Asset Care Manager

Job Description

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. Btech/Beng or BSc would be advantageous .
• 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.