PROCESS MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT (REF:279) – Sandire Motheo 1866 views

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and promote a strong safety-first culture, ensuring compliance with all statutory regulations and the Mines, Quarries, Works and Machinery Act.
• Enforce adherence to OHSE procedures, risk assessments, Safe Work Procedures (SWPs), and critical control verifications.
• Champion proactive risk management and continuous improvement in safety performance across all maintenance teams.
• Drive compliance with environmental standards, achieving zero reportable incidents through effective planning and control of maintenance activities.
• Provide strategic leadership and daily oversight to the Mechanical and Electrical/Instrumentation, as well as Planning, Dewatering, HDPE welding, and Infrastructure teams.
• Build a high-performance maintenance organization focused on safety, accountability, reliability, and teamwork.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, identify skills gaps, and implement training and succession plans to develop internal capability.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure alignment of maintenance priorities.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in maintenance practices and equipment reliability.
• Develop and implement short-, medium-, and long-term maintenance strategies for plant and mobile equipment reliability.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs through the site CMMS (Pronto or SAP).
• Ensure effective coordination between maintenance planning and execution teams to meet operational targets.
• Lead shutdown preparation and execution, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality work completion.
• Direct root cause analysis and reliability reviews of recurring failures to implement permanent solutions.
• Drive Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) principles and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Oversee maintenance of all plant and infrastructure assets, including but not limited to:
• Process plant equipment: crushers, mills, conveyors, flotation, thickeners, filters, pumps, compressors, and pipework.
• Electrical and instrumentation systems: MCC’s, VSD’s, transformers, substations, control systems, instrumentation loops, and PLC/SCADA systems.
• Mobile and support equipment: cranes, crane trucks, forklifts, skid steers, telehandlers, light vehicles, and light trucks.
• Dewatering systems and HDPE pipelines for both process and infrastructure water management.
• Site infrastructure: workshops, process buildings, storage facilities, and utilities.
• Ensure all equipment is maintained in accordance with manufacturer and statutory standards.
• Monitor condition monitoring data and reliability KPI’s to proactively manage asset health and performance.
• Manage and control critical spares inventory, ensuring optimal balance between availability and cost.
• Oversee all maintenance and capital projects, ensuring scope definition, cost control, contractor management, and QA/QC compliance.
• Assist to lead project execution with the Project Superintendent, ensuring adherence to design specifications, safety standards, and timelines.
• Support plant improvement initiatives through modification, upgrade, or replacement of critical assets.
• Promote and apply continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S) across maintenance activities.
• Prepare, manage, and control the maintenance operating and capital budgets.
• Monitor expenditure against forecasts, ensuring cost discipline and value optimization.
• Optimize resource allocation (labour, materials, contractors) to achieve maximum maintenance efficiency.
• Participate in life-cycle cost analysis, asset replacement planning, and budget forecasting.
• Ensure accurate and timely use of the CMMS (Pronto or SAP) for work order management, asset tracking, and maintenance history.
• Review maintenance performance metrics and report on MTBF, MTTR, availability, and reliability KPIs.
• Maintain up-to-date technical documentation, statutory records, and inspection registers.
• Ensure data-driven decision-making through effective use of planning and condition monitoring tools.

Requirements

• Advanced technical and diagnostic skills across process plant and mobile maintenance disciplines.
• Financial acumen and commercial awareness in managing maintenance budgets.
• High proficiency in MS Office, CMMS platforms, and reliability analysis tools.
• Ensure compliance with company OHSE Management Systems and statutory obligations
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities with a collaborative management style.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strategic thinker capable of driving performance improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate visible leadership in health, safety, and environmental performance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Maintenance Engineering (or equivalent trade background with extensive supervisory experience)
• Registration with or eligibility for registration with the Engineers Registration Board (ERB), Botswana (or equivalent body).
• Additional qualifications in Project Management, Reliability Engineering, or Business Management will be advantageous.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in maintenance management within the mineral processing or heavy industrial sector, including at least 7 years at superintendent or manager level.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary maintenance functions including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation teams.
• Process plant and mobile equipment maintenance
• CMMS systems (Pronto or SAP) implementation and optimization
• Shutdown planning and execution
• Project and contractor management
• Reliability and condition monitoring programs
• Infrastructure and dewatering system maintenance

How to Apply

REF Code: 279