Maintenance Controller | SAB

SAB Careers – Maintenance Controller

The Maintenance Controller plays a pivotal role in coordinating, coaching, and overseeing the activities of level one maintenance teams within the production environment, ensuring maximum equipment availability and providing specialized technical guidance.

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the integrity and security of maintenance systems.
• Developing and maintaining documentation, ensuring its accuracy.
• Coaching, guiding, and providing training assistance to maintenance staff.
• Aligning the system architecture environment with regional asset care strategy and beer division standards.
• Building a strong understanding of relevant SAP system modules.
• Organizing system and business preparations for SAP take-on procedures.
• Maintaining maltings maintenance integrity.
• Planning and implementing maintenance priorities.
• Managing maintenance performance indicators.
• Optimizing plant availability and performing plant walkabouts.
• Managing plant backlog within set standards.
• Sharing internal learnings and best practices throughout the division.
• Administering and managing the annual maintenance budget.
• Conducting one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Providing support for team development and delivering SKAP.
• Handling IR management.
• Living and owning VPO (Vital Plant Operations).
• Ensuring compliance with safety and VPO requirements in all areas.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managing problem-solving activities and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Minimum Requirements:

• Role based in Caledon, Western Cape.
• N6 Mechanical/Electrical Control & Automation qualification.
• Trade Test certification.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a supervisory role within a maintenance workshop environment.
• Detailed mechanical knowledge of plant operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and instrumentation aspects.
• Proficiency in PC literacy (Microsoft Office package/SAP).
• Competence in budgeting and cost management.
• Execution and solution-driven mindset.
• Self-starter with a proactive approach.