Maintenance Manager

DAIRY GOLD – MAINTENANCE MANAGER, MILKIT

Dairy Gold is looking for a strong leader who can significantly strengthen our
maintenance organisation and change the way we manage reliability, preventative
maintenance, breakdowns, spare parts, technical capability and people development.
The successful candidate must have a proven track record of leading maintenance
teams in a demanding manufacturing environment, preferably with knowledge of
Electra and Tetra.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
• Strong technical background in mechanical and electrical maintenance, with a
good understanding of automation.
• Proven experience with Tetra Pak and aseptic processing and filling equipment.
• Experience with pouch packaging and fresh milk processing.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Proven ability to conduct proper RCA and ensure that corrective actions
permanently eliminate recurring failures.
• Strong understanding of equipment reliability, OEE, downtime analysis and
maintenance KPIs.
• Experience with TPM, WCM, RCM or similar maintenance improvement
systems.
• Strong experience with maintenance planning, work orders, critical spares and
spare-parts strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and enforce proper preventive maintenance
systems rather than operating primarily in reactive breakdown mode.
• Strong project and contractor management capability.
• Ability to manage maintenance budgets and control maintenance costs without
compromising reliability or food safety.
• Strong understanding of food manufacturing, hygiene and food safety
requirements.

However, technical competence alone is not sufficient for this position.

THE MOST IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT IS LEADERSHIP.
• We need someone who has demonstrated that they can build, develop and
challenge a maintenance organisation.
• The person must be able to identify talent, develop technicians and engineers,
coach people who have potential.
• And at the same time manage long-serving employees who may be resistant to
change.
We specifically want someone who can demonstrate examples from previous
positions where they have:
1. Developed inexperienced technicians into stronger technical resources.
2. Built succession plans and internal technical capability.
3. Improved the performance of existing and long-serving employees.
4. Introduced a stronger maintenance culture and accountability.
5. Reduced breakdowns and recurring failures through structured maintenance
systems.
6. Improved PM compliance and maintenance planning.
7. Changed a reactive maintenance culture into a proactive one.
8. Held maintenance teams accountable for measurable results.

The candidate must be a hands-on leader. We do not need someone who sits in an
office and delegates problems.
We need a manager who will be visible in the plant, understand the equipment,
challenge the team, work with Production and QA, and personally drive the
improvement agenda.

The role will be expected to establish a clear maintenance strategy covering:
• Preventive and predictive maintenance
• Critical equipment identification
• Critical spare-parts strategy
• Breakdown management
• RCA and follow-up
• Maintenance planning and scheduling
• PM compliance
• Equipment reliability
• Maintenance KPI’s
• Technician competency development
• Training and succession planning
• Maintenance cost control
• Continuous improvement / TPM / WCM

The salary budget for the position is USD 5,500 - 6,000 per month. This is not
negotiable.

CVs should reflect the following information:
• Current and Previous positions (and accurate time spent in roles)
o Reasons for leaving previous position
• Total maintenance management experience
• Size of teams managed – this should stipulate no of direct reports and no of
indirect reports
• Type and scale manufacturing plants managed
• Experience (nature and years) with:
o Tetra Pak / aseptic processing
o Pouch and fresh milk
o TPM / WCM / RCM
• Examples of measurable improvements delivered
• Experience of developing existing employees
• Current salary and salary expectation
• Notice Period / availability
• Time spent in countries other than home country
Over and above, we require references. Not only paper-based but names & contact
details of individuals who are the referees for the candidates. The referees should be
relevant to the position the candidate is considered for,
Proficient in English. Able to work with Excel / Powerpoint / Word.