Manufacturing

Maintenance Manager

Country Bird Holdings Ltd (CBH)·Free State, south-africa·Full Time·Onsite
ManufacturingFull TimeOnsite
-Closes Nov 10, 2026

Job Advert Summary

  • NUTRI Feeds is one of the leaders in the manufacturing of animal feed in South Africa. We are also a world player and the first choice in animal feeds for pigs, sheep, poultry, dairy, and beef cattle. The following position exists in our division in Viljoenskroon:
  • The incumbent will be responsible for the effective utilisation of all resources in the engineering/maintenance department to improve plant availability and to increase machine performance and quality at the lowest possible cost.

Minimum Requirements

  • Grade 12 (Matric)/ N4
  • Qualified Artisan
  • A tertiary qualification will be an added advantage
  • 2 years' relevant experience managing / supervising engineering department
  • At least 4 years' experience as a qualified
  • 3 years of experience in FMCG or related fields
  • Computer Literate

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Participate with appointment and evaluation of staff
  • Assess training needs
  • Draft development plan
  • Perform bi-annual employee performance appraisals.
  • Follow company policy on discipline
  • Communicate strategies / targets with sub-ordinates
  • Approval or rejection of overtime
  • Ensure compliance to Pragma
  • Perform annual maintenance audits to identify gaps
  • Take full ownership of Pragma
  • Planned Maintenance:
  • Develop and introduce new maintenance strategies / tasks
  • Determine frequencies and schedule maintenance tasks
  • Unplanned Maintenance:
  • Conduct root cause analysis
  • Implement strategy to reduce unplanned downtime
  • Ensure compliance to materials manager
  • Ensure critical spares are available
  • Ensure effective purchase of spares
  • Take part in official weekly and monthly stock counts.
  • Coordinate and resolve all material variances on stock sheets.Assist GMR2:1 as GMR2:7
  • Identify and assess all machine safety risks
  • Participate in the safety committee
  • Conduct daily analysis of results on Pragma
  • Implement initiative to improve maintenance performance
  • Monitor and control engineering expenses:
  • Authorized overtime
  • Spares
  • Consumables
  • Electricity accounts
  • Maintain machine / equipment catalogues
  • Sign off job cards and conduct spot checks
  • Draft annual maintenance budget
  • Authorize time sheet, leave, etc

Deadline:10th November,2026

Key skills

MatricBachelors

At a glance

Company

Country Bird Holdings Ltd (CBH)

Location

Free State, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

November 10, 2026

Created

November 4, 2026

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