Section Planner Job Vacancy at Kilombero Sugar Company | July 2024

The successful candidate will manage the planning and scheduling of all reactive and/or preventative maintenance work for in season maintenance initiatives to achieve optimal cost efficiency, asset availability, longevity and performance.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance job plans and prepare them for scheduling and execution in season.
• Develop and maintain long-and short-term maintenance schedules in conjunction with operations in season and off crop.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating and maintaining equipment and adherence to the technical specifications and iAMP policy when planning jobs to ensure activities and materials are compliant.
• Ensure maintenance plans are in place for season activities and aligned to achieve reliability goals.
• Perform field inspections to allow for accurate scoping.
• Monitor and manage maintenance requests and resource availability.
• Maximise the effectiveness of available budget in order to promote equipment reliability, performance and longevity.
• Provide data and reporting to relevant stakeholders to improve decision making.
• Hold final review with customer and maintenance supervision and notification validator regarding job cost and benefit. Decide on recommended priority, timing and maintenance plan.
• Promote cross-functional and stakeholder engagement & team work and manage critical stakeholder engagements & interfaces between vendors, suppliers, stores and inventory, and procurement.
• Support the implementation of the “Illovo Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) to ensure Illovo is the best in class sugar & downstream producer
• Keeping with the overall objectives of the Company by ensuring the application of the Codes of Practice SABS ISO 9002, NOSA.
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks, drive continuous improvement and ensure adoption and embedding of best practices
• Adhere to and promote SHERQ & Food Safety standards
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 3 years’ experience in maintenance and/or maintenance planning
• Strong organising skills
• Good communication skills

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 11th July 2024.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.