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.
