Maintenance Planner

What we're looking for: We are looking for a Maintenance Planner based at Aeroton Bakery. Successful incumbent will organize and schedule all maintenance activities to maximize equipment uptime and efficiency, creating detailed work packages for technicians, manage spare parts inventory, ensuring resource readiness and coordinating with operations and vendors to align maintenance with production goals.

• Embed PeMM every day and ensure compliance and self-audits are performed
• Development of an optimised maintenance work plan with defined and documented processes
• Development of appropriate routine maintenance schedules
• Ensure accurate data and document control
• Communicate and train maintenance and production personnel in the maintenance procedures
• Integration of maintenance activities with production plans
• Integration of maintenance activities with production boil-outs.
• Forward planning of manpower and materials for planned work and ensuring that those resources are marshalled in readiness.
• Accurate estimation of maintenance work in relation to duration, priority, skills requirements, spares, special tools and equipment, specialist services, and identification of appropriate material requirements.
• Estimation and arranging of contract labour to supplement existing resources to meet maintenance

• 5 years of relevant experience within the manufacturing environment in the FMCG industry
• Technical Trade N4 (Mechanical / Electrical)
• Engineering Diploma/Degree will be advantageous

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act