Maintenance Specialist; Automotive

Maintenance Specialist required for an automotive company based in Durban

Requirements:

• Must be in possession of a school leaving Certificate
• Must be a trade tested Millwright/Fitter/ Electrician essential
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role preferable automotive industry
• Must have supervisory experience
• Must have PLC and project management experience
• Must be willing to work excess hours when required

Maintenance Management

• Supervise the maintenance team to achieve departmental objectives

• Allocate labour, materials, and overtime effectively

• Analyse planned maintenance and breakdown reports to minimise downtime

• Diagnose plant and equipment faults and recommend improvements, upgrades, or replacements

• Maintain registers for electrical hardware and software backups

Maintenance Planning & Execution

• Develop, implement, and maintain the Preventive Maintenance Programme

• Update maintenance task lists, critical spares, and spares registers

• Plan and approve scheduled maintenance, repairs, and spares requisitions

• Supervise breakdown repairs and escalate unresolved or critical issues to management

Engineering Projects

• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition, budgeting, and cost control

• Plan, schedule, and manage engineering project activities

• Supervise technical project teams to deliver objectives on time and within budget

• Manage project risks, quality standards, and implementation outcomes

• Oversee project administration, procurement, documentation, and reporting

Continuous Improvement & Reporting

• Analyse maintenance reports and identify improvement opportunities

• Stay updated with maintenance technologies and best practices

• Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives

People Management

• Lead, coach, and supervise maintenance personnel

• Plan workforce allocation and support recruitment and selection

• Conduct performance assessments, coaching, and discipline management

• Resolve grievances and maintain a productive, compliant work environment

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.