance, reliability, and availability across production operations, based in Queensburgh. They will be reporting into the Senior Asset Care Manager.
Tasks & responsibilities:
- Own and drive the site asset care strategy (planned, preventative, and predictive maintenance) to maximise equipment availability, reliability, and OEE.
- Lead maintenance planning and scheduling, including weekly and monthly plans, resource allocation, shutdown coordination, and adherence to the maintenance calendar.
- Ensure effective breakdown response and structured problem-solving by driving root cause analysis (RCA), implementing corrective and preventative actions, and verifying effectiveness.
- Manage and lead the maintenance team (artisans, technicians, setters/fitters, and contractors), including performance management, coaching, skills development, and succession planning.
- Drive reliability and continuous improvement initiatives (RCM/TPM where applicable), identifying measurable technical and process improvements that deliver cost and uptime benefits.
- Prepare and manage the asset care budget, including spares, services, contractors, and capex support, ensuring accurate forecasting, variance control, and cost optimisation without compromising reliability.
- Oversee critical spares and maintenance stores, including defining min/max levels, managing criticality and obsolescence, and ensuring disciplined usage and stock accuracy.
- Effectively manage the cleaning, timeous servicing and maintenance/repairs of production moulds, ensuring moulds are available for production as required and mould maintenance records are up to date and accurate.
- Ensure maintenance governance and compliance, including ISO quality system adherence, statutory inspections, safe systems of work, audits, and maintenance records.
- Partner with Production and Engineering to align maintenance priorities with operational targets, clearly communicating risks, downtime plans, and resource requirements.
- Own and continuously improve the CMMS (planned maintenance system), ensuring accurate job cards, asset history, spares linkage, KPI reporting (MTBF, MTTR, schedule compliance), and data integrity.
- Champion Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) through risk assessments, LOTO compliance, incident investigations, legal compliance, and continuous improvement in safety performance.
- Maintain world-class housekeeping and departmental discipline, ensuring sustained 5S standards, PPE compliance, and adherence to company dress code requirements.
- Manage training and competence, including developing training plans, coaching maintenance staff, ensuring authorisations are current, and closing identified competency gaps
Qualifications, Experience & Competencies:
- Matric
- Millwright Trade Test and N6/Degree/Diploma in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 5 years' maintenance experience in manufacturing industry
- Minimum 2 years supervisory or management experience.
- Strong experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown execution, and contractor management.
- Proven problem-solving and reliability expertise, including RCA and continuous improvement (TPM/RCM).
- CMMS experience with strong KPI reporting and data analysis capability
Only qualified candidates will be shortlisted and contacted.
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