About this opportunity
The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day execution of maintenance activities to ensure plant reliability, safety, and operational performance. This role translates maintenance strategy into site-level execution, ensuring compliance with maintenance standards, equipment availability, and indirectly leading a team of technicians and machine owners.
Available Shift: Monday to Friday, Day Shift (6:00 AM to 2:00 PM)
Overtime: Applicable and paid in accordance with the Employment Act (EA).
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Lead and coordinate planned and reactive maintenance activities.
- Ensure preventative maintenance schedules and work orders are completed and managed through MEX.
- Drive improvements in equipment reliability, uptime, and operational performance.
- Provide hands-on technical support and lead root cause analysis for equipment issues.
- Manage maintenance technicians, contractors, and daily work priorities.
- Ensure spare parts availability, inventory accuracy, and 5S standards.
- Maintain maintenance records, asset data, and compliance requirements.
- Coach and develop technicians, machine owners, and operators.
- Promote a strong safety culture and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Your skills and experience
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
- Proven experience leading and developing teams.
- Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills.
- Experience with maintenance systems, with MEX experience preferred.
- Knowledge of preventative maintenance, reliability, and asset management principles.
- Experience using structured problem-solving tools such as 5 Why or A3.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A hands-on, proactive approach with a focus on safety and continuous improvement.
- At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Diploma/Degree qualification in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronic discipline.