Maintenance Lead (Permanent)

Job Title: Maintenance Lead Start Date: 2026-08-28 - 2026-09-27 Vacancy Type: Permanent Sti000302 Sectors: Engineering and Technical Location: Gauteng , JHB - Eastern Suburbs Salary: R - Highly competitive Remuneration Brief: Overview: The purpose of the role is to provide hands on expertise and leadership of the engineering staff, operators and artisans and assistants ensuring the proactive maintenance, repair, and service of equipment within the production plant. Detail: Minimum Requirements Qualified Mechanical Artisan with at least a National Technical Diploma or other relevant diploma (NTS 6) coupled with a minimum of 4 year's experience in a similar role. Roles & Responsibilities Production Plant Reliability Drive execution of routine preventative and predictive maintenance. Lead the development of maintenance standard maintenance procedures for Production Plant. Ensure problem solving tools are used by the team and take part in problem solving sessions. Lead the development of the reliability plan for Production Plant and ensure maintenance team has the required competencies. Determine material, equipment, and supplies to be used and ensure that these are ordered and available at the work site, in conjunction with the input of the asset care planner. Use planned maintenance schedules to co-ordinates daily activities of artisans, machine operators and assistants. Develop a daily work schedule for all activities to be performed to ensure the smooth operation of the team, minimize downtime and overtime taking food safety imperatives into consideration. Supervise and assign maintenance work to contractors daily, ensuring clear allocation of responsibility and accountability. Control daily job cards, by issuing to employees, receive back completed ones and verify work is done satisfactorily. Production Plant Optimization Analyse Production Plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement. Identify and implement best in class cost saving initiatives within Production Plant. Evaluate and implement performance improvement suggestion CAPEX projects within Production Plant. Evaluate and sign off new equipment and all Production Plant modifications. Engineering Team Leadership Management of the Maintenance team with regards to HR and IR issues. Management of the day-to-day activities and outputs of all team members across 4 shifts. Health & Safety Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff. Budgets and Administration Management of the maintenance spend against budget through daily review of budget vs. actual financial reports. Problem Solving Where problems have occurred during routine or planned maintenance activities, apply structured problem solving approach to resolve. Project Management Give input to the Plant and Project Engineer on the feasibility of projects by analyzing technology, resources needs and market demands to ensure that project is feasible. Repairs / Overhauls Coordinate major overhauls of existing equipment. Coordinate and inspect major contract work in area of responsibility. Stock Control Control the distribution of equipment and supplies amongst artisans. Governance Ensure that Company ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to. Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately. Information and Data Management Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the information System to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making. Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making. Effective Teamwork & Self-Management Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrates effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self- development. show more... For more information please contact: Sonia Harding Apply