Maintenance Manager

Location: Balfour

Maintenance Manager
Location: Mpumalanga
Employment Type: Permanent

About the Company
A well-established food manufacturing company is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function at a continuous-process manufacturing facility. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for ensuring maximum plant reliability, driving preventative maintenance programmes, leading a skilled maintenance team, and supporting continuous operational improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance department and provide hands-on technical leadership.
• Manage preventative and planned maintenance programmes.
• Coordinate breakdown response and root cause analysis.
• Oversee boilers, steam systems, pumps, conveyors and processing equipment.
• Manage artisans, maintenance assistants and technical specialists.
• Control engineering stores, spare parts and maintenance budgets.
• Ensure compliance with safety, statutory and engineering standards.
• Drive plant reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

• Red Seal Millwright qualification (essential).
• Minimum 7 years' maintenance experience within heavy industrial, food manufacturing or FMCG environments.
• At least 3 years' experience leading a maintenance team.
• Strong experience with preventative maintenance systems.
• Hands-on experience with boilers, steam systems, pumps, conveyors and processing equipment.
• Proven leadership in a continuous manufacturing environment.

Advantageous

• GMR 2 qualification.
• Experience managing PLC and electrical specialists.
• Food manufacturing, FMCG or chemical manufacturing experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Maintenance Manager who enjoys being on the factory floor, leading by example and driving engineering excellence.