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Senior Maintenance Manager
The Coca-Cola Company · Manzini, Swaziland · back to the listing
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What this role officially is
operations manager — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Operations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan the use of human resources and materials.
Also known as: division operations manager, operations administrator, operations supervisor, operations general manager, operations director, business operations manager
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Role and Major Responsibilities of Position:
Maintenance Planning
• Drives planning maintenance activities (Electrical, mechanical, instruments and analyzers) within the plant.
• Facilitate Problem solving, report on repeat failures and initiate corrective and preventative actions.
• Drives planning of long-term plant shutdowns and track and update progress on execution.
• Develop and review maintenance packages for the plant and issue recommendations where required.
• Budget control, report weekly on shortfalls and forecasts for the next month.
• Assign jobs to contractors and drive completion
• Develop tender documents for projects within maintenance teams
• Provide technical support service
• Development and review of team goals
• Making sure there is continuous improvement in asset care
Maintenance Execution
• Driving RCA for all reoccurring failures and failures with a duration of 2 hours or more.
• Contractor accreditation and performance management of contractor services
• Systems in place for operational, routine maintenance
• Reporting daily plant downtime.
• Tracking and reporting of engineering KPI's.
• Provide support to the project team - reviewing and signing off proposed changes.
• Driving sustainability agenda - Utilities usages
• Driving daily execution of preventative and planned maintenance.
• Organization support structure in place for internal and external services
• Identification of training matrix
• Identification and implementation of territory rollout maintenance programmes
• Identification and implementation of national maintenance/engineering initiatives
Reliability Engineering
• Analyze equipment or system performance data to identify failure patterns.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute reliability test plans and reliability assessments.
• Implement reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, maintenance, or software teams to improve system reliability.
• Track reliability metrics and prepare performance reports.
• Ensure compliance with safety and reliability standards
• Drive implementation of TPM for the site.
Financial
• Compile and motivate area budget for the following financial year.
• System in place for budgeting expenditure control, reporting and decision making
• Identification of cost expenditures for the purpose of trend analysis
• Budget support to business streams
• Reduction of maintenance costs - Opex.
• Reduction of stores' spares value.
• Initiate and drive execution of productive initiatives withing maintenance team
Project Management
• Operational as per project plan.
• Successful management of approved Funds with no over-expenditure
• Successful Handover of Projects and 'backup' support
• Design documented, meets requirements of customer/client
• No Claims or Legal Action instigated against the Company.
• Compliance with Company policies
• Project resources required to perform the work.
• Employment contracts are in place.
• Performance managed in line with contract.
QSE Compliance
• Drive site machine safeguarding compliance with zero deviation
• Ensures maintenance activities are executed within guidelines of KORE processes and procedures.
• Ensures adherence to GMP standards
• Limited/Zero Environmental Impact
• Timeous response to HSE incidents
• Drives execution of sustainability initiatives within maintenance teams.
Shutdown Management
• Manage and lead area teams to meet the targets set.
• Ensure the area work scope is fully met to the agreed schedule.
• To ensure before shutdown that job-packs are fully complete and satisfactory, and inspection and test are specified
• Hold daily meetings with his team to determine the day's targets and prepare the work co-ordination for the following day. Report outcomes to the Turnaround Manager.
• Be proactive in the resolution of technical and material problems with the respective Engineers/Managers.
• Attend and report to a daily management control meeting.
• To appraise the work to be carried out 3 to 4 days ahead of schedule.
• Ensure all area control systems are adhered to.
• Ensure the area team makes safety its first priority.
• Monitor the performance of personnel under your control.
• Ensure the work is completed to acceptable standards and participate fully in the punch listing activities.
• Produce report for Engineering Director upon completion of the shutdown, capturing lessons learnt.
Systems & Procedures
• Systems, policies procedures in place to implement an asset management strategy
• Performance Indicators - Planning, Workload, Cost, Effectiveness
• Identification of performance gaps and developing execution improvement plans
• Identification and tracking of equipment for SAP AM & PM system integration
• System planning, scheduling of maintenance activities and the quality control thereof
Technical
• Implement breakdown, preventive, condition-based maintenance - Trend analysis
• Coordinate Engineering & Maintenance standards
• Work procedures available for critical maintenance applications
Minimum Requirements for Position:
• Degree in Engineering or a relevant field.
• More than 8 Years proven experience in engineering and maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of legal standards and maintenance best practices.
• Excellent leadership, project management, and organizational skills.
• Expertise in SAP maintenance module or similar maintenance management systems.
• Experience in recruiting and leading a technical team.
• Commitment to health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Enjoy a multi-disciplined environment with varying degrees of difficulty.
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, motivate and produce results through people.
• Stress management
• Being a good communicator
• Administration & organization
• Networking
• A proven track record in project management would be a definite advantage.
Location(s):
Eswatini
City/Cities:
Manzini
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
September 25, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 1 30+ years1 . Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:15
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.
Maintenance Planning
• Drives planning maintenance activities (Electrical, mechanical, instruments and analyzers) within the plant.
• Facilitate Problem solving, report on repeat failures and initiate corrective and preventative actions.
• Drives planning of long-term plant shutdowns and track and update progress on execution.
• Develop and review maintenance packages for the plant and issue recommendations where required.
• Budget control, report weekly on shortfalls and forecasts for the next month.
• Assign jobs to contractors and drive completion
• Develop tender documents for projects within maintenance teams
• Provide technical support service
• Development and review of team goals
• Making sure there is continuous improvement in asset care
Maintenance Execution
• Driving RCA for all reoccurring failures and failures with a duration of 2 hours or more.
• Contractor accreditation and performance management of contractor services
• Systems in place for operational, routine maintenance
• Reporting daily plant downtime.
• Tracking and reporting of engineering KPI's.
• Provide support to the project team - reviewing and signing off proposed changes.
• Driving sustainability agenda - Utilities usages
• Driving daily execution of preventative and planned maintenance.
• Organization support structure in place for internal and external services
• Identification of training matrix
• Identification and implementation of territory rollout maintenance programmes
• Identification and implementation of national maintenance/engineering initiatives
Reliability Engineering
• Analyze equipment or system performance data to identify failure patterns.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute reliability test plans and reliability assessments.
• Implement reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, maintenance, or software teams to improve system reliability.
• Track reliability metrics and prepare performance reports.
• Ensure compliance with safety and reliability standards
• Drive implementation of TPM for the site.
Financial
• Compile and motivate area budget for the following financial year.
• System in place for budgeting expenditure control, reporting and decision making
• Identification of cost expenditures for the purpose of trend analysis
• Budget support to business streams
• Reduction of maintenance costs - Opex.
• Reduction of stores' spares value.
• Initiate and drive execution of productive initiatives withing maintenance team
Project Management
• Operational as per project plan.
• Successful management of approved Funds with no over-expenditure
• Successful Handover of Projects and 'backup' support
• Design documented, meets requirements of customer/client
• No Claims or Legal Action instigated against the Company.
• Compliance with Company policies
• Project resources required to perform the work.
• Employment contracts are in place.
• Performance managed in line with contract.
QSE Compliance
• Drive site machine safeguarding compliance with zero deviation
• Ensures maintenance activities are executed within guidelines of KORE processes and procedures.
• Ensures adherence to GMP standards
• Limited/Zero Environmental Impact
• Timeous response to HSE incidents
• Drives execution of sustainability initiatives within maintenance teams.
Shutdown Management
• Manage and lead area teams to meet the targets set.
• Ensure the area work scope is fully met to the agreed schedule.
• To ensure before shutdown that job-packs are fully complete and satisfactory, and inspection and test are specified
• Hold daily meetings with his team to determine the day's targets and prepare the work co-ordination for the following day. Report outcomes to the Turnaround Manager.
• Be proactive in the resolution of technical and material problems with the respective Engineers/Managers.
• Attend and report to a daily management control meeting.
• To appraise the work to be carried out 3 to 4 days ahead of schedule.
• Ensure all area control systems are adhered to.
• Ensure the area team makes safety its first priority.
• Monitor the performance of personnel under your control.
• Ensure the work is completed to acceptable standards and participate fully in the punch listing activities.
• Produce report for Engineering Director upon completion of the shutdown, capturing lessons learnt.
Systems & Procedures
• Systems, policies procedures in place to implement an asset management strategy
• Performance Indicators - Planning, Workload, Cost, Effectiveness
• Identification of performance gaps and developing execution improvement plans
• Identification and tracking of equipment for SAP AM & PM system integration
• System planning, scheduling of maintenance activities and the quality control thereof
Technical
• Implement breakdown, preventive, condition-based maintenance - Trend analysis
• Coordinate Engineering & Maintenance standards
• Work procedures available for critical maintenance applications
Minimum Requirements for Position:
• Degree in Engineering or a relevant field.
• More than 8 Years proven experience in engineering and maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of legal standards and maintenance best practices.
• Excellent leadership, project management, and organizational skills.
• Expertise in SAP maintenance module or similar maintenance management systems.
• Experience in recruiting and leading a technical team.
• Commitment to health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Enjoy a multi-disciplined environment with varying degrees of difficulty.
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, motivate and produce results through people.
• Stress management
• Being a good communicator
• Administration & organization
• Networking
• A proven track record in project management would be a definite advantage.
Location(s):
Eswatini
City/Cities:
Manzini
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
September 25, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 1 30+ years1 . Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:15
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.