Vacancy exists for Engineering Planner based at Life Mercantile Hospital, reporting to Yonelisa Katywa, Engineering Manager. The Incumbent will provide System and Functional support for the SAP application.

Critical Outputs
Maintenance:

Develop detailed maintenance plans for all plant and equipment.
Drawing up and review method statements for shutdown and scheduled maintenance
Schedule maintenance activities across the facility, leveraging relationships with operations personnel
Continually improving planning, scheduling, purchasing, stores, data management and job reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency, arrange resources to conduct work Open and close all jobs, and effective planning and scheduling to meet maintenance targets
Ensure all parts, labour and buy outs are on the jobs
Updating and reviewing of SAP works orders on computerized maintenance management(CMMS) system
Develop and implement new maintenance processes throughout various plant and equipment’s
Use data to predict maintenance needs
Organize spare parts inventories to prepare for emergency or preventative maintenance needs
Communicate with Managers to inform on maintenance activities performed and availability of equipment
Foster a culture of safety awareness through correct maintenance processes
Ensure that health, safety and environment (OHS act 85 of 1993) is the number one priority and that the maintenance departments housekeeping is continually monitored and attended to.
Ensuring data integrity on SAP PM
Improve, develop and report on Maintenance KPI's
Communicate and track remedial action linked to failures, and estimate job duration with the responsible persons and the clients
Proactive risk identification and mitigation in alignment with legal regulations, and Life Healthcare standards, procedures and policies
Effective Stakeholder engagement to ensure smooth workflow
Effective self-management in alignment with Life Healthcare values
Ensure that all internal beneficiaries of Maintenance receive timely, efficient and quality service.
Ensure plant and equipment reliability factors are improving and trends are effectively managed.
Provide a central source of information concerning maintenance work, equipment, and equipment repair.
Proactively drive maintenance cost while improving conditions of equipment and operating facilities.
Collaborate effectively with the maintenance personnel to anticipate repair work before jobs become
Provide sound Root Cause Analysis to the maintenance team of equipment failures and proper documentation of such incidents.
Regularly assess quality of maintenance planning, recording and archiving in line with ISO quality standards. Projects:
Understanding project specifications and developing time schedules and budgets that meet them.
Negotiating with vendors and contractors to secure the best prices.
Observing existing processes, analyzing staff performance, and addressing deficiencies accordingl
Monitoring and tracking project progress and writing up reports.
Attending and scheduling meetings as required.
Delegating tasks and ensuring workers provide feedback.
Understanding and meeting all contract requirements.
Communicating with managers, and the rest of the team.
Analyzing technical drawings and providing material and cost estimates.
Ensuring all projects are completed on time, quality, safe and within budgets.
Supervision:

Supervise installation and initial startup of engineering equipment.
Develop and maintain relations with Engineering Manager, quality and maintenance department • Assist
Engineering manager on incidents investigation and data

Assisting Engineering manager in staff management through collection of staff performance data

Requirements

At least N5 qualification with Trade Test in either Mechanical or Electrical (Heavy Current) engineering with a minimum of 3 years in operations or engineering maintenance, or S4 in Electrical or Mechanical engineering with minimum 1 year in operations or engineering maintenance.
Practical experience in a hospital environment or similar environment is essential.
Proven experience in HVAC systems within a hospital environment or similar is essential.
Preference will be given to candidates with proven experience on CMMS, preferably SAP PM.

Competencies

Problem solving, analysis and judgement.
Drive & energy.
Ethical behavior
Customer responsiveness
Verbal & written communication and presentation
Customer Responsiveness
Resilience
Building relationships
Organizational awareness
Excellence orientation
Building relationships
Organizational awareness
Excellence orientation

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