Assistant Maintenance Planner

In brief

Overview This role is for an Assistant Maintenance Planner at Sea Harvest Corporation. The position is located at Saldanha Bay and aims to support the Maintenance Planning function across production facilities and site services. The core purpose is to drive scheduling efficiency, data integrity, and implement maintenance best practices to ensure plant reliability and operational continuity. What you will do Key responsibilities include: * **Planning & Scheduling Support:** Assisting the Maintenance Planner in developing, coordinating, and managing work orders across facilities and site services; supporting weekly and monthly maintenance scheduling; ensuring accurate job plans, parts lists, and labour requirements are maintained in the CMMS; tracking planned vs actual maintenance performance; and assisting in coordinating shutdown and project planning activities. * **Data Integrity & Reporting:** Taking ownership of the accuracy and completeness of maintenance data within the CMMS (asset registers, work histories, PM job plans); building and maintaining Excel-based dashboards and reports for KPIs; conducting regular audits for data gaps and inaccuracies; and generating weekly and monthly reports for leadership. * **Maintenance Best Practise:** Assisting in embedding planning and scheduling standards; supporting the development and improvement of preventive maintenance strategies; identifying opportunities to improve processes, data quality, and system usage; and providing historical maintenance data for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and failure investigations. * **Engineering Team Support:** Liaising with engineering technicians, artisans, and supervisors for work execution; tracking spares and materials requirements; assisting with contractor coordination, permit-to-work documentation, and compliance record-keeping; and providing general administrative and planning support to engineering teams. Requirements (from the original advert) * Grade 12/ Matric (NQF 4) * Post-matric qualification in Maintenance Management, Engineering, or related technical field; OR a recognized Trade Test (Red Seal Advantageous) * Minimum 2 years’ experience in a maintenance or plant engineering environment * Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint - intermediate to advanced level * Working experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) * Experience in the fisheries or seafood processing industry * FMCG or food manufacturing background * Familiarity with SAP PM or equivalent ERP maintenance module * Exposure to Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles * Planned Shutdown coordination * Experience with Power BI Who should apply The ideal candidate is self-driven and results-oriented, possesses strong analytical ability, and is meticulous with attention to detail, committed to first-time-right output. They should have high proficiency with data, spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools. The candidate must be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced production environment, be willing to put in extra hours when operational demands require it, and be an effective communicator across technical and non-technical teams, demonstrating a high sense of urgency with a proactive, can-do attitude. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/assistant-maintenance-planner-sea-harvest-corporation-pty-ltd Source: myjobmag

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• At least 2 years of experience.

• Power BI
• Microsoft Excel
• SAP

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