Maintenance Manager

Job Description : MAINTENANCE MAANGER ZAMBIA 1. Develop and implement maintenance schedules to execute weekly, monthly, and quarterly planned and preventive maintenance procedures in all factories. 2. Compile inspection checklists for all machinery types and implement inspections through maintenance as well as operational staff through autonomous maintenance process. 3. Develop and implement a lubrication program to optimise machine operation and minimise breakdowns and downtime. 4. Address emergency breakdowns, to minimize downtime in the plant, lead Root Cause Analysis investigations, formulate and implement corrective action and defect elimination plans. 5. Responsible for developing an Asset Care Strategy for the organisation (assessment of status and requirements, planned and scheduled maintenance and related information management (equipment specifications and work history, spares inventory and tools requirement, cost and inventory) using a computerised maintenance management system. Preferred candidate profile: 10 years of experience in all fields of maintenance of equipment in a food manufacturing/ FMCG operation. This will include utility equipment such as boilers, compressors, water treatment plants (Effluent, Softening and RO), chillers, heaters and air conditioning units, diesel powered generators, inverters, electrical switchgear, VFDs and PLCs. Also be conversant with operation and maintenance requirements of process and production equipment such as silos, grain cleaners, hammer mills, heaters, coolers, dryers, oil expellers, extruders, tanks, minglers, screw and belt conveyors, elevators, packaging machinery, stitchers, metal detectors, beverage plant equipment such as pumps, pouch and carton fillers and cappers, sterilizers, UHT and CIP systems, and other food processing machinery.

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